Step by Step Setting up a project in ProjectLibre

Setting up a professional project schedule or project plan by using ProjectLibre (version 1.9.3 or 1.9.2) for Windows

Prepare a Professional Project Schedule or Project Plan in ProjectLibre for Windows (version: 1.9.3 or version 1.9.2)

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.