Microsoft Project 2019 For User (PJ-19-US)

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Get started with Microsoft project

• Project, project management, and you
  • Practice files
  • Meet the Project program
  • Meet the Project family
  • See the new features in Project 2019
  • New features in earlier versions
  • New in Project 2016
  • New in Project 2013
  • New in Project 2010
  • Take a project manager’s perspective
  • Let’s get started!

• Take a guided tour
  • Practice files
  • Explore the Project user interface
  • Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
  • Work with schedule details in views
  • Use reports to check a plan’s status
  • Skills review
  • Practice tasks
  • Explore the Project user interface
  • Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
  • Work with schedule details in views
  • Use reports to check a plan’s status

Module 2: Simple scheduling basics

• Start a new plan
  • Practice files
  • Create a new plan and set its start date
  • Set nonworking days in the project calendar
  • Enter the plan title and other properties
  • Skills review
  • Create a new plan and set its start date
  • Set nonworking days in the project calendar
  • Enter the plan title and other properties

• Build a task list
  • Practice files
  • Create tasks
  • Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
  • Enter task durations and estimates
  • Enter milestone tasks
  • Create summary tasks to outline the plan
  • Link tasks to create dependencies
  • Check a plan’s duration and finish date
  • Document task information
  • Skills review
  • Create tasks
  • Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
  • Enter task durations and estimates
  • Enter milestone tasks
  • Create summary tasks to outline the plan
  • Link tasks to create dependencies
  • Check a plan’s duration and finish date
  • Document task information

• Set up resources
  • Practice files
  • Set up work resources
  • Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
  • Enter work resource pay rates
  • Adjust working time in a resource calendar
  • Set up cost resources
  • Document resources by using notes
  • Skills review
  • Set up work resources
  • Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
  • Enter work resource pay rates
  • Adjust working time in a resource calendar
  • Set up cost resources
  • Document resources by using notes

• Assign resources to tasks
  • Practice files
  • Assign work resources to tasks
  • Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
  • Assign cost resources to tasks
  • Check the plan after assigning resources
  • Skills review
  • Assign work resources to tasks
  • Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
  • Assign cost resources to tasks
  • Check the plan after assigning resources

• Format and share your plan
  • Practice files
  • Customize a Gantt chart view
  • Add tasks to a Timeline view
  • Customize reports
  • Copy views and reports
  • Print views and reports
  • Skills review
  • Customize a Gantt chart view
  • Add tasks to a Timeline view
  • Customize reports
  • Copy views and reports
  • Print views and reports

• Track progress: Basic techniques
  • Practice files
  • Understand progress tracking
  • Save a baseline of your plan
  • Track a plan as scheduled
  • Enter a task’s completion percentage
  • Enter actual values for tasks
  • Skills review
  • Save a baseline of your plan
  • Track a plan as scheduled
  • Enter a task’s completion percentage
  • Enter actual values for tasks

Module 3: Advanced scheduling techniques

• Fine-tune task scheduling
  • Practice files
  • See task relationships by using Task Path
  • Adjust task link relationships
  • Control task scheduling by using constraints
  • Interrupt work on a task
  • Adjust working time for individual tasks
  • Control task scheduling by using task types
  • See task schedule details by using the Task Inspector
  • Skills review
  • See task relationships by using Task Path
  • Adjust task link relationships
  • Control task scheduling by using constraints
  • Interrupt work on a task
  • Adjust working time for individual tasks
  • Control task scheduling by using task types
  • See task schedule details by using the Task Inspector

• Fine-tune task details
  • Practice files
  • Enter deadline dates
  • Enter fixed costs
  • Create a recurring task
  • View the plan’s critical path
  • Schedule summary tasks manually
  • Skills review
  • Enter deadline dates
  • Enter fixed costs
  • Create a recurring task
  • View the plan’s critical path
  • Schedule summary tasks manually

• Fine-tune resource and assignment details
  • Practice files
  • Change resource availability over multiple date ranges
  • Work with multiple resource pay rates
  • Change resource pay rates over different date ranges
  • Delay the start of assignments
  • Apply contours to assignments
  • Create and assign material resources
  • View resource capacity
  • Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view (Project Professional only)
  • Skills review
  • Change resource availability over multiple date ranges
  • Work with multiple resource pay rates
  • Change resource pay rates over different date ranges
  • Delay the start of assignments
  • Apply contours to assignments
  • Create and assign material resources
  • View resource capacity
  • Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view (Project Professional only)

• Fine-tune the Project plan
  • Practice files
  • Examine resource allocations over time
  • Resolve resource overallocations manually
  • Level overallocated resources
  • Check the plan’s cost and finish date
  • Inactivate tasks (Project Professional only)
  • Skills review
  • Examine resource allocations over time
  • Resolve resource overallocations manually
  • Level overallocated resources
  • Check the plan’s cost and finish date
  • Inactivate tasks (Project Professional only)

• Organize plan details
  • Practice files
  • Sort plan details
  • Group plan details
  • Filter plan details
  • Create new tables
  • Create new views
  • Skills review
  • Sort plan details
  • Group plan details
  • Filter plan details
  • Create new tables
  • Create new views

• Track progress: Detailed techniques
  • Practice files
  • Update a baseline
  • Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
  • Track time phased actual work for tasks and assignments
  • Reschedule incomplete work
  • Skills review
  • Update a baseline
  • Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
  • Track time phased actual work for tasks and assignments
  • Reschedule incomplete work

• View and report project status
  • Practice files
  • Examine a plan’s variance
  • Identify tasks that have slipped
  • Examine task costs
  • Examine resource costs
  • Skills review
  • Examine a plan’s variance
  • Identify tasks that have slipped
  • Examine task costs
  • Examine resource costs