Your Office: Getting Started with Project Management Using Microsoft® Project 2016

Chapter 1: Plan a Project 1
Preparing a Project Plan 2
Understand Project Management and Microsoft
Project Terminology 2
Starting a Project 4
Explore the Project 2016 Window 5
Modifying the Quick Access Toolbar and Collapsing the
Ribbon 6
Prepare a Project Schedule 9
Preparing a Project Schedule Using the Project
Information Dialog Box 11
Modify a Project Calendar 12
Modifying a Project Calendar 12
Adding Exceptions to the Project Calendar 15
Understand Manually Scheduled Versus Auto
Scheduled Projects 18
Auto Scheduling a Project 19
Creating a Project Plan 19
Identify and Enter Project Tasks 20
Entering Project Tasks 21
Modify Project Tasks in Project 2016 23
Adding and Modifying Project Tasks in the
Entry Table 23
Deleting Project Tasks in the Entry Table 26
Moving, Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Project Tasks in
the Entry Table 27
Modifying Project Tasks in Calendar View 29
Modifying Project Tasks in Network Diagram View 32
Create Task Dependencies 34
Adding Task Dependencies 36
Modify Task Dependencies and Task
Constraints 41
Modifying Dependencies and Constraints 41
Adding Tasks to the Timeline 43
Deleting Task Dependencies 44
Prepare Project for Printing Project Views 45
Preparing to Print in Gantt Chart View 45
Preparing to Print in Calendar View 48
Preparing to Print in Network Diagram View 49
Concept Check 51
Key Terms 51
Visual Summary 52
Practice 53
Problem Solve 55
Perform 1: Perform in Your Life 56

Chapter 2: Creating a Detailed Project Plan 59
Detailing a Project Plan 60
Identify the Critical Path 60
Identifying the Critical Path 60
Create a Work Breakdown Structure 62
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure 64
Filtering a WBS in Gantt Chart and Network Diagram
Views 66
Displaying WBS Code in the Entry Table 68
Create and Assign Project Resources 70
Creating Project Resources 71
Assigning Project Resources 73
Change Task Durations by Adding Resources 76
Setting Your Project to Effort Driven 77
Changing Task Durations with Resource
Assignments 78
Using the Work Task Form in Split View 81
View Resource Assignments in the Team Planner
View 83
Viewing Resource Assignments in Team Planner
View 83
Enhance a Project Schedule with Elapsed Duration
and Recurring Tasks 84
Adding Elapsed Durations 84
Adding a Recurring Task 87
Share Project Information 88
Creating Project Reports 89
Copy and Paste Project Information to Other
Applications 91
Copying and Pasting Project Information to Excel
and Word 91
Copying Project Information as a Picture 93
Share Project Information with Microsoft Excel 96
Exporting Project Information to Excel 96
Importing Project Information from Excel 98
Adjusting Imported Project Tasks 103
Adding a Project Summary Task 106
Linking Excel Data to Project 107
Use and Create Project Templates 108
Creating a Project Plan from an Existing Project
Template 108
Creating a Custom Project Template 110
Using a Custom Project Template 112
Concept Check 114
Key Terms 114
Visual Summary 114

Practice 115
Problem Solve 1 117
Perform 1: Perform in Your Career 119
Microsoft Project 2016 Business Unit 1 121
Business Unit Capstone 121
More Practice 1 121
Bathroom Remodel Project 121
Problem Solve 1 123
Landscaping Project 123
Problem Solve 2 124
Manufacturing Project 124
Perform 1: Perform in Your Life 125
Basement Construction Project 125
Perform 2: Perform in Your
Career 127
Convention Planning Project 127
Glossary 129
Index 131