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    Learn to import and export of project data

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    Effective use of budgets and tracking costs

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    Understand resources on demand/capacity

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    Consolidate different number of projects

The current version of MS Project i.e., 2016 offers a current a transparent view of ongoing project activities from different perspectives. It is very popular software for project management that is sold by Microsoft. It will help project managers to develop plans, assign resources, manage projects, track the progress of project and analysis of workloads.  It creates critical path schedules, although an essential chain third-party add-ons are available spherical angle and ProChain. This chain can be easily viewed in Gantt charts.  

It will help to manage the resources among different teams and task with the use of shared resources pool. In this, we can define for what days and shifts a resource are available for particular task and team.  Each resource can be allocated to multiple tasks and also each task can get multiple numbers of resources.

Who should take this course

  • Users with basic knowledge of MS Project 2016 who want to upgrade the knowledge of project management
  • Project Managers who are newly appointed
  • Aspiring project manager
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Prerequisites

Delgates should have completed the introductory part of MS Project 2016.

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What Will You Learn

  • Starts with basic and advanced features
  • Progresses logically from beginning advanced to complex
  • Learn to split projects into sub-projects effectively
  • Manage project calendar
  • Learn to add and manage project resources
  • Manage resource sheet
  • Edit existing and create custom reports
  • Customise Project to meet specific requirements
  • Learn to build reports for project
  • Create the project schedule
  • Manage resources in a project plan
  • Finalising a project plan
  • Tracking of a progress
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What's included

  Course Overview

Microsoft Project 2016 training course will teach delegates how to creates budgets based on assigned work and price of the resource. It will allow web Access to the user so they can display and update this data with the help of Internet. Web Access will help to authorised users to access a Project Server database across the Internet.

This training is ideal for those delegates who want to upgrade their current skill-set of Project management to take benefit of the new features. After completion of this course, delegates will use the MS Project efficiently to manage their resources and costs; set-up plans, and meet deadlines of the project.

Features of MS Project

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  Course Content

Overview

  • Basics of Project Management
  • Define Project Management
  • Constraints of Project
  • Five phases
  • Views in MS Project 2016
  • Ribbon
  • View Tab
  • Gantt chart view
  • Gantt Chart view with WBS
  • View of Network Diagram
  • View Calendar
  • View Resource Sheet
  • Task Usage
  • Track Gantt
  • Resource Graph
  • Backstage view
  • Team Planner
  • Timeline
  • Task Inspector
  • Zoom slider
  • Manual scheduling
  • Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Views

Manage Costs in Microsoft Project

  • Creating Different Cost Rates for Resources
  • Change the Resource Cost for Individual Tasks
  • Change Costs Based on Time Periods
  • Assign Overtime Costs

 Adjust Task Details and Create Phases

  • Split Tasks
  • Timescales
  • Modify the Timescale
  • Multiple Task Relationships
  • Delete Task Relationships
  • Redefining the Logic
  • Splitting of a Task
  • Create Summary Tasks
  • Use Outline Numbering
  • Add a Project Summary
  • Insert a Hyperlink
  • Add a Task Note

Resources: Creating and Assigning

  • Set-up resources
  • Resources
  • Cost types
  • Entering Rates
  • Material Resource
  • Build a Text Field
  • Entering Work Resources
  • Assigning Resources
  • Scheduling of Formula
  • Assign Multiple Resources
  • Assign a Single Resource to a given Task
  • Assigning Multiple Resources to project
  • Partial Assignment
  • Assign Equipment and Material to a given Task
  • Using the Resource List Options
  • Allocation of a Resource to a Project
  • Modification of the Format of the Gantt Chart

Import and Export Information

  • File Formats Supported by MS Project
  • Mapping of Project Information
  • Export MS Project Information
  • Import Information into MS Project

Finalising the Plan

  • Reviewing the schedule
  • Levelling resource over-allocation

Reporting on Projects

  • Overview of reporting on Progress
  • Manipulate Built-In Reports
  • Earned Value Reporting
  • Work with Multiple Baselines
  • Distribute Project Data in Other Formats

Tracking of a Project

  • Critical path
  • Tracking a Project
  • Baselines
  • Set-up a Baseline
  • View the Tracking Gantt and Tracking Table
  • Adjust the Project Status Date
  • Enter Progress as a % Complete
  • Progress Using Update Tasks
  • Track Work By Time-Period

Track

  • Create baselines
  • Project progress
  • View variance information                  

Analysis and adjustment of a schedule

  • Analysis schedules
  • Rescheduling the project
  • Adjustment to resource schedules
  • Progress lines

Filter and sort

  • Insert new columns
  • Handle auto filters
  • Use built-in filters in MS Project 2016
  • Sort and group data

Working with Multiple Projects

  • Combine Multiple Projects as a Programme
  • Create a Shared Resource Pool
  • Assign Resources using a Resource Pool
  • Identify the Critical Path in a Programme
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Shortcuts of MS Project 2016

Alt + F3

View Field Settings of Dialog box

Alt + F4

Closing of the Project Help Window

Alt + F10

Assigning a Resources

Alt + End

Moving to the End of Project

Alt + Home

Moving to the Beginning of Project

Alt + Print Screen

Copy Picture of the Selected Window and move to the Clipboard

Alt + Shift + -

Hiding of Subtasks

Alt + Shift + *

Show down All Tasks

Alt + Shift + =

View Subtasks

Alt + Shift + Left Arrow

Outdent of a Task

Alt + Shift + Right Arrow

Indent of a Task

Alt + Shift + Tab

Move back to the Previous Window

Alt + Spacebar | Alt + Hyphen

Control Menu Will be Activated

Alt + Tab

Next Window

Arrow Keys

Moving Between Tasks

Ctrl + End

Moving to End of Text Box

Ctrl + F2

Linking of a Selected Tasks

Ctrl + F5 | Ctrl + F10

Restoring  the Size of the Active Window After Maximizing it

Ctrl + F6

Multiple Opening of  Windows, Switching to Next Window

Ctrl + F9

Turning On/Off Auto Calculate

Ctrl + C

To Copy

Ctrl + D

Fill Down

Ctrl + F

Dialog Box

Ctrl + G

Opens 'Go To' Dialog Box

Ctrl + K

Insert Hyperlink

Ctrl + N

Opens a New Blank Project

Ctrl + P

To Print

Ctrl + S

To Save

Ctrl + V

To Paste

Crtl + Alt + V

To Paste Special

Crtl + X

Cut

Ctrl + Z

Undo

Ctrl + Click

Add object to a multi-section

Ctrl + Home

Move to starting of a Text Box

Ctrl + Right Arrow

Move One Word to the Right Side

Ctrl + Left Arrow

Move One Word to the Left Side

Ctrl + F12 | Ctrl + O

Opening of a Project File

Ctrl + Shift + A

Chang Task to 'Auto Schedule.'

Ctrl + Shift + F2

Unlinking of Selected Tasks

Ctrl + Shift + F6

Switching to Previous Window

Ctrl + Shift + M

Changing Task to 'Manually Schedule.'

Ctrl + Space

Selecting a Current Column

Ctrl + Up Arrow | Ctrl + Down Arrow

Move to First Row | Last Row

Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4

Closing of window of Active Project

F1

Opening Project Help Window

F2

Edit Task

F3

With Column Filter Active: Remove All Filters

F7

Spellcheck

F8

Change Selection Mode On/Off

F12

To perform Save As

Home | End

Move to First Cell/Jump to the Last Cell in Row

Insert

Adding a new task

Print Screen

Copying  a screenshot to the Clipboard

Shift + F2

Opening the Dialog Box for task information

Shift + F6

Activating Split Bar

Shift + F8

Turn  on or off  the add it to selection mode

Shift + F10

Open a Shortcut Menu

Shift + F11

Opening a new window

Shift + Space

Selection of  Current Row

Shift + Tab

Move back to the previous cell

 



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