Courses Overview
This three-day, instructor-led course is intended for individuals who are interested in expanding their knowledge base and technical skills about Microsoft Project. The course begins with the basic concepts and leads students through all the functions they will need to plan and manage a small to medium-size project, including how to level resources and capture both cost and schedule progress.
- Understand the discipline of project management as it applies to using Microsoft Project 2016.
- Create a Work Breakdown Structure.
- Identify Task Types & Relationships.
- Define Resources within Project.
- Make Work Package Estimates.
- Create an Initial Schedule.
- Create a Resource Leveled Schedule.
- Create Projects from templates, Excel files.
- Create Global templates.
- Create formulas and graphical indicators.
- The steps to record a macro.
- Format Output and Print Reports.
- Integrate Multiple Projects.
- Set up a Project with a Calendar, Start date, and scheduling method.
- Understand Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule.
- Manage multiple projects.
- Be able to create a master project list with shared resources.
This course covers critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan during the planning phase of a project.Â
This course will show you how to navigate Microsoft Project 2016’s interface and create a new project plan. You will learn ways to use different views to display information on your screen. Using the 2016 version of MS Project, you will have all the tools you need to add and schedule tasks, create schedules, track progress, manage resources, and oversee budgets.
This course is intended for both novice and experienced project managers, managers, schedulers, and other project stake holders who need to incorporate the discipline of project management with Microsoft Project 2016.