Microsoft Project 2016 Advanced

This course is designed to familiarize you with the advanced features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2016 so that you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment. In the Microsoft® Project 2016: Introduction, students learnt the basic features of Microsoft® Project 2016 during the planning phase of a project. Microsoft® Project 2016: Advanced covers the advanced knowledge and skills a project manager needs to update a project plan in Project 2016 during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project. In other words, once your project plan is approved by the project sponsor, this course will enable you to manage the project so that it is completed on time, within budget, and according to scope.

Professional Development Units (PDUs) 7.

 

After completing this course, students be able to:

Manage an existing Microsoft Project 2016 project plan

Update a project plan to reflect progress as you execute the project

Monitor project progress in the project plan

Adjust the project plan to control constraints

Create project reports to share a project’s status

Customize project settings and share customizations with other projects

 

This course is designed for students with an understanding of project management concepts who are responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. Target students will be looking to acquire the advanced knowledge and skills a project manager needs to update a project plan in Project 2016 during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project.

 

Prerequisites

 

To ensure success in this course, students should have basic project management knowledge and skills. This can be accomplished by taking the following course; Project Management Foundation to Intermediate Level. Additionally, students should be able to create a new project plan, manage time in a project plan, manage tasks in a project plan, manage resources in a project plan, and share a project plan using Microsoft Office Project 2016. Additionally, students need to have the following knowledge:

Microsoft® Project 2016: Introduction

Have basic knowledge and skills for using any current Windows® operating system—preferably Windows 10 or

Microsoft® Windows® 10 Transition from Windows® 7

 

Topics

 

Session 1: Executing a Project

Session 2: Monitoring Project Progress

Session 3: Controlling a Project Plan

Session 4: Reporting on Progress

Session 5: Customizing the Application