The Benefits Of Studying Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project Study

Microsoft Project is a project management software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.

Microsoft Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application. Within a few years after its launch, it became the dominant PC-based project management software. It is part of the Microsoft Office family but has never been included in any of the Office suites. It is available currently in two editions, Standard and Professional.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Product management from conception, planning to execution.
• They are responsible for reporting on progress to the project sponsor and any stakeholders who also have a vested interest in the project.
• Activity and resource planning. 
• Planning is instrumental in meeting project deadlines, and many projects fail due to poor planning. First and foremost, good project managers define the project’s scope and determine available resources. Good project managers know how to realistically set time estimates and evaluate the team's or teams’ capabilities.
• They then create a clear and concise plan to both execute the project and monitor its progress. Projects are naturally unpredictable.
• Organizing and motivating a project team.
• Cost estimating and developing the budget timeline and delivery.

The Benefits of Studying Microsoft Project

• Improve Performance: Microsoft Project is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit options where a diverse range of projects (sizes and types) are supported. Especially with the 64-bit option, Microsoft Project has expanded the memory and capabilities of Vista and Windows 7 to hitherto unscaled heights. Large project files are nothing for Microsoft Project, especially when the Project Server is connected to them.
• Growth Capabilities: Project managers who train on Microsoft Project and learn all its uses can actually realize the tremendous growth capabilities this tool provides. Organizations are using this tool to optimize their resources, prioritize important investments, achieve a greater level of control over all work and
• Controlling and Delivering: Microsoft Project offers flexibility when the manager wants to set multiple baselines along with a quick comparison of forecasted vs. budget vs. actual values for measuring the progress of an initiative. User-defined labor and cost categories can be created with time-phased high-level budgets. Controlling project costs can be made extremely simple and easy by a quick comparison of budgets and forecasts. Integrated management of performance and predictive analysis is also offered.
• Time-Saving: Essential functions are offered by Microsoft Project which saves time. These functions include auto-complete, zoom, text wrapping, filtering, et al. The copy and paste function has been improved as well and because of integration with other Microsoft applications, seamlessly maintaining key formatting is pretty easy with Microsoft Project.
• Job Opportunities For Managers
• Increased Earning Potential
• Career Advancement

Skills You Will Learn

Some of the topics you will learn in the course of study include:

• MS Project - Introduction
• MS Project - Create A New Plan
• MS Project - Set Up Resources
• MS Project - Resources To Task
• MS Project - Plan Duration Cost
• MS Project - Track Progress
• And lots more..