Online Class: Microsoft Project 2016
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18Lessons
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41Exams &
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809Students
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8Hours
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0.8CEUs
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Video Audit
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Course Description
Microsoft Project 2016 is a project management software program created for businesses and freelance professionals to help better manage individual projects that occur within companies. Although no project management software should be used to replace project management techniques or adequate training of management and staff, Project 2016 can and will improve the efficiency, organization, and sometimes even the speed of which a project is completed.
This course will teach you how to successfully use MS Project 2016, no matter if you've ever used the program before or not. Both the beginner and seasoned Project user can benefit from this course, starting with the basics of the program including navigation and continuing on to more advanced features.
You will learn how to:
· Plan for a project
· Use templates to create projects in Project 2016
· Create, manage, schedule, and track tasks
· Create, manage, assign, and track resources
· Work with deadlines and constraints
· Troubleshoot problems, delays, and conflicts
· Use dependencies to help schedule tasks
· Work with lag time and lead time when dealing with tasks
· Create baselines and interim plans
· Run reports
· Print reports and project information
· And more
You do not need to have access to Project 2016 to take or successfully complete this course. However, it is recommended. A 60 day free trial for Project 2016 is available on the Microsoft website.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to MS Project 2016
Although no project management software should be used to replace project management techniques or adequate training of management and staff, Project 2016 can and will improve the efficiency, organization, and sometimes even the speed of which a project is completed.Lesson 2: Getting Started in Project 2016
When you open Project 2016 for the first time, you have a few choices in how you want to get started.Lesson 3: Defining and Creating Projects
Although the purpose of this course is to teach you how to use Project 2016, Project 2016 can only manage the information about the project that you give it.Lesson 4: Entering and Scheduling Tasks
Being able to enter tasks is critical, not only to your project, but to being able to use Project 2016 successfully.Lesson 5: Project 2016 Views
A view in Project is simply the way that task and/or resource information is displayed.Lesson 6: Calendars
In Project 2016, the calendar shows the various hours in a workday, the days in a work week, holidays, and nonworking days on which a project schedule is based.Lesson 7: Organizing Tasks
Taking the time to organize your tasks will make managing them easier - and improve the efficiency of your team while working on the project.Lesson 8: Working with Task Duration, Constraints, and Deadlines
Whenever you create a task, you have to set the duration for the task, or how long it will take to complete.Lesson 9: Introducing Dependencies
A dependency in Project is defined as a timing relationship between two tasks in a project - or tasks that are a predecessor-successor pair.Lesson 10: Working with Resources
In this lesson, we are going to learn about resources in Project 2016 and how to apply them to your project.Lesson 11: Resource Management
The key to successful projects and excellent project management is finding the right resources.Lesson 12: Tracking Work in Project
When you want to track the progress being made on a project, you must enter different kinds of information.Lesson 13: Communication and Progress Updates
It is important that you map out what information you need to track as the project commences and advances.Lesson 14: Using Baselines
By definition, a baseline is the detailed project against which actual work is tracked.Lesson 15: Customizing and Formatting Your Project
In this lesson, we are going to show you how to format elements of the Project screen, as well as teach you to create customized templates.Lesson 16: Running Reports
Reports show how costs are accumulating, what tasks are in progress, and which ones still need to start.Lesson 17: Consolidating Projects and Resources
Now that we've learned how to use Project to create and manage projects, we are going to talk about pooling resources, consolidating project plans, and assignments so that they can be shared with other projects.Lesson 18: Printing Project Information
In this lesson, we are going to teach you how to print in Project.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe what MS Project is and what its capabilities are.
- Define and create projects.
- Describe entering and scheduling tasks.
- Describe Project 2016 views.
- Demonstrate organizing tasks.
- Demonstrate working with task duration, constraints, and deadlines.
- Describe dependencies.
- Summarize resource management.
- Identify tracking work in project.
- Summarize communication and progress updates.
- Describe using baselines.
- Describe customizing and formatting your project.
- Describe running reports.
- Describe consolidating projects and resources.
- Summarize printing project information.
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Additional Course Information
- Document Your Lifelong Learning Achievements
- Earn an Official Certificate Documenting Course Hours and CEUs
- Verify Your Certificate with a Unique Serial Number Online
- View and Share Your Certificate Online or Download/Print as PDF
- Display Your Certificate on Your Resume and Promote Your Achievements Using Social Media
Student Testimonials
- "Thank you this course was very informative and I learned things that I did not know were available within Microsoft Project." -- Mark J.
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