Microsoft Project Fundamentals
Certificate of Completion
7 hours of Learning 
12 Weeks About the Course
Welcome to the Microsoft Project Fundamentals course. This is a self-directed learning programme designed to help you develop new skills at your own pace.
By the end of this training, you will be able to use Microsoft Project best features to customise and schedule tasks and assets, optimise projects through planning, track the critical path, analyse project progress and create customised reports.
Course Modules
- Welcome to the Course
- Project Management Overview
- Planning a Project with MS Project
- Communicating with MS Project
- Monitoring a Project with MS Project
Learning Outcomes
- Acquire knowledge to plan, monitor, and communicate a project plan using Microsoft Project.
Course Instructor
Dr. Andrew Bell
PhD, MSc, BA, RPP, FAPM, SFHEA
- Project Manager & Researcher
- Chartered Project Professional
- Academic Professor
- Fellow of the APM
Andrew started his Project Management career with 15 years in the automotive industry at Land Rover where he quickly experienced the people side of delivering projects. He then spent 4 years as a Project Management Lecturer delivering short training courses on Project Management topics including Microsoft Project, and the related project management people skills.
Andrew then moved on to spend 13 years at Coventry University teaching Project Management and Research Skills, building his knowledge of Project Management and people issues with a PhD on the use of Project Management Simulations. He has volunteered for the APM for nearly 20 years, and has held committee positions on the Coventry Chapter, Midlands Branch, and National Branch Steering group and as chair of the People SIG committee.
Andrew is currently a ChPP Chartered Project Professional, a Fellow of the APM and also holds RPP status. Andrew has worked with the APM writing examination questions and reviewing membership applications.
FAQs
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Flexibility to Study
You will have 12 weeks to complete the course you have enrolled on after receiving the enrolment confirmation email. You can study at any time during the day or night. You don't need to be online at the same time as the lead instructor or other learners.
Easy to Understand Course Structure
The course structure is quite easy to understand. Our courses are composed of different modules/units. Each module/unit has been divided into sub-topics. Each topic has a video, study notes, additional materials, and key terms to facilitate your study. At the end of each module, there is a quiz to test your understanding of the topic. Once you are done watching the video and reading the study notes and additional material, you can click on the Mark as Complete button at the bottom of your screen. You can watch each video as many times as you want and take notes from it.
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IPM Certificate of Completion in MS Project Fundamentals
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About the Institute
Since 1989, the Institute of Project Management has dedicated itself to creating the highest-quality education, training and certification in project management. We have trained over 40,000 individuals as project management has become widely used throughout the entire economy.
Through our unique training and education programmes, we help organizations to develop people – people who gain not only knowledge and skills but also the ability to put them to use immediately to meet the challenges they face.
Faculty of Excellence
In today’s increasingly competitive and financially difficult environment in-depth knowledge and professional expertise is everything. The faculty from the Institute of Project Management is setting the standard for project management education and certification in Ireland.
Led by Ed Naughton, IPMA Fellow and one of the world’s most respected figures in project management, the faculty combines academic excellence from both the university and institute of the technology sector with practitioner experience. The faculty spans finance, business administration, computer science, engineering, industrial relation and human resources, law, management information systems, and marketing.
The students benefit from a rigorous exposition of the depth and breadth of subject matter expertise brought to the topics by the faculty members.
Course Includes
- 5 Modules
- 37 Topics
- 1 Quiz
