Book description
The quick way to learn Microsoft Project 2016!
This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Project 2016. Jump in wherever you need answers–brisk lessons and colorful screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step.
- Quickly start a new plan, build task lists, and assign resources
- Share your plan and track your progress
- Capture and fine-tune work and cost details
- Use Gantt charts and other views and reports to visualize project schedules
- Share resources across multiple plans and consolidate projects
- Master project management best practices while you learn Project
- Look up just the tasks and lessons you need
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Get started with Microsoft Project
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Part 2: Simple scheduling basics
- 3 Start a new plan
- 4 Build a task list
- 5 Set up resources
- 6 Assign resources to tasks
- 7 Format and share your plan
- 8 Track progress: Basic techniques
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Part 3: Advanced scheduling techniques
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9 Fine-tune task scheduling
- 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
- Practice tasks
- 10 Fine-tune task details
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11 Fine-tune resource and assignment details
- 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
- Practice tasks
- 12 Fine-tune the Project plan
- 13 Organize plan details
- 14 Track progress: Detailed techniques
- 15 View and report project status
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9 Fine-tune task scheduling
- Part 4: In-depth and special subjects
- Appendix A: A short course in project management
- Appendix B: Develop your project-management skills
- Appendix C: Collaborate: Project, SharePoint, and PWA
- Appendix D: Use this book in a classroom
- Glossary
- Index
- About the authors
Product information
- Title: Microsoft Project 2016 Step by Step
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2016
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735698789
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