Computer & Office Skills

MS Project

MS Project is the standard tool for planning and managing projects of any size. This course teaches you to build schedules, assign resources, track progress with Gantt charts, and manage timelines and costs. It's a valuable skill for anyone moving toward project coordination or management roles.

Duration: 1 month
Format: Live 1-on-1
Level: Professional
Certificate: Osian

Overview

What this course is about

Learn to plan and monitor projects using Microsoft Project with a personal teacher. You will turn a project brief into tasks, milestones, summary activities and logical dependencies, then view the work in a Gantt chart. Examples can be adapted to construction, events, software, training or business operations, so you learn the planning process rather than memorising isolated buttons. You will see how a well planned database supports accurate searching and future updates.

The course covers calendars, task durations, predecessors, constraints, deadlines, resource assignment and workload awareness. You will learn how to identify the critical path, compare a baseline with current progress and communicate schedule changes through useful views and reports. The focus is on realistic project control, including the difference between a planned date, an actual update and an unresolved dependency. These activities help you understand how database outputs support everyday decisions.

Live one-on-one sessions are available between 7 AM and 9 PM or on weekends, allowing the trainer to use a project relevant to your work or study. You receive a certificate on completion and placement support with resume help, mock interviews and referrals. The course supports planning capability.

By the end

What you’ll be able to do

Create projects with tasks, milestones and summary activities
Link tasks with predecessors and manage dependencies
Build and read Gantt charts for schedule communication
Assign resources and review workload across project tasks
Identify critical path activities and track baseline variance
Update progress and prepare clear project status views

Syllabus

How the course flows

1
Computer FundamentalsModule 1
How computers and the OS work day to day.
2
Documents & PresentationsModule 2
Professional Word and PowerPoint work.
3
SpreadsheetsModule 3
Formulas, functions and clean data in Excel.
4
Internet & ProductivityModule 4
Email, cloud tools and staying organised.
5
Practice & CertificationModule 5
Real tasks and exam-style preparation.

Toolkit

Tools you’ll use

MS Word
MS Excel
MS PowerPoint
Windows
Google Workspace

Audience

Who this course is for

Students learning project planning for business or technology work
Project coordinators and operations executives
Construction, event or service business owners
Working professionals supporting team schedules
Job seekers targeting project administration roles

Where it leads

Roles this opens up

Project Coordinator
Maintain task plans, dependencies, resources and updates for a project team.
Project Planning Assistant
Prepare Gantt views, baseline comparisons and schedule information.
Operations Scheduler
Coordinate activities and resources across recurring operational work.

Questions

Before you enrol

The course uses current desktop Microsoft Project concepts that also apply across several recent versions. Subscription and edition differences can affect menus, so the teacher will explain the equivalent view on your installation.

Microsoft Project desktop is mainly a Windows application, and Mac availability depends on the specific Microsoft setup. A Windows computer or suitable remote environment is recommended for full practice with schedules and resource views.

Yes, exercises can include a project brief, task list, dependencies, resources and progress updates. You can also build a plan around a non-confidential work, study or business example.

It helps you explain schedules, dependencies, milestones, resource needs and critical path risks using a recognised planning tool. Placement support includes resume help, mock interviews and referrals, without guaranteeing employment.

Excel can make a simple tracker, while MS Project is designed to calculate dependencies, schedule changes, resource assignments and critical path relationships. This course focuses on formal project planning rather than spreadsheet reporting.

Lessons connect software actions with task planning, dependencies, baselines, progress and schedule communication. The main focus is practical use of MS Project, not a claim of a separate project management certification.