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Microsoft Project Orange Belt 2016

Microsoft Project Orange Belt 2016

By IIL Europe Ltd

  • 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
  • Completion Certificate
  • 24/7 Technical Support

Highlights

  • Delivered In-Person

  • Delivered at organisers' location

  • London

  • Full day

  • All levels

Description

Microsoft Project Orange Belt® 2016

This workshop gives 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 gives 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 provides the eBook Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft® Project 2013, and 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.

What you Will Learn

You'll learn how to:

  • Understand what's new in Project 2016

  • Explain where Project 2016 fits in the Microsoft® EPM solution

  • 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

Getting Started

  • Introductions

  • Course structure

  • Course goals and objectives

Concepts of Project Management
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)

  • Synchronizing with SharePoint Tasks List

  • Creating and managing the WBS (include tasks, manually scheduled tasks, summary tasks, milestones, and custom WBS coding)

Entering Estimates

  • Tendencies in estimating

  • 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 (CPM) and the resource critical path (RCP)

  • 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 and Next steps

  • Tools and checklist

  • Best practices checklist

  • Certification options

About The Provider

IIL Europe Ltd

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