Planning and tracking projects with MS Project and Planner

This course is run on demand: in a virtual classroom or at your premises, on dates that suit you. Ask us for the next dates or a quote for your team.

A good tool does not replace method, but it saves a great deal of time. You learn to model a real project in MS Project (tasks, dependencies, resources, costs), track variances against the baseline, then share the work with your team in Planner and Teams.

• Create a project and structure tasks in MS Project
• Manage dependencies, constraints and the critical path
• Assign resources and resolve over-allocations
• Save a baseline and track progress
• Organise and track teamwork in Planner

• Project managers and PMO staff
• Planners, site and programme managers
• Project team managers

Project management basics. The "Project management fundamentals" course is recommended.

1. Module 1

   Building the schedule

   • –Setting up a project and its calendar
   • –Tasks, milestones and summary tasks
   • –Links, lags and constraints

2. Module 2

   Resources and costs

   • –Creating and assigning resources
   • –Spotting and levelling over-allocations
   • –Project costs and budget

3. Module 3

   Tracking the project

   • –Baseline and progress updates
   • –Variance analysis
   • –Reports and dashboards

4. Module 4

   Teamwork with Planner

   • –Plans, buckets and tasks
   • –Tracking in Teams
   • –Combining Project and Planner

Running case: full planning of a realistic project. Groups of up to 10 participants, in a virtual classroom or at your premises, with a practitioner trainer. For 30 days after the course, you can email your questions to the trainer.

• MS Project exercise files
• Step-by-step MS Project guide
• Planner and Teams best practice

Initial assessment, hands-on exercises and a final quiz. Certificate of attendance; Onarcle certificate of achievement from a 70% score on the final quiz.

Public course price per participant, materials included. In-company (up to 10 participants, programme tailored to your needs): €2,990 excl. VAT per group. 10% discount from 3 participants from the same organisation. If your employer or a funding body will pay, contact us and we will find the right arrangement.