Microsoft Office 2016
Project Level I – Foundation
Date: 9/9/2018
Time: 4:00-7:00
Program Delivery Language : English/Arabic
The number of days : 2 days
Duration: 8 Hours
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.
Prerequisites
- An understanding of project management concepts
- Knowledge of a Windows operating system
Delegates will learn how to
- Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environment
- Use views to work with a project plan
- Create a new project plan
- Create the project schedule
- Manage resources in a project plan
- Finalize a project plan
- Track progress
- View and report project plan information
Outline
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