Microsoft Project 2016 – Level 1 / Intro Training in Switzerland

Is This The Right Course?

Who Should Attend?

Students enrolling in this class should have the following: 

• A general introductory-level understanding of project management concepts
• End-user skills with the current Windows operating system
• Proficient skills using Microsoft Office products

In this course, you will learn to create and engage in basic management of a project using Microsoft Project Professional 2016.

You will:

• Identify project management concepts and navigate the Project 2016 environment
• Create and define a new project plan
• Create and organize tasks
• Manage resources in a project plan
• Finalize a project plan

Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Understanding Project Management Concepts
• Getting Started
• Application and Project Windows
• Ribbon and Tabs
• Creating and Saving Projects
• Opening and Closing Projects
• Changing the View
• Understanding the Views
• Moving Within a View

Creating a Project Plan

• Project Information
• Creating Task Lists
• Manual Tasks Scheduling
• Auto Task Scheduling
• Editing Task Lists
• Outlining Task Lists
• Task Dependencies
• Modifying Task Dependencies
• Task Information
• Project Timeline

Managing Resources and Costs in a Project

• Project Resources
• Resource Assignment Concepts
• Assigning Resources
• Working with Project Calendars
• Working with Resource Calendars
• Working with Task Calendars
• Entering Project Costs
• Resource Costing

Printing Project Information

• Page Setup Options
  
  • Previewing Views and Reports
  • Printing Project Information

Changing Scheduling Methods

• Resource Assignment Concepts
• Task Type Settings
• Changing Task Types
• Task Constraints
• Identifying Factors Affecting Tasks
• Defining the Critical Path
• Formatting the Critical Path

Resolving Resource Conflicts

• Editing Resource Assignments
• Resource Over Allocations
• Locating Resource Over Allocations
• Resolving Resource Over Allocations
• Saving the Baseline