MS Project Resource Planning and Cost Planning
Plan capacity realistically; keep an eye on costs
- Using Resource Types Effectively in MS Project
- Identifying Overloads and Bottlenecks Early
- Calculating Project Costs Using Cost Rates
- Working with Practical Project Examples
Training formats
Open enrolment training
Benefit from exchanging ideas with participants from other companies.
- Sound knowledge, engagingly taught and put straight into practice
- 0.5-day intensive course, guaranteed scheduling
In-house training
We come to you – tailored, flexible and practical for your team.
- Content tailored to your team and your projects
- Date, location and language as you prefer
Individual coaching
One-to-one coaching for your goals and specific project challenges.
- Maximum focus on your questions
- Scheduled to suit you
Seminar at a glance
What is this seminar about?
Realistic project planning requires balancing deadlines, available capacity, and costs. In this compact seminar, you’ll work directly with Microsoft Project to plan labor, material, and cost resources in line with your tasks. You’ll explore resource utilization, cost rates, and budgets, and align your schedule with actual available capacity. This will allow you to identify resource bottlenecks and financial implications earlier and build your project plan on a more robust foundation.
- Duration 0.5 days
- Format In-person or live online
- Target group Project managers, project team members, PMO staff, and individuals responsible for resource and cost planning within the project
- Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Microsoft Project is helpful. You will need Microsoft Project Standard or Professional (version 2019 or later) or the Project Online Desktop Client from Planner & Project Plan 3 or 5.
- Certificate Digital Certificate of Participation
- Price Upon request
What you'll be able to do after the seminar
- Assign Resources to Tasks Appropriately
- Systematically Analyze Resource Overloads
- Perform Manual Resource Leveling in a Targeted Manner
- Use Automatic Resource Leveling Effectively
- Correctly Define Different Cost Rates
- Plan Variable and Fixed Costs
- Set Up and Monitor Project Budgets
- Align Deadlines with Resource Availability
Course Dates
We deliver this seminar individually for your company
There are currently no scheduled dates. For in-house training we tailor content, examples, date and format specifically to your projects and goals.
Non-binding and personal
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The space for discussion about real experiences and examples was particularly valuable, making the theory much more tangible. The openness to accept feedback and adapt the methodology accordingly to make it even more helpful for the team was also positive.
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Frequently asked questions
The estimated costs are calculated for each individual activity or work package. You can assign these costs to the corresponding activities in Microsoft Project.
Microsoft Project adds up the individual costs, thereby showing both the total cost of the project and the timeline of planned expenditures.
In Microsoft Project, you can schedule different types of resources. Of course, the most important resource in many projects is the staff.
You can specify how many people you need for the project, who will handle which tasks, and how much effort each task will require. Microsoft Project helps you plan, visualize, and optimize resource allocation.
In addition to team members, you can also map many other resources in Microsoft Project and assign them to tasks.
This can include, for example, equipment, test environments, machines, or rooms. This way, you can also take their availability into account when planning your project.
One of Microsoft Project’s strengths is its ability to detect resource overloads.
When many tasks are being worked on simultaneously and the same people are repeatedly assigned to them, it can quickly lead to overload—a problem that’s easily overlooked during manual planning. Microsoft Project highlights such overloads and shows you which tasks are causing them.
Microsoft Project shows you where a bottleneck occurs and which activities are causing it. The tool can also help you identify ways to reduce the bottleneck.
Ultimately, however, it’s up to you as the project manager to decide which measures to implement. For example, you can reschedule tasks, reallocate resources, or change the order in which activities are carried out.