MS Project Basics course
In this MS Project Basics course you learn to plan and manage projects. You work with tasks, resources, schedules and progress monitoring for both agile and waterfall.
NRTO quality markFree cancellation up to four weeks before the start, so feel free to book now.
In brief. MS Project Basics is a 2-day classroom course. You can attend it in Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Rotterdam, among other places, or online, in a group of no more than 8 participants. The price is € 1050,- excl. VAT per participant, including course materials, lunch on location and a certificate of attendance. For a team or department we also deliver this course in-company.
- A solid project plan, faster
- Control over progress and resources
- Practical examples from your own work
- Small group, experienced trainer
- Directly applicable in your work
Your trainer: Frank, Hans, Ruben or Hugo 527 evaluations in total, averaging 8,4. View the trainers
Do you want to plan projects faster and manage them more tightly? The MS Project Basics course gives you a grip on schedules, resources and progress. You work in a small group with an experienced trainer and put your new knowledge to use at work straight away.
Description
In the MS Project Basics course you get to work with Microsoft Project, the tool with which you set up and manage clear project plans. Step by step, you learn how to create a project, enter tasks and create dependencies between those tasks. You also work with calendars, timelines and resources, so that you deploy the available people and resources efficiently.
Besides setting up a plan, considerable attention is given to project management. You discover how to set a baseline, spot and resolve over-allocation of resources, and set deadlines and task constraints. Updating progress, working with progress lines and rescheduling uncompleted work are also covered. Finally, you learn how to create clear reports for the various project stakeholders.
The course is practice-oriented and takes place in a small group led by an experienced trainer. You can bring your own practical examples, so you can apply what you learn directly to your own projects.
For teams and organisations. If several planners are learning Microsoft Project at the same time, we also deliver this course in-company, using examples from your own practice.
Topics
The following topics are covered during this MS Project Basics course:
Project planning:
- Working with calendars
- Setting up timelines
- Entering and structuring tasks
- Creating dependencies between tasks
- Entering resources and assigning them to tasks
Project management:
- Adjusting resource calendars
- Identifying and resolving over-allocation
- Setting deadlines and task constraints
- Recording the schedule in a baseline
- Updating the status date and progress
- Working with progress lines
- Rescheduling uncompleted work
- Creating reports for project stakeholders
Result
After the MS Project Basics course:
You know what MS Project has to offer and how to apply it in your own work, you understand how project planning works in MS Project, you know how to manage and adjust a project in MS Project, you have mastered the basics of project administration in MS Project, you can put your new skills to use straight away in your daily work, and you improve your chances of a role as project planner, project coordinator or project administrator.
Target audience
The MS Project Basics course is intended for anyone who wants to make planning and managing projects easier with Microsoft Project. Think of project managers, project leaders, project planners, project administration staff, project controllers and other project professionals.
The course is also suitable for planning departments where a whole team will be working with Microsoft Project.
Teaching method
You follow this course in a small group under the guidance of an experienced trainer. At the start, the trainer discusses your starting level and what you want to get out of the course, so that the material matches your situation.
During the course, short explanations alternate with plenty of practical exercises in MS Project. That way you immediately turn what you have learned into skills you can use in your own work.
Are you already working with MS Project and running into specific issues? Then bring your own practical examples along to the course. That makes the course even more hands-on.
Prior knowledge
No specific prior knowledge is required for this course. Do you work with Windows now and then and have some idea of what a project schedule is? Then you can join without any problem. Experience with MS Project is not required.
Practical information
- Number of days
- 2 days
- Course times
- from 10 am to 5 pm
- Teaching hours
- 12 hours
- Education level
- Suitable for all levels
- Preparation time
- None
- Included
- Course materials and lunch on site
- Certificate
- At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance
- Cancel
- Free up to four weeks before the start (cancellation terms)
Language
The course is given in Dutch as standard. The trainer speaks English. English-language course materials can be used. If at least 3 participants register, the course can also be given entirely in English.
In-company
Would you like to organise this training for a whole group or several groups? This can be cost-effective. For example, we can tailor the content entirely to your organisation, and training a whole group is also cheaper.
Are you looking at large numbers of participants or a complete academy? That involves a great deal. Consider planning and communication, for example, or identifying and agreeing the objectives and content of the training. Or differences in level, feedback mechanisms and safeguarding. Fortunately, Learnit has extensive experience in this field (more than 25 years) and we are happy to help you through this process.
All start dates
2 training days. Confirmed dates first, then in order of date.
- Wed 18 & Thu 19 November 2026Certain to go ahead Zwolle · 10:00–17:00 · trainer FrankFree cancellation until 21 October Enrol
- Mon 15 & Tue 16 February 2027Certain to go ahead Arnhem · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 18 January Enrol
- Wed 4 & Thu 5 November 2026 Amsterdam · 10:00–17:00 Enrol
- Wed 2 & Thu 3 December 2026 The Hague · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 4 November Enrol
- Wed 2 & Thu 3 December 2026 Online · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 4 November Enrol
- Mon 21 & Tue 22 December 2026 Utrecht · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 23 November Enrol
- Tue 5 & Wed 6 January 2027 Eindhoven · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 8 December Enrol
- Mon 1 & Tue 2 February 2027 Amsterdam · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 4 January Enrol
- Thu 1 & Fri 2 April 2027 Zwolle · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 4 March Enrol
- Thu 1 & Fri 2 April 2027 Groningen · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 4 March Enrol
- Thu 29 & Fri 30 April 2027 Rotterdam · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 1 April Enrol
- Mon 30 & Tue 31 August 2027 Rotterdam · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 2 August Enrol
No suitable start date? Send us a date request, and we'll look at the options together.
This course by city
- MS Project in Amsterdam5 dates
- MS Project in The Hague4 dates
- MS Project in Eindhoven2 dates
- MS Project in Rotterdam2 dates
- MS Project in Zwolle2 dates
This course for your team?
Plan your own group on a date that suits you, at your office, at our premises or online. We tailor the content to your day-to-day work, and training a whole group is cheaper than individual bookings.
- Your date and location
- Tailored content
- Multiple groups or an academy are also possible
- More than 25 years' experience
The trainers for this course
Ratings from participants after completing their course, across all courses by this trainer.
What others say about this course
MS Project Basics course: average 8.2 from 10 reviews
"A very instructive course with room for your own input and experiences."
"This course provides a good basis for getting started with MS Project."
'Excellent course. Also a luxury to be able to take it with just two people. Frank is very experienced in the software and has an answer to every question. The course is pleasantly structured.'
"Excellent course, and afterwards able to draw up a good plan."
“The MS Project Basics course gives a clear impression of the possibilities within the Office suite. Thanks to the chronological structure of the documentation, combined with the exercises provided, you can apply the theory yourself straight away. This means you quickly make the programme your own. After the course we were given all the blank exercises so that we can go through them again in our own time. Basic knowledge of Office itself is advisable, given how much overlap there is.”
“Well-organised course, very useful and practically oriented!”
“MS Project is extremely well suited to an organisation that works a lot with projects. To really understand the programme and keep your projects on track, a training course (basics or advanced) is indispensable. The trainer explains clearly which tick boxes are important (and which are not), and the links between the various tasks in a project become clear straight away.”
"An interesting course, presented in an enjoyable and enthusiastic way. Given that the subject matter is fairly dry, that is very welcome. After the two course days you can set up a project schedule independently (with the reference material you receive)!"
"I was unfamiliar with the package but would like to start using it in my work. I learned a great deal during the 2-day course."
"A pleasant, practical course that immediately gets you going with MS Project"
"A few colleagues and I did an MS Project Basics training course. The first explanation of a few key elements was immediately very clarifying. That was how the whole course went. Every part of the course could also be applied (straight away) at work. After the course, working with MS Project is a good deal easier and, above all, clearer!"
"Very good trainer, course of a good standard. You can really get to work with the software after this course."
“The content of the course was very useful, even for someone who was already familiar with MS Project and has worked as a planner for years.”
"Two very enjoyable and instructive training days. A very pleasant trainer with a great deal of knowledge of the subject who wants to help everyone master it as well. Nice small groups and a perfect location with plenty of facilities and an excellent lunch."
"I came in with no prior knowledge and went home after the 2nd day feeling really good. Genuinely learned something. Excellent!"
"The basic version of MS Projects is certainly to be recommended for beginners."
“A relatively complete basics course. The package can do an awful lot. Good to see everything the programme is capable of, and then pick out what you want to use it for yourself.”
"Frank manages to present material that is not particularly exciting in itself in an engaging enough way that the two days flew by. The possibilities in relation to the pitfalls in particular is very useful information."
"In just 2 days, at a great venue with excellent catering, I learned to work with a program I barely knew. All I have to do now is get started with it!"
"Everything you want to know about MS Project, including features you were not aware of. Highly recommended!"
“Professional training course given by a trainer with thorough (practical) knowledge of the application.”
“This course has really given me the tools to do more with MS Project. I will be recommending it to my colleagues too.”
"A good basic course with a clear structure. Good trainer: calm, helpful and very knowledgeable and experienced. Highly recommended!"
“After this course you can manage perfectly well with MS Projects. It is not a very difficult program, but a course to get out of it what you want is certainly recommended.”
"Definitely a good course for getting started with Microsoft Project. You learn all the basic functionality and options for managing your project properly; certainly recommended!"
"Definitely a good course for getting started with Microsoft Project. You learn all the basic functionality and options for managing your project properly; certainly recommended!"
"A substantial course with excellent facilities."
“Both beginners and somewhat more advanced MS Project users benefit from this course. Beginners learn from the course folder how Project is put together, what the functions are for and where to find them. More advanced planners can effortlessly skip the first chapters and get to grips with the more substantive tips & tricks of MS Project 2010.”
"A substantial course with excellent facilities."
“Good course, learned a lot from it, can certainly recommend it!”
"The course is led by a skilled and practical trainer who makes a good connection between theory and working in projects. Learnit's organisation also delivers an excellent performance in facilities terms, which optimally supports a learning situation."
“Good course, learned a lot from it, can certainly recommend it!”
“Very useful course for learning the basic techniques of MS Project.”
“Even though you don't expect much from a free webinar, I still learned something extra. A well-spent lunch break, as far as I'm concerned!”
“A very practical training course that you can put to use straight away. In two days, participants are given enough tools to create and manage a project schedule and to steer the process. Recommended for anyone who works on projects.”
"A few colleagues and I did an MS Project Basics training course. The first explanation of a few key elements was immediately very clarifying. That was how the whole course went. Every part of the course could also be applied (straight away) at work. After the course, working with MS Project is a good deal easier and, above all, clearer!"
“The content of the course was excellent and fully tailored to the participants' wishes. I followed this course with complete satisfaction. Excellent trainer!”
"A very instructive course with room for your own input and experiences."
“MS Project is extremely well suited to an organisation that works a lot with projects. To really understand the programme and keep your projects on track, a training course (basics or advanced) is indispensable. The trainer explains clearly which tick boxes are important (and which are not), and the links between the various tasks in a project become clear straight away.”
“The content of the course was very useful, even for someone who was already familiar with MS Project and has worked as a planner for years.”
"Very satisfied with the quality of the MS Project course."
“Worthwhile course for getting more out of MS Project.”
“I attended a 2-day MS Project course. A very professional, clear and instructive course. I would recommend this course to anyone who has to do planning for their work.”
“Small groups, which allows for plenty of individual attention. For me an excellent short course to get started with.”
"A pleasant young organisation with a lovely and easily accessible location in Amsterdam. The MS Project course I attended was just the right length and substantial enough to get started with."
"An interesting course, presented in an enjoyable and enthusiastic way. Given that the subject matter is fairly dry, that is very welcome. After the two course days you can set up a project schedule independently (with the reference material you receive)!"
“This trainer took the time. That was possible because there were only a few participants. This is essential when the material is relatively new to you.”
"Got to know MS Projects in a short time and can also apply it in practice."
“I attended a 2-day MS Project course. A very professional, clear and instructive course. I would recommend this course to anyone who has to do planning for their work.”
"Great that the course went ahead, even though I was the only participant. I will definitely put what I learned into practice."
Training formats
Classroom
2 days€ 1050,-- Pleasant venue with a good trainer
- Small groups
- Inspiring and motivating
In-company
Bespoke trainingOn request- 100% for your group
- Bespoke training
- At your place or ours
Workshop
Up to 4 hours for groupsOn request- Suitable for events
- Interactive and inspiring
- Large groups too
Private training
At our place or yoursOn request- 100% just for you
- Achieve a lot in little time
- Whenever you want
Frequently asked questions
Can I cancel free of charge?
Yes. Up to four weeks before the first day of the course you can cancel free of charge, without giving a reason. You then receive a credit note or, if you have already paid, a refund. If you cancel later, you pay part of the course fee: 25% between four and two weeks before the start, 75% in the two weeks before it and 100% in the final week. Moving to another start date is free of charge up to two weeks before the start, after that 50%. Sending a colleague in your place is always possible. Read the cancellation terms.
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You can find the current price at the top right of this course page, along with the schedule, location and delivery format. For in-company or bespoke courses we are happy to provide a quotation on request.
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Confirmed to run: Wed 18 & Thu 19 November 2026 in Zwolle
This date already has enough participants. Free cancellation up to four weeks before the start, so you can secure a place now.