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Project 2016/2013 Level 1

Days of Training: 1

Course Description
Microsoft Project 2016/2013 Level 1 addresses the features of Microsoft's Project application, which is
specifically designed to address the needs of project managers in corporate environments. Some of the
topics covered are: navigating and understanding the important features of the Project environment;
creating a new project schedule from scratch; understanding and working with task types, scheduling
options, and task constraints; working with resources, including scheduling and assignment; managing
the project schedule, in accordance with the critical path and project baseline; printing project views,
dashboards, and various other kinds of reports. Working with the Quick Access Toolbar and advanced
calendar topics; advanced task topics; advanced resource topics, including setting resource working-
time exceptions, pooling resources for sharing, and creating resource budget cost items; advanced
project management topics, such as working with multiple baselines and interim plans, updating a
project schedule using a status date, and resolving resource conflicts and scheduling issues; advanced
task form and resource form options, and understanding the Relationship Diagram and compound
views; consolidating projects using Master projects and Subprojects; and advanced project sharing
options, such as working with Project Server, Project Online, and SharePoint, using Project data in other
applications, and creating final reports.

Students will benefit most from this course if they have at least some prior knowledge of project
management procedures and practices. It is intended to support you in applying this knowledge through
the use of Microsoft Project as a project management tool.

There are no specific prerequisites for this course. However, general computer user knowledge is
assumed. Any additional experience having worked with forms and/or databases will be helpful.

Outline
Introduction
Course setup
Chapter 1: Fundamentals
Module A: Setting default options
Module B: Exploring the Project environment
Chapter 2: Starting a new project schedule
Module A: Project schedule templates, calendars, and workflow
Module B: Tasks, durations, and milestones
Chapter 3: Task types, effort-driven scheduling, and task constraints
Module A: Task types
Module B: Lag time and lead time
Module C: Task constraints
Chapter 4: Working with resources
Module A: Resource types
Module B: Resource calendars
Module C: Assigning resources
Chapter 5: Managing the project schedule
Module A: The critical path and the project baseline
Module B: The tracking Gantt chart and updating tasks
Chapter 6: Printing reports
Module A: Views and dashboards
Module B: Other reports
Chapter 7: The Quick Access Toolbar and advanced calendar topics
Module A: The Quick Access Toolbar
Module B: Advanced calendar topics
Chapter 8: Working with tasks
Module A: Task notes, task deadlines, and task priorities
Module B: Miscellaneous task features and functions
Chapter 9: Working with resources
Module A: Grouping, sorting, filtering, and highlighting resources
Module B: Resource working time and resource pools
Module C: Resource budget cost items
Chapter 10: Managing the project schedule
Module A: Multiple baselines and interim plans
Module B: Setting and using a status date
Module C: Resolving resource conflicts and scheduling issues
Module D: Delaying a task
Chapter 11: Other views and shortcuts
Module A: The Task Form, Task Details Form, and Task Name Form
Module B: The Resource Form
Module C: Compound views and the Relationship Diagram
Chapter 12: Working with multiple projects and project integrations
Module A: Consolidating multiple projects
Module B: Project Server, Project Online, and SharePoint
Chapter 13: Working with Project data and closing out a project
Module A: Working with Project data
Module B: Closing out a project

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