Microsoft Project: The Five Keys - Key 3 Constraints

Master the misunderstood task constraints in MS Project with this comprehensive course, simplifying eight constraints into three key components for effective project management.

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Brief Summary

This course dives into task constraints in MS Project, which is often misunderstood. You’ll learn about all eight constraints, but don’t worry, you’ll simplify them down to three key concepts. It's like pasting together a puzzle – with helpful videos to guide you!

Key Points

  • Understanding task constraints is key in MS Project.
  • Most people get constraints all confused.
  • There are 8 constraints, but you can simplify them to 3 main ones.
  • This course pairs well with navigation and task linking courses.
  • Videos help explain things clearly and simply.

Learning Outcomes

  • Grasp how all eight task constraints function.
  • Learn to simplify constraints into three main components.
  • Gain practical knowledge to improve your MS Project skills.
  • Boost your confidence in using MS Project effectively.
  • Discover how task deadlines fit into the constraint mix.

About This Course

This course covers task constraints---the most misunderstood feature in MS Project--- and makes it understandable.

Constraints is the most commonly misunderstood feature in MS Project and understanding how to use constraints is one of the things that separates the amateurs from competent users that are in the know.  Key 3 Constraints, thus becomes an absolute cornerstone of knowledge for any practitioner of MS Project that truly wants to understand and use MS Project effectively. In combination with Key 1 (Navigation) and Key 2 (Task linking courses) you have built the foundation to understand Constraints!  Get ready to go and tackle one of the most difficult aspects of MS Project---but with videos that provide a clear explanation you can get your head around and conquer!

  • By the end of this course you will understand how all eight constraints work, along with the Task Deadline feature, and more importantly you will understand how to simplify these down to three key components

Instructor

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F. Kevin Gaza

F. Kevin Gaza, PMPHello!  I have been an enterprise project manager for over fifteen years for a multi-state healthcare organization. In that role I was a primary architect and author of the organization’s project methodology and have been a lead project manager on a variety of enterprise projects including rolling out ITIL/ITSM, building data centers, FCC funding projects , deploying...

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Stephanie T.
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8 years ago

I like how the videos constantly go back to the basics to review what we learned. They make it very easy to follow along in MS Project, and I feel prepared for class after having watched them.

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