Your Office Getting Started with Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2016

Real world problem solving for business and beyond

The Your Office series prepares students to use both technical and soft skills in the real world. Hands-on technical content is woven into realistic business scenarios and focuses on using Microsoft Office^® as a decision-making tool. The series features a unique running business scenario that connects all of the cases together and exposes students to using Office to solve problems relating to business areas like finance and accounting, production and operations, sales and marketing.

Each chapter introduces a realistic business case for students to complete via hands-on steps that are easily identified in blue shaded boxes.  Each blue box teaches a skill and comes complete with video and interactive support. Chapters are grouped into Business Units, which collectively illustrate a specific set of business concepts to achieve AACSB-related outcomes.  Each Business Unit ends with a Capstone section, testing students' ability to apply concepts and skills beyond a single chapter.

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Amy S. Kinser, Esq., Series Editor

Amy holds a B.A. degree in Chemistry with a Business minor from Indiana University, and a J.D. from the Maurer School of Law, also at Indiana University. After working as an environmental chemist, starting her own technology consulting company, and practicing intellectual property law, she has spent the past 15 years teaching technology at the Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, Indiana. Currently, she serves as the Director of Computer Skills and Senior Lecturer at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She also loves spending time with her two sons, Aidan and J. Matthew, and her husband J. Eric.

Kristyn A. Jacobson

Kristyn holds an M.S. in Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a B.S. in Business Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She has been a faculty member and department chair of the Business Technology department at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin for over 14 years. She also serves as the curriculum coordinator for Microsoft Excel beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses for the college. As well as teaching, Kristyn provides training to businesses on the Microsoft Office Suite including MS Project, project management, customer service, personal productivity, and time management. Prior to teaching at Madison College, she taught at a business college in Des Moines, Iowa where she helped implement their online learning program while also teaching traditional business courses.

J. Eric Kinser

Eric Kinser received his B.S. degree in Biology from Indiana University and his M.S. in Counseling and Education from the Indiana School of Education. He has worked in the medical field and in higher education as a technology and decision support specialist. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Operations and Decision Technology Department at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. When not teaching he enjoys experimenting with new technologies, traveling, and hiking with his family.

Diane L. Kosharek

Diane is a full-time Business Technology faculty member at Madison College in Madison, WI. In addition to her faculty role, she works closely with business and industry specialists, developing and delivering tailored training solutions to employees in areas such as customer service, software applications and business writing skills. Prior to joining Madison College, she worked as a Technology Training Consultant, providing consultation and production assistance to teaching faculty and staff to incorporate appropriate technology in their courses to enhance learning. Diane holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s Degree in Educational Computing from Cardinal Stritch University.

Brant Moriarity

Brant P. Moriarity earned a B.A. in Religious Studies/Philosophy and a M.S. in Information Systems at Indiana University. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business where he teaches topics such as data management and analysis, as well as the strategic use of Information Systems in business. He is also the founder of Beats Per Minute Technologies, LLC, bringing the benefits of business analytics to small businesses and non-profit organizations.

Understand Project Management and Microsoft Project Terminology

Starting a Project

Explore the Project 2016 Window

Modify the Quick Access Toolbar and Collapse the Ribbon

Prepare a Project Schedule

Preparing a Project Schedule Using Project Information Dialog Box

Modify a Project Calendar

Modifying a Project Calendar
Adding Exceptions to the Project Calendar

Understand Manually Scheduled Versus Auto Scheduled Projects

Auto Scheduling a Project

Identify and Enter Project Tasks

Entering Project Tasks

Modify Project Tasks in Project 2016

Adding and Modifying Project Tasks in the Entry Table
Deleting Project Tasks in the Entry Table
Moving, Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Modifying Project Tasks in Calendar View
Modifying Project Tasks in Network Diagram View

Create Task Dependencies

Adding Task Dependencies

Modify Task Dependencies and Task Constraints

Modifying Dependencies and Constraints
Adding Tasks to the Timeline
Deleting Task Dependencies

Prepare Project for Printing Project Views

Preparing to Print in Gantt Chart View
Preparing to Print in Calendar View
Preparing to Print in Network Diagram View

Concept Check
Key Terms
Visual summary
Practice
Problem solve
Perform 1
Perform in Your Life

Identify the Critical Path

Identifying the Critical Path

Create a Work Breakdown Structure

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Filtering a WBS in Gantt Chart and Network Diagram Views
Displaying WBS Code in the Entry Table

Create and Assign Project Resources

Creating Project Resources
Assigning Project Resources

Change Task Durations by Adding Resources

Setting Your Project to Effort Driven
Changing Task Durations with Resource Assignments
Using the Work Task Form in Split View

View Resource Assignments in the Team Planner View
Enhance a Project Schedule with Elapsed Duration and Recurring Tasks

Adding Elapsed Durations
Adding a Recurring Task

Create Project Reports

Creating Project Reports

Copy and Paste Project Information to Other Applications

Copying and Pasting Project Information to Excel and Word
Copying Project Information as a Picture

Share Project Information with Microsoft Excel

Exporting Project Information to Excel
Importing Project Information from Excel
Adjusting Imported Project Tasks
Adding a Project Summary Task
Linking Excel Data to Project

Use and Create Project Templates

Creating a Project Plan from an Existing Project Template
Creating a Custom Project Template
Using a Custom Project Template

Concept Check
Key Terms
Visual summary
Practice
Problem solve
Perform 1
Perform in Your Career
Project 2016 Module 1 Capstone
More practice 1
Problem solve 1
Problem solve 2
Perform
Perform in Your Life
Perform in Your Career

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