Microsoft Project puts capable, accessible scheduling power in the hands of site and project teams who need to plan and control construction work without enterprise-level complexity. This program delivers practical, construction-focused training that enables participants to build realistic programmes, resource them sensibly, and control them through to completion with clear, client-ready reporting.
Reliable scheduling is the difference between a project that runs smoothly and one that drifts into delay and dispute, making MS Project skills directly valuable to construction professionals at every level. This course grounds every technique in construction reality and introduces emerging links to collaboration and reporting tools, equipping delegates to plan and communicate programmes with confidence.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Set up construction projects and calendars in MS Project
- Build task lists and clear work breakdown structures
- Define dependencies and task relationships correctly
- Apply constraints, deadlines, and realistic durations
- Identify the critical path and manage float
- Assign and manage labour, plant, and material resources
- Set baselines for meaningful performance tracking
- Record and update construction progress accurately
- Analyse variance against the plan
- Produce clear Gantt charts and progress reports
- Resolve resource over-allocation and levelling
- Use milestones and summary tasks effectively
- Customise views, tables, and filters
- Manage working time, calendars, and exceptions
- Communicate programmes to clients and site teams
- Apply emerging trends in cloud collaboration and reporting
Course Outline
- Module 1: MS Project Interface, Calendars & Project Settings
- Module 2: Work Breakdown Structure & Task Entry
- Module 3: Task Types, Durations & Dependencies
- Module 4: Lead, Lag, Constraints & Deadlines
- Module 5: Milestones, Summary Tasks & Outlining
- Module 6: Critical Path & Slack Analysis
- Module 7: Task & Resource Calendars & Working Time
- Module 8: Creating & Assigning Resources
- Module 9: Resource Over-Allocation & Levelling
- Module 10: Cost Assignment & Budgeting
- Module 11: Setting & Managing Baselines
- Module 12: Progress Updating & Rescheduling
- Module 13: Variance Analysis & Status Reporting
- Module 14: Gantt Formatting, Views, Filters & Reports
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Cloud Collaboration & Project Online
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for site engineers, construction project managers, planners, and supervisors who use Microsoft Project to plan and control construction works. No prior Microsoft Project experience is assumed.
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