Overview:
Welcome to Microsoft Project 2016: Part 1.
This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and
functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2016 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 2016
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 2016 and share it with your supervisor (and others) for
review and approval.
Course
Objectives:
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.
Target
Student:
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 2016 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
Logical Operations 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 Logical Operations courses can help you meet this requirement:
Using Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10 Transition from Windows 7
Finally, you should have competency in using
other Microsoft Office applications preferably Office 2016. You can take any of
the Office 2016 course offerings from Logical Operations to attain the
requisite knowledge and skills.
Course Content
Lesson
1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project
Topic A: Identify
Project Management Concepts
Topic B: Navigate
the Microsoft Project 2016 Environment
Lesson
2: Defining a Project
Topic A: Create a
New Project Plan
Topic B: Define a
Project
Topic C: Assign a
Project Calendar
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
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
Lesson
5: Finalizing a Project Plan
Topic A: Optimize
a Project Plan
Topic B: Set a
Baseline
Topic C: Share a Project Plan