Working with tasks, relationships, restrictions and milestones in Project 2016

Overview

Setting up a project using Project 2016 is a crucial step in successful project management. In this course, you will learn how to create and organize tasks, as well as form task relationships, by connecting and disconnecting tasks. In addition, this course demonstrates how to import tasks, set offsets, constraints, and landmarks, and how to work with the Task Information dialog box. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft learning pathways covering Microsoft Project 2016 for beginners.

Objectives

• Add a task to a project plan in Project 2016
• Rearrange tasks by rearranging, entering, and deleting unwanted tasks in Project 2016
• Import tasks into Project 2016 from Word, Outlook, and Excel
• Set a custom job breakdown code ( WBS) in Project 2016
• edit, connect, and disconnect tasks in Project 2016
• add a repetitive task to a Project 2016 project
• format text styles and grid lines in a Project 2016 task sheet
• overlay tasks in Project 2016
• identify the types of data constraints in Project 2016
• add benchmarks to indicate project progress in Project 2016
• assign a deadline reminder in Project 2016
• add a task priority and make a task idle in Project 2016