Step by Step Setting up a project in ProjectLibre

Step by Step Setting up a project in ProjectLibre

Prepare a Professional Project Schedule or Project Plan in ProjectLibre for Windows (version: 1.9.2 or version 1.9.1)

Course Outcome

You will have the necessary skills to interpret and prepare a professional project schedule or project plan by using ProjectLibre, and you will also understand,

• when to set what Task Type, i.e. fixed work, fixed duration, and fixed units,

• how Effort Driven scheduling influence the project,

• what is Total Float/Slack, and Free Float/Slack,

• what is Constraints and Deadline Dates,

• what is Leads and Lags, and the different Task Dependencies,

• how to identify Overallocated Resources.

Practical Course Example

You will be guided throughout the course with a practical course example, "Building a House", and will be taught how to use ProjectLibre to do the following,

• Set the ProjectLibre currency for a specific country.

• Create a new project in ProjectLibre.

• Create a list of project tasks in ProjectLibre.

• Create dependencies (incl. leads and lags) between project tasks in ProjectLibre.

• Add task constraints and deadline dates in ProjectLibre.

• Set task types and effort driven scheduling in ProjectLibre.

• Display the total slack/float and free slack/float in ProjectLibre.

• Create a resource sheet in ProjectLibre.

• Assign resources (both work and material resources) to tasks in ProjectLibre.

• Identify overallocated resources, and remove the overallocation.

• Display the project cost.

• Save the project baseline in ProjectLibre.

Course Handouts to Download

• Course overview (1 page summary showing the course Sections and Lectures).

• Course example, "Building a House", and question memorandums.

• ProjectLibre file (*.pod)  to download for each section to practice what you have learned from each section.

Setting up a professional project schedule or project plan by using ProjectLibre (version 1.9.2 or 1.9.1) for Windows

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What you will learn

• This course will teach you to interpret and prepare a professional project schedule in ProjectLibre (version 1.9.2 or version 1.9.1) for Windows, and you will understand (1) the different task types, (2) effort driven scheduling, (3) total float and free float, (4) constraints and deadline dates, (5) task dependencies, and leads and lags, and (6) to identify overallocated resources.

Rating: 3.75

Level: Intermediate Level

Duration: 2 hours

Instructor: Pieter Rademeyer, PMP, Pr.Eng, Pr.CPM