Master Microsoft Project 2013 & 2016 for Beginners

Explore the project 2016 workspace, start a simple project from the start screen. Use templates, new from existing project or Excel, and understand manually versus auto scheduled modes and backstage.

Access online help in Project 2016 via the F1 key and the help home; use the search and the 'tell me what you want to do' feature to surface tasks.

Explore how the ribbon and toolbars organize commands in Microsoft Project 2016, including contextual tabs, the Gantt Chart Tools format tab, and quick access toolbar customization.

Explore the status bar in project 2016: left indicators like filter and cell mode, right-side view shortcuts and the zoom slider; switch views and adjust time scale via the ribbon.

Learn keyboard shortcuts and key tips for project 2016 to speed up tasks, format text, and navigate views, including cut, copy, paste, and font formatting via the quick access toolbar.

Learn how to use touch mode in Project 2016 to tap, select, bold, and access contextual menus with tap and hold, and pinch to zoom the time scale.

Explore project options in project 2016, covering general, display, schedule, save, proofing, and language settings, including auto scheduled tasks, calculation on, and office themes.

Open and close projects in project 2016, save a first version with save as to a course file folder, pin locations, and switch between open projects.

Follow exercise one using the major tasks list from the exercise folder to create a Project 2016 project for a bathroom refit, mirroring the sample answer with a start date.

Explore task properties in Project 2016 by adjusting duration, start and finish dates, and working days, and access task information via the task information dialog and the ribbon.

Demonstrate how to break high level tasks into subtasks using indenting and outlining, and manage summary tasks, levels, and the project summary task in project 2016.

Learn to link and manage task dependencies in project schedules, including finish-to-start, lag and lead, and other types, illustrated by wedding planning examples and Gantt chart arrows.

Learn how to apply constraints and deadlines in project scheduling using a wedding plan example, including start dates, finish dates, deadlines, and task predecessors in Project 2016.

This lecture walks through exercise three on a bathroom refit, teaching how to set task durations, add dependencies, and divide the project into four phases: planning, purchasing, implementation, and completion.

Explore how to manage resources in Project 2016 using the resource sheet, adding work, material, and cost resources, and linking them to tasks via assignments.

Discover how to assign resources to tasks in Project 2016, using the Assign Resources dialog, handling 100 percent work, duration, and cost or material resources such as photographer and rings.

Explore how adding resources to tasks reshapes the schedule across fixed duration, fixed work, and fixed units tasks, with emphasis on effort driven behavior and default options.

Identify the difference between manual and automatic scheduling in Project 2016, and explain how to structure phases and tasks while previewing resource leveling to resolve overallocations.

Learn resource leveling basics in Project 2016, resolving over allocations manually or automatically with level resource and level all, while considering levelling delays and deadlines.

Explore how to automate resource leveling in Project 2016, choosing between automatic and manual calculations, setting leveling range and order, and using priorities to resolve overallocations.

Explore project 2016 views to manage resources with resource sheet and resource usage view, identify over allocations using the resource graph, and master split view and calendar view.

Create, format, and share timelines in Project 2016 to communicate progress, highlight key tasks, and present multiple timelines for focused phases.

Learn to set task costs in project 2016, including standard and overtime rates, accrual methods, calendars, and material costs for a bathroom refit with floor and wall tiles.

exercise five adds costs to bathroom refit: hourly and overtime rates for contractors and plumber, tile and paint costs, delivery charges, costs accrue at start of their tasks from 5a.

Explore cost management in project 2016 using cost resources, fixed costs, and budget costs, and learn to assign resources and view costs in task usage and Gantt charts.

Set up and manage wedding costs in project 2016 by using cost resources, accruals at the end, and deposits and balances across vendors, venues, and licenses.