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Microsoft Project Training: Part I

Date(s):
Thursday, April 30, 2020
8:00 AM–8:30 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM–4:30 PM: Workshop
Format:
Vancouver, BC
Status:
This course has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon. Please contact Jennifer Chan at [email protected] for inquiries.

Eligible for 7 CE Hour(s) of Formal Learning

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Laptop and authorized Microsoft manual will be provided for you during the course.

Event Details

Cost

Engineers and Geoscientists BC Registrant Early Bird Price: $480.00 + GST = $504.00 until Apr 16, 2020

Engineers and Geoscientists BC Registrant Regular Price: $580.00 + GST = $609.00

Non-Registrant Price: $580.00 + GST = $609.00

Student Price: $250.00 + GST = $262.50

Contact

Jennifer Chan

Event Description

This course is intended for people managing multiple or larger projects and wishing to create a plan including a Gantt chart. The planning will include the process for doing a risk assessment on the project in terms of its likelihood to be completed on schedule, how to review those factors, and how to mitigate the risk in the project. Participants will also learn how to apply resources and costs to the project.

Event Presenter(s)

Frank Byl
President and Owner, PowerConcepts

About the Event

Basic Skills Checklist

The following list summarizes skills that students will be comfortable with after this course:

  • Navigating in MS Project
  • Setting appropriate defaults in MS Project
  • Customizing MS Project toolbar, screens, calendars, and adding changes to default template
  • Organizing tasks in MS Project
    • Outlining
    • Linking
    • Milestones
    • Slack
  • Doing a risk assessment of the project
  • Mitigating the risk of the project
  • Adding resources to the project
  • Adding costs to the project
    • Rates
    • Fixed costs
    • Cost plus
    • Linking to Excel

Instructor

Frank Byl

President, Owner, PowerConepts

Frank grew up in Burnaby, BC, in a Dutch immigrant family. After graduating from Simon Fraser University, he taught high school, and volunteered in Hawaii and the Philippines before permanently settling in Kelowna. He founded PowerConcepts in 1998 at the height of the Y2K scare. Since then, Frank has obtained his Microsoft Master Instructor certification and helped thousands of clients to hone their computer skills. In his spare time, he plays rugby with the Kelowna Vicars and enjoys almost every outdoor activity from sailing to hiking.




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