Microsoft Project Training
Build schedules that survive contact with reality. From your first Gantt chart to resource leveling, baselines and the reports executives actually read — every hour PDU-eligible.
- Live & on-demand
- Beginner to advanced
- PDUs report automatically
- Level
- All levels
- Format
- Live & on-demand
- Credits
- PDU-eligible
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Why Microsoft Project
The scheduling tool everyone assumes you know
It is on the job description, in the PMO's templates, and behind every status report you are asked to produce. Here is what fluency buys you.
The industry default
Construction, IT, healthcare and finance PMOs run on MS Project. Knowing it is the difference between inheriting a schedule and being handed one to fix.
Roles that name it
Scheduler, planner and PMO analyst postings list Microsoft Project explicitly. Fluency moves you from tracking in spreadsheets to owning the plan.
Hours back every week
Resource leveling, baselines and saved views replace the manual rebuild you do before every steering meeting.
PDUs while you learn
Every class counts toward PMP, CAPM or PMI-ACP renewal, and as a PMI Authorized Training Partner we report them for you.
The curriculum
What you'll learn in Microsoft Project training
Four blocks, in the order you will actually need them.
Scheduling & planning
- Create detailed project plans and schedules
- Set up tasks, durations, and milestones
- Manage task dependencies and relationships
- Understand critical path method (CPM)
- Configure project calendars and working time
Resource management
- Assign and manage project resources
- Handle resource conflicts and overallocation
- Optimize resource allocation and leveling
- Manage resource costs and budgets
- Create resource pools and shared resources
Tracking & monitoring
- Set and manage project baselines
- Track actual progress vs. planned
- Update tasks and monitor schedule variance
- Identify and resolve project issues
- Adjust schedules and resource allocation
Reporting & analysis
- Generate professional project reports
- Create custom dashboards and views
- Export data to Excel and other formats
- Visualize project data with charts and graphs
- Share project information with stakeholders
Why MPUG
Twenty-five years of teaching Microsoft Project
Not a course library someone bought. Instructors who do this work on live projects, and a member base that has been arguing about how it should be done since 1999.
Practitioners, not presenters
Instructors are working project professionals — authors, MVPs and specialists who still do this for a living and teach from what broke last quarter.
Learn live or at 11pm
Interactive sessions when you want to ask questions, and a 500+ class on-demand library for the weeks that get away from you.
PDUs handled for you
As a PMI Authorized Training Partner, credits report straight to your PMI account and every claim leaves an audit-ready certificate behind.
Somewhere to take the hard one
Bring the problem that is actually blocking you to a member community that has been arguing about project work since 1999.
Student stories
What it changed for them
“MPUG's Microsoft Project training was comprehensive and easy to follow. I went from beginner to confident user in just a few weeks. The expert instructors made complex concepts simple to understand.”
“The Microsoft Project training helped me master resource leveling and critical path analysis. I've been able to create more accurate project plans and impress stakeholders with professional reports.”
“The Microsoft Project certification training from MPUG opened doors I never thought possible. The training quality is exceptional, and the community support is outstanding. Highly recommend!”
Questions
Before you start
Do I need experience to take Microsoft Project training?
No. Classes start at building a first schedule and run through resource leveling and custom reporting, so you can join wherever matches what you already do.
Does this cover Project for the web and Project Online?
The catalog spans MS Project desktop, Project for the web, and Project Online / Project Server administration, including when each one is the right tool.
Do these courses earn PDUs?
Yes — they count toward PMP, CAPM and other PMI renewals, and credits report to your PMI account with an audit-ready certificate for each claim.
Live sessions or on-demand?
Both. New live classes run every week and everything lands in the on-demand library afterwards, with the same PDU value either way.
Other paths
Not just Microsoft Project — every MPUG training path
- Microsoft PlannerPDU-eligible · Beginner friendly
- Microsoft TeamsPDU-eligible · All levels
- JiraPDU-eligible · All levels
- ConfluencePDU-eligible · All levels
- PMP35 contact hours · Experienced PMs
- CAPM23 contact hours · Entry level
- PgMPPanel review + exam · Senior / program
- PMI-ACP21 contact hours · Agile practitioners
- Project ManagementPDU-eligible · Beginner friendly
Start with one class this week
Pick a live session or start in the on-demand library. Either way you leave with PDUs and a schedule that holds.
