Microsoft Project 2016 by Abu Bakar - 20 PDU's

Learn how to create and name tasks in Microsoft Project 2016, assign durations, and distinguish manually scheduled tasks from auto scheduled ones, with start, finish, and target dates.

Identify milestones as significant project points and learn to convert a task to a milestone with zero days, using the diamond symbol and task relationships in Microsoft Project 2016.

organize phase one and phase two activities in microsoft project 2016, indent into summary tasks, and use the gantt chart to manage durations, predecessors, and a top-down days allocation.

Explore how to build a schedule by defining task relationships and dependencies, sequencing activities, and using four relationship types (finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, start-to-finish), with lead, lag, and durations.

Create and assign resources—work, materials, and cost types—set rates, overtime, and calendars, then track costs by activity and view total project cost in the Gantt chart.

Explore the work breakdown structure (WBS) as a hierarchical decomposition of project scope into deliverables and work packages, detailing levels from one to seven and the 100 percent rule.

Format text, bars, and columns in Microsoft Project 2016 by adjusting font style, size, color, and column titles; highlight milestones and grid lines to tailor the Gantt chart.

Group and filter project activities in Microsoft Project 2016 by critical status and duration, define custom groups, apply and remove filters, and highlight activities to focus work.

Learn how to print a gantt chart in Microsoft Project 2016 with print preview, page setup, margins, headers and footers, legends, and date-specific options to fit the output.

Explore online help in Microsoft Project 2016, the tell me what you want to do feature, and the status bar with keyboard shortcuts and customization options.

Learn to insert hyperlinks, add notes, and create custom fields in Microsoft Project 2016, enabling task links, rich notes, and fields like criticality for tracking importance.

Learn to change currency settings in Microsoft products (including Project 2016) by navigating to file options, adjusting currency information, selecting a currency, and customizing symbol, placement, and decimal formatting.

Explore customizing project and resource calendars in Microsoft Project 2016, including holidays, exceptions, working times, and product-specific calendars to optimize task durations.

Learn to assign different resources to tasks with varying pay rates, create multiple cost schemes, and apply task-specific rates to see impact on total project cost.

Learn to set and compare baselines in Microsoft Project 2016, interpret the variance table, and generate baseline visual reports to track slippage between baseline and current plan.

Customize the quick access toolbar by adding options and moving items up or down for constant access across all menus.

Explore how to customize the ribbon and quick access toolbar in Microsoft Project 2016 by right-clicking to add commands, rename items, and create personalized ribbon groups.

Discover task paths by highlighting driving predecessors and driven successors to see how delays propagate, using the format tab to highlight related predecessors and successors in Microsoft Project 2016.