Overview
In this 2-day instructor-led course, participants will spend time getting comfortable with the Project 2016 user interface, including project views and the ribbon. They will also learn to enter, organize, and link tasks, work with resources, create basic reports, and create projects independently. The course allows time to practice fundamental basic skills essential for efficient use of this program.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites for this course.
Who Should Attend?
This course is recommended for participants new to Microsoft Project.
Course Outline
- Project Components
- Mapping a Project
- Exercise: Mapping a Project
- Sample Project Used in this Course
- Starting Project
- The Ribbon
- Exercise: Understanding the Ribbon
- The Backstage View
- Exercise: Open and Save a Project
- Exercise: Enter Project Information
- Tour of the Quick Access Toolbar
- Exercise: Add and Delete Commands from the Quick Access Toolbar
- Basic Formatting
- Project Start Data
- Exercise: Set the Project Start Date
- Creating a Project Calendar
- Connecting a Calendar to a Project
- Formatting the Timeline to Match a Custom Calendar
- Exercise: Create and Link a Project Calendar
- Creating a Task
- Entering Durations
- Exercise: Enter Tasks and Durations
- Scheduling Tasks
- Exercise: Set a Task to Manual Scheduling
- Milestone Tasks
- Exercise: Add a Milestone Task
- Linking Tasks
- Exercise: Link Tasks
- Adding Notes to Tasks
- Exercise: Add a Note to a Task
- Add a Calendar to a Task
- Exercise: Add to Your Map
- Exercise: Practice of Topics covered in Lessons 1 to 4
- The Resource Sheet
- Exercise: Enter Work, Material and Cost Resources
- Assigning Resources to Tasks
- Exercise: Assign Resources to Tasks
- Viewing a Project
- Reviewing and Making Adjustments to a Project
- Exercise: Review the Project
- Setting a Baseline
- Viewing the Baseline
- Exercise: Set and View a Baseline
- Recording Progress
- Exercise: Record Progress
- Reporting on Projects
- Exercise: Create a Report
- Sending Data to Excel
- Exercise: Send Data to Excel
