Microsoft Project 2016 Introduction
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Online
You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft Project 2016 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan. Once the plan is created, you will set a baseline, track project actuals and report against the plan using Microsoft Project.Target Audience:
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. Learning Objectives Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environmentUse views to work with a project planCreate a new project planCreate the project scheduleManage resources in a project planFinalise a project planTrack progressView and report project plan information
About this course
An understanding of project management conceptsKnowledge of a Windows operating system
Reviews
Subjects
- Project Plan
- Project
- Microsoft Project
Course programme
Module 1 - Getting Started with Microsoft Project
- Topic A - Introduction to Microsoft Project 2016
- Topic B - Exploring the Microsoft Project 2016 Environment
- Topic C - Displaying an Existing Project Plan in Different Views
Module 2 - Creating a Project Plan
- Topic A - Creating a New Microsoft Project Plan
- Topic B - Setting Project Working Time
- Topic C - Project Information
- Topic D - Creating Summary Stages or Phases
- Topic E - Editing the Task List
- Topic F - Defining the Activity List
- Topic G - Creating and Applying Task Calendars
- Topic H - Creating the Work Breakdown Structure
Module 3 - Creating the Project Schedule
- Topic A - Task Durations
- Topic B - Defining Milestones
- Topic C - Manual Scheduling and Finish to Start Relationships
- Topic D - Automatic Scheduling
- Topic E - Task Relationships
- Topic F - Adding Stages to the Timeline
- Topic G - Identifying the Critical Path
- Topic H - Working with Constraints and Deadlines
- Topic I - Recurring Activities
- Topic J - Adding Notes to a Task
- Topic K - Referencing Other Files in Tasks
Module 4 - Managing Resources in a Project Plan
- Topic A - Resource Types
- Topic B - Working with Resource Calendars and Availability
- Topic C - Adding Resource Costs
- Topic D - Assigning Resources to Tasks
- Topic E - Effort-Driven Scheduling
- Topic F - Resolving Resource Overallocation
- Topic G - Splitting Activities
Module 5 - Introduction to Project Tracking
- Topic A - Setting a Project Baseline
- Topic B - Entering Actuals
- Topic C - Viewing Progress in a Project Plan
Module 6 - Viewing and Reporting Project Detail
- Topic A - Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information
- Topic B - Printing Views
- Topic C - Using Standard Reports in Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project 2016 Introduction