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- Course Overview
- This practical course will give participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2016, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop is kept up to date with the framework of knowledge outlined by the Project Management Institute’s PMBOK® Guide and the Practice Standard for Scheduling.
- Project managers and schedulers
- Individuals who would like to learn more about the dynamic scheduling process using Microsoft® Project
- Individuals in a project management career path who need to sharpen their skills in scheduling
- Users of past versions of Microsoft® Project who want to get up to speed with the new features of Project 2016
Who should attend?
- You’ll learn how to:
- Understand what’s new in Project 2016
- Initialize Project 2016 to start project planning
- Create a well-formed project schedule
- Understand task types and the schedule formula
- Assign resources and costs to tasks
- Analyze resource utilization and optimize the schedule
- Set a baseline and track progress
- Create and manage project reports
- Customize views and fields
- Apply Earned Value Management
- Understand the basics of managing multiple projects
Key Features
- 2 days intensive and interactive classroom training on MS Project 2016.
- Training by certified and experienced instructors.
- Practical applications of MS 2016 in real world scenarios
- Detailed course material highlighting applications of MS Project 2016
- 18 PDUs on completion of training.
- Course completion certificate issued by ITIC System.
This 2-day training will include the following topics:
Introduction
- Course structure
- Course goals and objectives
Getting Started with Project 2016
- Project 2016: What’s New and General Overview
- Setting Up a New Project Schedule (templates, options, save, etc.)
- Setting the Project Calendar
Entering Tasks
- The Planning Processes
- Importing Tasks (Word, Excel, SharePoint)
- Creating and managing the WBS (include tasks, manually scheduled tasks, summary tasks and milestones, as well as custom WBS coding)
Entering Estimates
- Estimating Approaches
- The Rolling Wave Approach
- Entering Duration and Work Estimates
- Types of Tasks
Entering Dependencies
- The Principle of Dynamic Scheduling
- Choosing the Right Type of Dependency
- Entering Dependencies in Project 2016
- Different Applications of Dependencies
Entering Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars
- Use of Deadlines and Constraints
- Entering Deadlines and Constraints in Project 2016
Entering Resources and Costs
- Types of Resources
- Entering Resources in Project 2016
- Calendars and Resources
- Entering Costs in Project 2016
Entering Assignments
- Assignments in a Schedule
- Assignments and Task Types
- Entering Assignments in Project 2016
- Assignments, Budgets, and Costs
Optimizing the Schedule
- The Critical Path Method and the Resource Critical Path
- Resource Leveling
- Optimizing Time, Cost, and Resources in Project 2016
Updating the Schedule
- The Baseline
- Updating Strategies and Situations
- Prepare the Status and Forecast Report in Project 2016
Reporting
- Using Reports
- Using Visual Reports
- Formatting and Printing in Project 2016
- Customizing Fields in Project 2016
Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Overview of EVM
- Applying EVM with Project 2016
Evaluating the Project
- Evaluating the Project Performance
- Project Benefits and Results
- Templates for Future Projects
Summary
- Tools and Checklist
- Best Practices Checklist
Consolidated Schedules
- Creating Consolidated Schedules
- Using a Resource Pool
- Links across Projects
- Solving common problems
- Analyzing the Critical Path across Projects
What to expect in this program?
- Equipping you with the necessary understanding of the tools and concepts of a PM methodology
- Leveraging Microsoft® Project to initiate, plan, execute, control, and close projects
- Preparing you for 74-343 certification exam
- Prerequisite
- A familiarity with key project management concepts and terminology is recommended, as well as basic Windows navigation skills and prior experience managing projects using Microsoft® Project.
Microsoft® Project 2016 Training FAQs
Professionals and students who wish to better understand project management concepts and those responsible for creating and maintaining project plans will find this course useful. If you have already mastered the previous versions of MS Project then this course is a must for you to learn all the additional improvements that have come with the 2016 version. Resource managers will find the new end-to-end experience for managing and optimizing resource utilization particularly useful.
MS Project has been a great help to project managers through the years helping them manage change; track and control project commitments, assign resources and requirements with ease and accuracy and share the project progress with stakeholders and management. This latest edition of MS Project that is the 2016 version takes the tool to a new level. With such improvements as improved timelines, Tell Me integration and full support for Office add-ins, this is a must learn tool for aspiring managers and management students.
There are no prerequisites for attending this course
Yes, there is a live online class too, besides a physical instructor led session. You can drop us an email at info@iticsystem.com for more info or check our schedule for our upcoming classes.
On successful completion of the course you will receive a course completion certificate issued by ITIC System.
Any registration cancelled within 48 hours of the initial registration will be refunded in FULL (please note that all cancellations will incur a 5% deduction in the refunded amount due to transactional costs applicable while refunding). Refunds will be processed within 30 days of receipt of written request for refund.
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