Working with Tasks, Relationships, Constraints, and Milestones in Project 2016

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Setting up a project using Project 2016 is a crucial step to project management success. In this course, you'll learn how to create and organize tasks, as well as form task relationships by linking and unlinking tasks. In addition, this course demonstrates how to import tasks, set lags, constraints, and milestones, as well as work with the Task Information dialog box. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers Microsoft Project 2016 for beginners.

Target Audience
End users at all levels, including those who have little or no familiarity with Microsoft Project 2016 and more experienced Project users who want to learn about the enhanced features to create a realistic project schedule using Project 2016.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.8

Lesson Objectives

Working with Tasks, Relationships, Constraints, and Milestones in Project 2016

start the course

add a task to a project plan in Project 2016

rearrange tasks by reordering, inserting and deleting unwanted tasks in Project 2016

import tasks into Project 2016 from Word, Outlook and Excel

set up a custom Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) code in Project 2016

modify, link, and unlink tasks in Project 2016

add a recurring task to a project in Project 2016

format text styles and gridlines in a task sheet in Project 2016

overlap tasks in Project 2016

identify the types of date constraints in Project 2016

add milestones to indicate project progress in Project 2016

assign a deadline reminder in Project 2016

add a task priority and make a task inactive in Project 2016

insert, delete, reorder, and import tasks and add a project milestone in Project 2016

Course Number:
mo_bepr_a02_dt_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate