Project

Audience:

This course is designed for a person with an understanding of project management concepts and who is responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. The course will give the student a fundamental understanding of Microsoft Project necessary to create and save project plans.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course, you should have basic project management knowledge and skills. The following course can help you in meeting this requirement: Project Management Fundamentals (Second Edition).You should also have basic knowledge and skills for using any current Windows® operating system—preferably Windows 10. The following courses can help you meet this requirement:Using Microsoft® Windows® 10Microsoft® Windows® 10 Transition from Windows® 7Finally, you should have competency in using other Microsoft Office applications—preferably Office. You can take any of the Office course offerings from to attain the requisite knowledge and skills.

Day 1 Description:

Welcome to Microsoft® Project: Part 1. This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.

This course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.

Day 1 Outline:

I. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Topic A: Identify Project Management Concepts
• Topic B: Navigate the Microsoft Project 2016 Environment

II. Lesson 2: Defining a Project

• Topic A: Create a New Project Plan
• Topic B: Define a Project
• Topic C: Assign a Project Calendar

III. Lesson 3: Creating and Organizing Tasks

• Topic A: Add Tasks to a Project Plan
• Topic B: Import Tasks From Other Programs
• Topic C: Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Topic D: Define Task Relationships
• Topic E: Schedule Tasks

IV. Lesson 4: Managing Project Plan Resources

• Topic A: Add Resources to a Project Plan
• Topic B: Create a Resource Calendar
• Topic C: Enter Costs for Resources
• Topic D: Assign Resources to Tasks
• Topic E: Resolve Resource Conflicts

V. Lesson 5: Finalizing a Project Plan

• Topic A: Optimize a Project Plan
• Topic B: Set a Baseline
• Topic C: Share a Project Plan

Day 2 Description:

Welcome to Microsoft® Project: Part 2. This course is designed to familiarize you with the advanced features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2016 so that you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.

In Microsoft® Project: Part 1, you learned the basic features of Microsoft® Project during the planning phase of a project. Microsoft® Project: Part 2 covers the advanced knowledge and skills a project manager needs to update a project plan in Project during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project. In other words, once your project plan is approved by the project sponsor, this course will enable you to manage the project so that it is completed on time, within budget, and according to scope.

Day 2 Outline:

I. Lesson 1: Executing a Project

• Topic A: Enter Task Progress
• Topic B: Update Task Progress with SharePoint
• Topic C: Update Work
• Topic D: Update Costs

II. Lesson 2: Monitoring Project Progress

• Topic A: View Project Progress
• Topic B: Add Custom Fields
• Topic C: Create Custom Views
• Topic D: Create a Network Diagram
• Topic E: Analyze a Project Plan

III. Lesson 3: Controlling a Project Plan

• Topic A: Edit the Task List
• Topic B: Reschedule Tasks
• Topic C: Update a Baseline

IV. Lesson 4: Reporting on Progress

• Topic A: Format and Share a Chart View
• Topic B: View Existing Reports
• Topic C: Create Custom Reports
• Topic D: Create a Visual Report

V. Lesson 5: Customizing the Application

• Topic A: Change Project Options
• Topic B: Create a Project Plan Template
• Topic C: Share Resources
• Topic D: Link Project Plans

VI. Appendix A: Extending Project with Macros and Apps