Duration
3 days
Day 1
9:00am-10:30am
Chapter 1 Project, project management, and you
Practice files
Meet the Project program
Meet the Project family
See the new features in Project 2019
New features in earlier versions
- New in Project 2016
- New in Project 2013
- New in Project 2010
Take a project manager’s perspective
Let’s get started!
Chapter 2 Take a guided tour
Practice files
Explore the Project user interface
Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
Work with schedule details in views
Use reports to check a plan’s status
Skills review
Practice tasks
- Explore the Project user interface
- Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
- Work with schedule details in views
- Use reports to check a plan’s status
10:30am-10:45pm Morning Break
10:45pm-12:30pm
Chapter 3 Start a new plan
Practice files
Create a new plan and set its start date
Set nonworking days in the project calendar
Enter the plan title and other properties
Skills review
- Create a new plan and set its start date
- Set nonworking days in the project calendar
- Enter the plan title and other properties
Chapter 4 Build a task list
Practice files
Create tasks
Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
Enter task durations and estimates
Enter milestone tasks
Create summary tasks to outline the plan
Link tasks to create dependencies
Check a plan’s duration and finish date
Document task information
Skills review
- Create tasks
- Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
- Enter task durations and estimates
- Enter milestone tasks
- Create summary tasks to outline the plan
- Link tasks to create dependencies
- Check a plan’s duration and finish date
- Document task information
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm
Chapter 5 Set up resources
Practice files
Set up work resources
Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
Enter work resource pay rates
Adjust working time in a resource calendar
Set up cost resources
Document resources by using notes
Skills review
- Set up work resources
- Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
- Enter work resource pay rates
- Adjust working time in a resource calendar
- Set up cost resources
- Document resources by using notes
Chapter 6 Assign resources to tasks
Practice files
Assign work resources to tasks
Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
Assign cost resources to tasks
Check the plan after assigning resources
Skills review
- Assign work resources to tasks
- Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
- Assign cost resources to tasks
- Check the plan after assigning resources
3:30pm-3:45pm Afternoon Break
3:45pm-5:00pm
Chapter 7 Format and share your plan
Practice files
Customize a Gantt chart view
Add tasks to a Timeline view
Customize reports
Copy views and reports
Print views and reports
Skills review
- Customize a Gantt chart view
- Add tasks to a Timeline view
- Customize reports
- Copy views and reports
- Print views and reports
Day 2
9:00am-10:30am
Chapter 8 Track progress: Basic techniques
Practice files
Understand progress tracking
Save a baseline of your plan
Track a plan as scheduled
Enter a task’s completion percentage
Enter actual values for tasks
Skills review
- Save a baseline of your plan
- Track a plan as scheduled
- Enter a task’s completion percentage
- Enter actual values for tasks
Chapter 9 Fine-tune task scheduling
Practice files
See task relationships by using Task Path
Adjust task link relationships
Control task scheduling by using constraints
Interrupt work on a task
Adjust working time for individual tasks
Control task scheduling by using task types
See task schedule details by using the Task Inspector
Skills review
- See task relationships by using Task Path
- Adjust task link relationships
- Control task scheduling by using constraints
- Interrupt work on a task
- Adjust working time for individual tasks
- Control task scheduling by using task types
- See task schedule details by using the Task Inspector
10:30am-10:45pm Morning Break
10:45pm-12:30pm
Chapter 10 Fine-tune task details
Practice files
Enter deadline dates
Enter fixed costs
Create a recurring task
View the plan’s critical path
Schedule summary tasks manually
Skills review
- Enter deadline dates
- Enter fixed costs
- Create a recurring task
- View the plan’s critical path
- Schedule summary tasks manually
Chapter 11 Fine-tune resource and assignment details
Practice files
Change resource availability over multiple date ranges
Work with multiple resource pay rates
Change resource pay rates over different date ranges
Delay the start of assignments
Apply contours to assignments
Create and assign material resources
View resource capacity
Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view (Project Professional only)
Skills review
- Change resource availability over multiple date ranges
- Work with multiple resource pay rates
- Change resource pay rates over different date ranges
- Delay the start of assignments
- Apply contours to assignments
- Create and assign material resources
- View resource capacity
- Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view (Project Professional only)
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm
Chapter 12 Fine-tune the Project plan
Practice files
Examine resource allocations over time
Resolve resource overallocations manually
Level overallocated resources
Check the plan’s cost and finish date
Inactivate tasks (Project Professional only)
Skills review
- Examine resource allocations over time
- Resolve resource overallocations manually
- Level overallocated resources
- Check the plan’s cost and finish date
- Inactivate tasks (Project Professional only)
Chapter 13 Organize plan details
Practice files
Sort plan details
Group plan details
Filter plan details
Create new tables
Create new views
Skills review
- Sort plan details
- Group plan details
- Filter plan details
- Create new tables
- Create new views
3:30pm-3:45pm Afternoon Break
3:45pm-5:00pm
Chapter 14 Track progress: Detailed techniques
Practice files
Update a baseline
Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
Track timephased actual work for tasks and assignments
Reschedule incomplete work
Skills review
- Update a baseline
- Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
- Track timephased actual work for tasks and assignments
- Reschedule incomplete work
Day 3
9:00am-10:30am
Chapter 15 View and report project status
Practice files
Examine a plan’s variance
Identify tasks that have slipped
Examine task costs
Examine resource costs
Skills review
- Examine a plan’s variance
- Identify tasks that have slipped
- Examine task costs
- Examine resource costs
Chapter 16 Format and print views: In-depth techniques
Practice files
Format a Gantt chart view
Format a Timeline view
Format a Network Diagram view
Format a Calendar view
Print and export views
Skills review
- Format a Gantt chart view
- Format a Timeline view
- Format a Network Diagram view
- Format a Calendar view
- Print and export views
10:30am-10:45pm Morning Break
10:45pm-12:30pm
Chapter 17 Format reports: In-depth techniques
Practice files
Create a custom report
Customize charts in a report
Customize tables in a report
Skills review
- Create a custom report
- Customize charts in a report
- Customize tables in a report
Chapter 18 Customize project
Practice files
Share custom elements between plans
Record and run macros
Edit macros
Customize the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
Skills review
- Share custom elements between plans
- Record and run macros
- Edit macros
- Customize the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm
Chapter 19 Share information with other programs
Practice files
Copy Project data to and from other programs
Open files in other formats in Project
Save to other file formats from Project
Generate reports with Excel and Visio
Skills review
- Copy Project data to and from other programs
- Open files in other formats in Project
- Save to other file formats from Project
- Generate reports with Excel and Visio
Chapter 20 Consolidate projects and resources
Practice files
Share a resource pool across multiple plans
Consolidate plans
Create dependencies between plans
Skills review
- Share a resource pool across multiple plans
- Consolidate plans
- Create dependencies between plans
3:30pm-3:45pm Afternoon Break
3:45pm-5:00pm
Chapter 21 Use Agile project management with Project
Practice files
Navigate the Agile project management template
Reset the Agile project management template
Create the product backlog
Create the Agile team
Plan a sprint
Record progress from daily scrum meetings
Generate reports for sprint reviews
Sources for more information
Skills review
- Navigate the Agile project management template
- Reset the Agile project management template
- Create the product backlog
- Create the Agile team
- Plan a sprint
- Record progress from daily scrum meetings
- Generate reports for sprint reviews
Part 5: Appendixes
Appendix A A short course in project management
Understand what Defines a Project
The project triangle: View projects in terms of time, cost, and scope
- Time
- Cost
- Scope
Time, cost, and scope: Manage project constraints
- You have less time
- You have fewer resources
- You have more work
Manage your projects with Project
Appendix B Develop your project management skills
Join a Project learning community
Join a project-management learning community
Appendix C Collaborate: Project, SharePoint, and PWA
Set the Project desktop client to Computer mode
- Sources for more information
Share your plan by using SharePoint
- Sources for more information
Team collaboration with Project Web App
- Sources for more information
Project portfolio management
Sources for more information
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