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This course covers the basics of Project Management and gets delegates to the point where they can create and begin to track a Project.
Microsoft Project 365 Overview
Learn how to:
Microsoft Project 365 Masterclass
Learn how to:
Module 1: Creating a Task List
• Getting Started
• What is a Project?
• Ribbon Overview
• Views/Tables/forms
• View bar
• Entry bar
• Auto Schedule/Manual
• Schedule options
• Project information
• Creating a task List
• Summary Tasks
• Indenting
• Recurring tasks
• Milestone Task
• Moving tasks
• Deleting Tasks
• Using the mouse
• Exercise 1.
Module 2: Adjust a Project
• Formatting the Gantt chart
• Task Name
• Line styles/Text styles
• Non-working time colours
• Timescale
• Adjust the timescale.
• One tier/Two tiers/Three tiers
• Filters/Grouping and Highlight
• Project Calendar
• Exceptions
• Work weeks
• Different time zones (summer working)
• New
• Print Preview
• Header and Footers/project fields/Legend page
• Print project range
• Embedding docs in tasks
• Linked/Icon
• New/icon
• Exercise 2.
Module 3: Link Management
• Linking tasks
• FS/SS/FF/SF
• Lead and Lag
• Split Tasks
• Task Constraints
• Deadline Markers
• Exercise 3.
Module 4: Allocating Resources
• Resource sheet
• Work/material/cost
• Assign resources.
• Assign consumables.
• Change a resource availability.
• Change a resource calendar.
• Exercise 4.
Module 5: Baselines and Reports
• Save a baseline.
• Tracking view and table
• Add columns.
• Update tasks
• Run reports
• Project overview
• Cost overview
• Create a new report
• Exercise 5.
Module 6: Final Exercise
Module 7: Appendix A
• What is Project Management?
Microsoft Project 2016 is a suite of tools for efficient project and portfolio management. It is designed to help users set realistic goals for project teams and customers by creating schedules, distributing resources and managing budgets. This course is a good introduction for anyone who wants to learn to use Microsoft Project as the tool for them and their team.
Module 1: Creating a Task List
• Getting Started
• What is a Project?
• Ribbon Overview
• Views/Tables/forms
• View bar
• Entry bar
• Auto Schedule/Manual
• Schedule options
• Project information
• Creating a task List
• Summary Tasks
• Indenting
• Recurring tasks
• Milestone Task
• Moving tasks
• Deleting Tasks
• Using the mouse
• Exercise 1.
Module 2: Adjusting a Project
• Formatting the Gantt chart
• Task Name
• Line styles/Text styles
• Non-working time colours
• Timescale
• Adjust the timescale.
• One tier/Two tiers/Three tiers
• Filters/Grouping and Highlight
• Project Calendar
• Exceptions
• Work weeks
• Different time zones (summer working)
• New
• Print Preview
• Header and Footers/project fields/Legend page
• Print project range
• Embedding docs in tasks
• Linked/Icon
• New/icon
• Exercise 2.
Module 3: Link Management
• Linking tasks
• FS/SS/FF/SF
• Lead and Lag
• Split Tasks
• Task Constraints
• Deadline Markers
• Exercise 3.
Module 4: Allocating Resources
• Resource sheet
• Work/material/cost
• Assign resources.
• Assign consumables.
• Change a resource availability.
• Change a resource calendar.
• Use a resource pool.
• Resource levelling
• Task types
• Exercise 4.
Module 5: Views
• Network View/ New Template
• Task Usage
• Resource usage/ Form
• Timeline
• Team Planner
• Split screen
• Resource Graph
• New Views
• Exercise 5.
Module 6: Baselines and Reports
• Save a baseline.
• Tracking view and table
• Add columns.
• Update tasks
• Run reports
• Project overview
• Cost overview
• Create a new report.
• Using Visual reports
• Exercise 6.
Module 7: Customisations
• Custom Fields
• Drop down list.
• IIF function/Graphical indicators
• DateDiff Function
• New table
• Export to Excel/Using Paste Special and link.
• Export to Excel using the map feature.
• Customise Gantt chart icons using flag fields.
• Master Project file
• Sub project
• Paste link tasks.
Module 8: Final Exercise
Module 9: Appendix A
• What is Project Management?
Microsoft Project 2016 is a suite of tools for efficient project and portfolio management. It is designed to help users set realistic goals for project teams and customers by creating schedules, distributing resources and managing budgets. This course is a good introduction for anyone who wants to learn to use Microsoft Project as the tool for them and their team.