Last Updated: June 1, 2026

About the Author

Ray Coker is a project management trainer, consultant, and author. He has taught Microsoft Project and project planning tools and techniques to thousands of students and professionals across North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Throughout his career, Ray has worked with organizations such as Amgen, Lockheed Martin, Kimberly-Clark, British Petroleum, M&M Mars, Siemens, AT&T, NASA, the U.S. Naval Academy, the USDA, the FDA, the U.S. Secret Service, and many government agencies, universities, and private companies.

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Since the first versions of Microsoft Project, Ray has created and led over thirty workshops on Microsoft Project, Project Server, and project management. These workshops focus on practical planning, scheduling, forecasting, and project control. Several international consulting and training firms have licensed and delivered his workshops to organizations worldwide.

Ray focuses on helping people build clear, logical, and technically sound project schedules. He teaches how to use Microsoft Project as a reliable tool for planning and forecasting within a disciplined project management process. Ray created the Project MAP (Model > Activities > Processes) framework and the MS Project Master Class Learning Portal. This training system includes hands-on exercises, workflows, downloadable project files, assessments, coaching, and the MS Project Master Class Book.

Ray has also trained, developed, and certified over 100 project management professionals who make/made their living doing project management training and consulting.

Ray lives in Colorado’s Front Range and volunteers as a ranger with Boulder County Open Space. He has restored six historic homes and enjoys hiking, bicycling, and gardening.

You can find more details about Ray’s background, training programs, and instructional materials by clicking on the Bio button below.

FAQs

What Is Project MAP?

Project MAP (Model > Activities > Processes) is the project management framework used in the MS Project Master Class. It organizes project planning and management into a step-by-step sequence of activities that follow the life cycle of a real project. As you progress through the Master Class, you will see how scope definition, estimating, scheduling, resource planning, cost management, controls, reporting, and forecasting all work together in Microsoft Project to help you build a clear and effective project plan.

What Is the MS Project Master Class Learning Portal?

The MS Project Master Class Learning Portal is this website. It is an online training platform that accompanies the MS Project Master Class Book. In the Learning Portal, you will find Activity Workspaces, downloadable Microsoft Project files, charts, worksheets, exercises, assessments, exams, and reference materials to help you apply what you learn in the book. Together, the book and Learning Portal offer a hands-on Microsoft Project training system focused on building a complete Master Project.

Who Uses the MS Project Master Class?

The MS Project Master Class was designed for a wide range of students, professionals, trainers, consultants, organizations, and educational institutions that want to develop stronger Microsoft Project planning and scheduling skills through a structured, technically sound project management process.

Project managers and schedulers use the Master Class to learn how to build clear, logical, and reliable project plans that support estimating, scheduling, resource planning, forecasting, reporting, and project control. Students and independent learners use the Master Class to develop practical Microsoft Project skills through hands-on exercises, workflows, downloadable project files, and the step-by-step development of a complete Master Project.

Microsoft Project trainers, consultants, PMOs, and organizations use the Master Class as a structured training and workshop system that supports classroom instruction, coaching, consulting engagements, internal training programs, and standards-based project management practices. Community colleges and educational institutions may also use the Master Class as a curriculum-oriented Microsoft Project training program that combines instructional material, Activity Workspaces, exercises, assessments, and optional coaching within the Project MAP framework.

Can Trainers, Consultants, or Colleges Use These Materials?

Yes. The MS Project Master Class is designed for independent learners as well as trainers, consultants, organizations, and schools. With the Master Class Book, Learning Portal, Activity Workspaces, workflows, exercises, downloadable files, assessments, and optional coaching, you get a structured Microsoft Project training system that is ready for classrooms, corporate workshops, consulting, coaching, and community college courses.