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Explore the project 2016 workspace, from the start screen to creating a blank project, entering tasks with the entry bar, and viewing the timeline and Gantt chart.

Explore Project 2016 online help via the question mark or F1, including the help home page, search, and Tell Me to locate commands like set baseline.

Explore how the ribbon and toolbars organize commands across task, resource, and report views, with contextual tabs, Gantt chart tools, collapse options, and quick access toolbar customization.

Explore the Project status bar, customize left and right sections, and see how filters, ready/sell mode, manual versus auto scheduling, macro recording, view shortcuts, and the zoom slider influence views.

Explore keyboard shortcuts in Project 2016, including office basics and project-specific commands, and learn to use key tips and F1 help to access ribbon features quickly.

Explore touch mode in Project 2016, learn when to use touch versus mouse and keyboard, and master core gestures such as tap, pinch, stretch, and on-screen keyboard.

Explore how to personalize Project options in Project 2016, including screen tip styles, display and scheduling defaults, save and language settings, and macro security for a streamlined workflow.

Draft a wedding project plan by entering tasks in a gantt chart view, applying auto scheduling, and tracking start dates, durations, and task IDs for a realistic schedule.

Save and organize project files by choosing a location, naming the file, and using pins for quick access. Open, close, and switch between multiple projects using recent and pinned lists.

Plan a microsoft project 2016 exercise 1 by using the major tasks from the provided text file, and replicate the sample project with a customizable start date.

Explore task properties by adjusting duration, start dates, and the today line in the Gantt chart. Access task information to manage predecessors, resources, calendars, deadlines, and notes for realistic planning.

Break down high-level tasks into summary tasks and subtasks in Project 2016, using a wedding example. Learn indenting, outlining, and managing outline levels and the Project summary task.

apply the project 2016 exercise to break down a bathroom refit into a structured task hierarchy with six planning sub tasks and a top-level project summary task.

Explore task dependencies, link and unlink tasks, and manage finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, and start-to-finish relationships in microsoft project, using lag and lead to shape a wedding planning timetable.

Learn how to set constraints and deadlines in Microsoft Project 2016, manage dependencies and predecessors, and adjust wedding planning timelines with start and finish constraints.

Create and manage milestones in Project 2016, convert tasks to zero-duration milestones, link them to key events, and use milestone reports and filters to track progress.

Structure a bathroom refit project into phases: planning, purchasing, implementation, and completion, add durations and dependencies with milestones, and move start date to the first working day following current month.

Explore how to populate the resource sheet in project 2016 by defining work, material, and cost resources, setting rates, units, and costs, and linking resources to tasks through resource assignments.

Assign resources to tasks using the Gantt chart's assign resources dialog, adding work resources (bride and groom) and a cost resource mix (photographer, rings); observe impact on hours and duration.

Explore how resource assignments affect task schedules in Project 2016 by comparing fixed duration, fixed work, and fixed units tasks, and how effort driven settings alter duration and work.

Learn manual and automatic scheduling in Project 2016, organize tasks into phases with dependencies, manage task types and resource allocations, and handle planning warnings to prevent over allocations.

Learn resource leveling basics in project 2016, identify over allocations, and compare manual versus automatic leveling, including rescheduling to available dates.

Learn to automate resource leveling in project 2016 with automatic or manual calculations, apply leveling options and priorities to resolve over allocations while keeping the project on track.

Practice resource leveling in Microsoft Project 2016 to resolve over allocation issues among contractor, electrician, and plumber, and level week by week while keeping end dates aligned.

Explore how to use and customize views in Project 2016, including gantt chart and task usage views. Master split screens, zoom, and the timescale to analyze task and resource data.

Explore key project views in project 2016, including resource sheet, resource usage, and resource graph for over-allocations; learn to use split views with a customizable task form and calendar view.

Learn how timelines communicate project status by selecting and formatting tasks for presentation, and how to create multiple timelines and export them for email or PowerPoint.

Analyze costs for the bathroom refit in Microsoft Project, setting electrician rates (standard and overtime), accrual at start, prorated, or at end, and tile material costs.

Add costs for a bathroom refit in project 2016 exercise five, including contractor and plumber hourly and overtime rates, tile and paint costs, with accrual at start of each task.

Learn how to use cost resources, fixed costs, and budget costs in project 2016. Explore assigning costs to tasks, viewing cost tables, and tracking accruals across the project.

Explore managing wedding costs in project 2016 using cost resources and end-of-task accruals, including deposits and balances, and distinguish fixed costs from resource-based costs.