Microsoft Project 2016 - Level 1 / Intro

Course Outline

Learn to create and manage a project schedule using Microsoft® Project 2016.
This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2016, so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.
This course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project 2016 during the planning phase of a project.

What You'll Learn

In this course, you will learn to create and engage in basic management of a project using Microsoft Project Professional 2016.
You will:
â?¢ Identify project management concepts and navigate the Project 2016 environment
â?¢ Create and define a new project plan
â?¢ Create and organize tasks
â?¢ Manage resources in a project plan
â?¢ Finalize a project plan
Who Needs to Attend
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and needs a tool to manage those project plans.

Outline

DAY 1
Getting Started with Microsoft Project
â?¢ Understanding Project Management Concepts
â?¢ Getting Started
â?¢ Application and Project Windows
â?¢ Ribbon and Tabs
â?¢ Creating and Saving Projects
â?¢ Opening and Closing Projects
â?¢ Changing the View
â?¢ Understanding the Views
â?¢ Moving Within a View
Creating a Project Plan
â?¢ Project Information
â?¢ Creating Task Lists
â?¢ Manual Tasks Scheduling
â?¢ Auto Task Scheduling
â?¢ Editing Task Lists
â?¢ Outlining Task Lists
â?¢ Task Dependencies
â?¢ Modifying Task Dependencies
â?¢ Task Information
â?¢ Project Timeline
Managing Resources and Costs in a Project
â?¢ Project Resources
â?¢ Resource Assignment Concepts
â?¢ Assigning Resources
â?¢ Working with Project Calendars
â?¢ Working with Resource Calendars
â?¢ Working with Task Calendars
â?¢ Entering Project Costs
â?¢ Resource Costing
Printing Project Information
â?¢ Page Setup Options
Previewing Views and Reports
Printing Project Information

DAY 2
Changing Scheduling Methods
â?¢ Resource Assignment Concepts
â?¢ Task Type Settings
â?¢ Changing Task Types
â?¢ Task Constraints
â?¢ Identifying Factors Affecting Tasks
â?¢ Defining the Critical Path
â?¢ Formatting the Critical Path
Resolving Resource Conflicts
â?¢ Editing Resource Assignments
â?¢ Resource Over Allocations
â?¢ Locating Resource Over Allocations
â?¢ Resolving Resource Over Allocations
â?¢ Saving the Baseline
Tracking Project Progress
â?¢ Tracking Task Progress
â?¢ Updating Tasks
â?¢ Updating the Remaining Schedule
â?¢ Comparing Baseline and Actual Data
Sorting, Filtering, and Grouping
â?¢ Sorting Views
â?¢ Filtering Views
â?¢ Grouping Tasks and Resources
Formatting the Project Environment
â?¢ Formatting Views
â?¢ Formatting the Gantt Chart
â?¢ Grouping Tasks and Resources

Training Location

Online Classroom
your office

your city, your province
your country