This course was written for trainees wishing to learn to use Microsoft Project. It is written for using Microsoft Project in the Office 2016 suite of applications. However, it does not include a ‘New Features’ section exclusively about new features in Microsoft Project 2016. It is very easy to see a complete list of the new features in Office v2016 in the Help menu on-screen. This courseware cannot and should not compete with the comprehensive coverage of new features detailed by Microsoft within the application’s help files. To do so would be to hinder learning the raw application. What this course seeks to do is teach the trainee Project in the hope that he/she may be able to go and work just as well using v2002 for example and other versions. Wherever possible, ‘version functionality’ is purposely avoided. Completing this course will confer 2 CPD Credits towards internationally recognised Continuous Professional Development Requirements within organisations operating this kind of staff development methodology. Course Outline 1. Managing the project and understanding project views Exercises: Preparing a project for analysis and tracking and performing Resource LevelingCustomising the Gantt Chart barsDisplaying the Critical PathUsing the Formatting Tab of the ribbonUsing Network DiagramsDisplaying TablesInserting and hiding columnsCreating a New TableApplying FiltersUsing AutoFiltersUnderstanding and viewing WBS Codes 2. Examining and Updating the Project Amending tasks using various viewsUsing Resource LevelingUnderstanding baseline and interim plansView project baseline informationCompare baseline and scheduled informationTracking and Updating Tasks EffectivelyExercise: Updating the Holiday projectViewing Progress LinesExercise: Show the Project Progress LineUnderstanding project costsExercise: Adding costsCreating a budgetViewing total resource costsViewing total task costsReducing project costsUnderstanding Project Deliverables 3. Printing and Reporting Printing project viewsViewing and changing the print settingsAdd a header, footer, or legend to a viewViewing the built in ReportsEditing ReportsVisual ReportsWhat You Can PrintReports by Report Type 4. Multiple Projects and Resource Sharing The Resource PoolExercise: Create a resource pool from an existing project and share the resourcesUpdating the Resource PoolReview and update assignmentsUpdate resource availability or cost informationStop sharing resources (temporarily)Stop sharing resources from a Resource Pool (permanently)Consolidating projectsWhen to use a master project and subprojectsInsert subprojects into a master projectCompare Project Versions
