MICROSOFT OFFICE SHORT COURSES

Course Overview

Welcome to Microsoft® Project 2016 - Beginner. 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.

Duration

6 Hours. Training times can be arranged in more manageable sessions of 3 hours over 2 days.

Delivery Method

Training times can be arranged according to your date and times requirements, delivered virtually or on-site at your premises by one of our professional facilitators. Alternatively, you can join a virtual public course by clicking on the Register Now button.

Who Should Attend

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

1. Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Identify project management concepts
• Navigate the Microsoft Project 2016 environment

2. Defining a Project

• Create a new project plan
• Define a project
• Assign a project calendar

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

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

5. Finalizing a Project Plan

• Optimize a project plan
• Set a baseline
• Share a project plan

The Secret to Success

Short courses are an easy and effective way to upskill your people. This enables them to apply their new knowledge in your workplace immediately.