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Microsoft Project 2016 In A Day   Duration: 1 Day

Course Overview

Course Objectives In this course, you will learn to create and engage in basic management of a project using Microsoft Project 2016. We will look at project management concepts and navigate the Project 2016 environment. Create and define a new project plan. Prerequisites No previous experience of MS Project is required although familiarity with the Windows operating system is essential. Target Audience: Anyone who wants to learn Microsoft Project as the tool for them and their Team. Candidates who have Project Management skills but have not attended formal software training.

 

 

 

 

First Look at Project

Creating a new plan

Build a task list

Task Names

Task Durations and Dates

Enter Milestones

Summary Tasks

Link tasks to create dependencies

Setting up the links

Unlink tasks

Switch task scheduling from manual to auto

Check a plan’s duration and finish date

Document Information

Setup Resources

Work resources

Entering the maximum capacity for work resources

Adjust the resources working capacity

Enter work resources pay rate

Adjust working time in a resource calendar

Set up cost resources

Document resources by using notes

Assign resources to tasks

Assign a work resource to a task.

View or edit assignments details in the Task Form View

Control work when adding or removing resource assignments

Change the schedule result when you assign an additional resource to a task

Change the schedule result when you remove a resource from a task

Manage effort-driven scheduling for a specific task or tasks

Turn on effort driven scheduling for all new tasks in a plan

Assign cost resources to tasks

Assign a cost resource to a task

Check the plan after assigning resources

Check the plan’s costs per task

Check the plan’s costs per resource

Resource assignment and other details grouped by task

Task assignment and other details grouped by resource

Customize a Gantt Chart view

Apply a Gantt chart style to Gantt bars

Format an individual Gantt bar shape

Remove formatting from an individual Gantt bar shape

Format a cell or range of cells

Adjust the timescale in a Gantt chart view

Add tasks to a timeline view

Add an existing task to a Timeline View

Add a new task to a timeline view

Switch task bars to callouts in the timeline view

Customize reports

Display a report

Apply a style to a chart in a report

Apply a style to a table in a report

Copy views and reports

Copy a view

Copy a Timeline View

Copy a report

Print views and reports

Print a view

Print a report

Save a baseline of your plan

When to save a baseline

How to save a baseline

Clear a previously saved baseline

Display baseline Gantt bars in a Gantt chart view

Display scheduled and baseline values using a Variance Table

Track a plan as scheduled

How to record work as scheduled through a specific date

Record work as scheduled through the current date or status date

Enter a task’s completion percentage

Record a task’s percent complete value in pre-set increments

Record a task’s percent complete value

How to use the % complete column in a table

Use the mouse to set or extend progress on Gantt bars

Enter actual values for tasks

Record a task’s actual values in the Tracking table

Record a task’s actual values in the Update Task’s dialog box