Course Length: 2 Days

Course Format: Instructor–Led

Course Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Course Description

Course Overview: Welcome to Microsoft® Project 2016/365: Introduction. This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2016/365 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 2016/365 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 2016/365 and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.

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 2016/365 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 CompuTrain 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 CompuTrain 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 2016/365. You can take any of the Office 2016/365 course offerings from CompuTrain to attain the requisite knowledge and skills.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to create and engage in basic management of a project using Microsoft Project Professional 2016/365.

You will:

• Identify project management concepts and navigate the Project 2016/365 environment.
• Create and define a new project plan.
• Create and organize tasks.
• Manage resources in a project plan.
• Finalize a project plan.
• Update a project plan to reflect progress as you execute the project.
• Monitor project progress in the project plan.
• Adjust the project plan to control constraints.
• Create project reports to share a project’s status.
• Customize project settings and share customizations with other projects.

Course Content

DAY 1

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Identify Project Management Concepts
• Navigate the Microsoft Project 2016/365 Environment

Lesson 2: Defining a Project

• Create a New Project Plan
• Define a Project
• Assign a Project Calendar

Lesson 3: Creating and Organizing Tasks

• Add Tasks to a Project Plan
• Import Tasks from Other Programs
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Define Task Relationships
• Schedule Tasks

Lesson 4: Managing Project Plan Resources

• Add Resources to a Project Plan
• Create a Resource Calendar
• Enter Costs for Resources
• Assign Resources to Tasks
• Resolve Resource Conflicts

Lesson 5: Finalizing a Project Plan

• Optimize a Project Plan
• Set a Baseline
• Share a Project Plan

DAY 2

Lesson 1: Executing a Project

• Enter Task Progress
• Update Task Progress with SharePoint
• Update Work
• Update Costs

Lesson 2: Monitoring Project Progress

• View Project Progress
• Add Custom Fields
• Create Custom Views
• Create a Network Diagram
• Analyze a Project Plan

Lesson 3: Controlling a Project Plan

• Edit the Task List
• Reschedule Tasks
• Update a Baseline

Lesson 4: Reporting on Progress

• Format and Share a Chart View
• View Existing Reports
• Create Custom Reports
• Create a Visual Report

Lesson 5: Customizing the Application

• Change Project Options
• Create a Project Plan Template
• Share Resources
• Link Project Plans

Appendix A: Extending Project with Macros and Apps