- Project management terminology
- Components of projects and programs
- Defining project stakeholders
- Critical project variables (scope, budget, timeframe, resources)
- Key project phases
- Scope document, project constraints and the priority matrix
- The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Using a Gantt chart, tasks, dependencies and lag/lead time
- Assigning project resources
- Contingency planning
- The Critical Path method
- Defining the baseline
- Tracking project information, issues list and action list.

- MS Project Overview
- Creating new projects
- Global project settings and properties
- Navigating the Gantt chart
- Choosing views and tables
- Adding, editing, configuring and deleting tasks
- Advanced task features
- Creating and assigning resources
- Displaying resource allocations
- Setting a baseline
- Tracking a project
- Updating tasks and projects
- Analyzing projects
- Using resource allocation and scheduling tools.

- Customizing views, panes and tables
- Using filters and custom fields
- Editing tables and views
- Creating and editing standard and customized reports
- Using the Organizer
- Master projects and subprojects
- Sharing resources across projects
- Organizing multiple projects
- Tracking multiple projects
- Workgroup project management
- Sharing tasks in MS Outlook
- Introduction to Project Central Server
- Assigning tasks.

- Users and security
- Advanced view features
- Status reports
- Creating and editing custom fields
- Messages, rules and offline features
- Adding and configuring resources
- Managing and editing resource costs
- Advanced budgeting and tracking features
- Creating and editing custom forms
- Creating and editing custom reports
- Customizing Project Central Server
- Advanced Project Central features
- Implementing and administering Project Central Server.