Introduction to Microsoft Project 2016

Meet the Project program

Meet the Project family

See the new features in Project 2016

Take a project manager’s perspective

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

Create a new plan and set its start date

Set nonworking days in the project calendar

Enter the plan title and other properties

Create tasks

Enter task durations and dates

Enter milestone tasks

Create summary tasks to outline the plan

Link tasks to create dependencies

Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic

Check a plan’s duration and finish date

Document task information

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

Assign work resources to tasks

Control work when adding or removing resource assignments

Assign cost resources to tasks

Check the plan after assigning resources

Customize a Gantt chart view

Add tasks to a Timeline view

Customize reports

Copy views and reports

Print views and reports

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

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

Enter deadline dates

Enter fixed costs

Create a recurring task

View the plan’s critical path

Schedule summary tasks manually

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)

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)

Sort plan details

Group plan details

Filter plan details

Create new tables

Create new views

Update a baseline

Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments

Track timephased actual work for tasks and assignments

Reschedule incomplete work

Examine a plan’s variance

Identify tasks that have slipped

Examine task costs

Examine resource costs

Format a Gantt chart view

Format a Timeline view

Format a Network Diagram view

Format a Calendar view

Print and export views

Create a custom report

Customize charts in a report

Customize tables in a report

Share custom elements between plans

Record and run macros

Edit macros

Customize the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar

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

Share a resource pool across multiple plans

Consolidate plans

Create dependencies between plans