Microsoft Project 2021 for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals

About Microsoft Project 2021 for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals

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This course includes downloadable instructor files and exercise files to work with and follow along.

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Are you a Project Manager or a PMO looking to take your project management skills to the next level? Have you been using Project 2019 or older, but you want to upgrade to the latest and greatest offering from Microsoft? Maybe you are an ‘accidental’ project manager who needs to upgrade their skills in Project. If so, then this course is for you. Project 2021 is the latest on-premises release from Microsoft and the newest addition to the Project family of applications. Project 2021 is a full life-cycle project management tool that makes managing small to large complex projects easy. Enter tasks and edit the information. Add structure to a list by adding summaries and subtasks, create task dependencies, set constraints, manage resources, costs, and budgets, track progress, and so much more. In this introduction to Project 2021, we will run through the core functionality of Project and have you up and running in no time. There are no prerequisites, however, having a project management background or some experience using older versions of Project will be an advantage. In this course, students will learn how to:

Explain the differences between Project plans and Project versions

Explore the Project interface with confidence and quickly find commands

Work with keyboard shortcuts

Switch between views and tables

Create, save, open, and close Project files

Setup Project calendars and define exceptions

Manually enter tasks

Understand the difference between automatically vs. manually scheduled tasks

Create milestone tasks

Add structure with summary and subtasks

Create a work breakdown structure

Link tasks and add dependencies

Assign lag or lead time

Set task deadlines and constraints

Assign resources to tasks

Deal with resource overallocations

Understand effort vs. non-effort driven scheduling

Customize table columns

Work with the timeline view

Sort, filter, and group tasks

Identify the critical path

Set a baseline to measure progress

Identify and fix issues

Delay tasks

Make tasks inactive

Add notes to tasks and resources

Track and manage task and project progress

Create and format basic reports

Print views, notes, and reports

Save a Project file as a template

Export a Project file to a PDF and Excel workbook

Password-protect Project files.

This course includes:

1.

5+ hours

of video tutorials 2.

69 individual video

lectures 3.

Course and exercise files

to follow along 4.

Certificate of completion