Microsoft Project (or MSP) is a project management software program, which is designed to assist project managers in developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workloads.
The application creates critical path schedules, although critical chain and event chain methodology third-party add-ons are available. Schedules can be resource leveled, and chains are visualized in a Gantt chart.

Additionally, Project can recognize different classes of users. These different classes of users can have differing access levels to projects, views, and other data. Custom objects such as calendars, views, tables, filters and fields are stored in an enterprise global which is shared by all users. It is available currently in two editions, Standard and Professional.

the course is designed for a student that will be responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage those project plans, wherein such projects has to finish on time, within budget, and within scope.