SMS-120     Microsoft Excel Skills for Effective Project Management

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Microsoft Excel is a versatile tool that empowers project managers to plan, organize, and track projects efficiently. From creating schedules and task lists to monitoring budgets and resources, Excel provides a flexible platform for managing project data in a clear and structured way. Its familiar interface and powerful functions make it an ideal choice for professionals looking to streamline project workflows.
 
Excel offers a range of features that are particularly useful for project management, including Gantt charts, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and data visualization tools. These capabilities allow project managers to analyze progress, identify bottlenecks, and make data-driven decisions. With templates and customizable dashboards, teams can easily track milestones, deadlines, and key performance indicators, ensuring projects stay on schedule and within scope.
 
By leveraging Excel for project management, professionals can enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and improve collaboration across teams. It enables managers to gain a clear overview of project status at any given time, anticipate risks, and ensure timely delivery of objectives. Ultimately, Excel helps turn complex project data into actionable insights, supporting better planning and driving successful project outcomes.​

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement project tracking tools, including progress bars, Gantt charts, and dynamic calendars, to monitor timelines and milestones effectively.
• Manage, retrieve, and update project data efficiently using Excel functions, conditional formatting, and interactive elements.
• Optimize project budgets, calculate resource costs, and perform data transformations to consolidate and analyze project information.
• Develop professional project dashboards with pivot tables and charts to visualize performance metrics and support data-driven decision-making.

• Module 1: Creating Project Progress Bar
• Module 2: Creating Project Gantt Chart
  
• Module 3: Project Data Management
  
• Module 4: Creating Project Calendar
  
• Module 5: Project Budgeting
  
• Module 6: Project Data Transformation
  
• ​Module 7: Project Dashboard
  

This training is highly recommended for :

• Project managers, project coordinators, team leaders, and project executives who want to improve project tracking and reporting.
• Professionals involved in planning, scheduling, budgeting, or monitoring projects.
• Anyone responsible for transforming project data into actionable insights and visual dashboards.

This is a 2-days programme.
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This course runs from 9:00am – 5:00pm with an hour for lunch and periodic short breaks.
 
This is an intensive session designed to include as much discussion as possible. Lunch and breaks provide an opportunity for further questioning and discussion with the instructors.

We are HRD Corp (Human Resource Development Corporation) Registered Training Provider.
​All of our training modules are claimable under HRD Corp.