This expert-taught MS Project 2019 course is aimed at complete beginners with follow-along project exercises
Key Features
- Discover how to work with costs and deadlines, and overcome scheduling issues
- Learn about resource allocation and leveling
- Understand how to measure a project against a baseline project
- Become well-versed with using safeguards and restrictions
- Get up to speed with setting up interim plans and baselines
- Learn how to save your project as a template for future projects
Book Description
This course starts with the basics, which will help you explore Microsoft Project easily, especially if you're a beginner.
The first video lesson introduces you to the software. You'll learn how to get your own copy of Project 2019 and see what's new in version 2019.
The second part covers the basics you need to be familiar with to begin using Project 2019. You'll understand how to create a workspace and use toolbars, the ribbon, and the Status Bar. Later, you'll learn how to use task basics and project options. The project will then delve into various aspects of managing a project including setting up your timeline and Gantt chart. As you build on your skills, you'll focus on tracking costs, tracking the project, budgeting, and reporting. All along, each topic is explained with its own video that demonstrates how to correctly use the function.
By the end of this course, you'll have learned how to effectively use MS Project 2019 for organizing and managing your projects.
All code files are placed at-https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Microsoft-Project-Beginners-2019
What you will learn
- Discover the MS Project workspace, the ribbon, and project options
- Understand how to navigate project calendars, timelines and critical paths
- Learn to set up tasks and dependencies between them, including lag and lead times
- Understand how to resolve resource over-allocation
- Get to grips with project security, including saving and protecting project files
- Discover useful techniques for tracing task paths to simplify unruly Gantt charts
Who this book is for
This course is for experienced project managers or anyone who is familiar with MS Project 2016 or 2013.
