Microsoft® Project 2019/2021: Part 2

Welcome to Microsoft® Project® 2019/2021: Part 2. This course is designed to familiarize you with some of the advanced features and functions of Microsoft Project so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment. 

In Microsoft® Project® 2019/2021: Part 1, you learned the basic features of Microsoft Project during the planning phase of a project. This course covers the advanced knowledge and skills a project manager needs to update a project plan in Project during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project. In other words, once your project plan is approved by the project sponsor, this course will enable you to manage the project so that it is completed on time, within budget, and according to scope. 

Note: This course is for anyone who has Project on the desktop, regardless of whether they purchased an “on-premise” edition or subscribed to a “cloud-based” (online) edition. Most project managers and project team members use the desktop application, so that is the main focus of this course. The main features of the online app are presented in an appendix. 

This material will benefit users of any current Office version. The classroom environment setup is based on Office 2019.
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In this course, you will maintain project plans during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project. 


You will: 

Update a project plan. 

Generate project views to manage a project. 

Create project reports to share a project's status. 

Reuse project plan information. 

Work with multiple projects.

This course is designed for a person with an understanding of project management concepts and who is responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. Target students will be looking to acquire the advanced knowledge and skills needed to update a project plan in Microsoft Project during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project.
To ensure your success in this course, you should have basic project management knowledge and skills. Additionally, you should be able to create a new project plan, manage time in a project plan, manage tasks in a project plan, manage resources in a project plan, and share a project plan using Microsoft Project. 

The following United States Career Campus course can help you in meeting this requirement: Microsoft® Project® 2019/2021: Part 1. You should also have basic knowledge and skills for using any current Windows® operating system—preferably Windows 10—and Microsoft® Office. 

The following United States Career Campus courses can help you meet this requirement: Using Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Second Edition) Microsoft® Office Word: Part 1 (any current version) Microsoft® Office Excel®: Part 1 (any current version) Microsoft® Office PowerPoint®: Part 1 (any current version)
Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional or Enterprise. 
Microsoft® Project® 2019 Professional, which is used to complete the activities in the body of the course. 
Microsoft® Project® Online Professional, if you wish to complete the activities in the course appendix.
For this course, you will need one workstation for each student and one for the instructor. 

Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations: 
1 gigahertz (GHz) 64-bit (x64) processor. 
2 gigabytes (GB) of Random Access Memory (RAM). 
32 GB available storage space. 
Monitor capable of a screen resolution of at least 1,024 × 768 pixels, at least a 256-color display, and a video adapter with at least 4 MB of memory. Bootable DVD-ROM or USB drive. 
Keyboard and mouse or a compatible pointing device. 
Fast Ethernet (100 Mb/s) adapter or faster and cabling to connect to the classroom network. 
IP addresses that do not conflict with other portions of your network. 
Internet access (contact your local network administrator). 
(Instructor computer only) A display system to project the instructor's computer screen.

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Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project 

Topic A: Identify Project Management Concepts 

Topic B: Navigate in the Microsoft Project Desktop Environment 

Lesson 2: Defining a Project 

Topic A: Create a New Project Plan File 

Topic B: Set Project Plan Options 

Topic C: Assign a Project Calendar 

Lesson 3: Adding Project Tasks 

Topic A: Add Tasks to a Project Plan 

Topic B: Enter Task Duration Estimates 

Lesson 4: Managing Tasks 

Topic A: Create a Work Breakdown Structure 

Topic B: Define Task Relationships 

Topic C: Schedule Tasks 

Lesson 5: Managing Project Resources 

Topic A: Add Resources to a Project 

Topic B: Create a Resource Calendar 

Topic C: Enter Costs for Resources 

Topic D: Assign Resources to Tasks 

Topic E: Resolve Resource Conflicts 

Lesson 6: Finalizing a Project Plan 

Topic A: Optimize a Project Plan 

Topic B: Set a Baseline 

Topic C: Share a Project Plan 

 Appendix A: Navigating in the Microsoft Project Online Environment

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