Project 2016 Managing Complexity Quick Reference

Laminated quick reference guide showing step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for how to use Microsoft Office Project 2016 at the intermediate level. See also our related guide: Project 2016 Creating A Basic Project.

The following topics are covered:

Understanding Precedence, Using the Network Diagram, Creating/Deleting Relationships, Moving a Task in the Network Diagram, Examining the Critical Path, Showing Slack, Hiding Negligible Amounts of Slack.

Filtering Tasks, Adjusting Date Constraints, Using a Deadline, Entering or Reading Task Notes.

Using a Different Relationship Type, Lag & Lead Time, Changing Relationship Type or Lag, Creating Recurring Tasks, Splitting Tasks.

Using the Timeline Pane: Showing or Hiding the Timeline Pane, Adding a Task to a Timeline Bar, Adding Another Timeline Bar, Changing Length of a Timeline Bar, Changing Color of a Task in the Timeline, Moving Milestone Text, Sharing a Timeline.

Adding Resources on the Fly, Noting a Resource's Vacation or Special Hours, Noting a Resource's Variant Rate, Getting a Task Done Faster.

Changing Calculation of Task Values, Permitting Overtime for a Task, Booking Additional Resources to a Task, Using Effort-Driven Scheduling, Adjusting when a Resource Works, Checking Resource Usage, Determining Resource Load, Leveling Resources Quickly, Viewing Different Field Collections.

Showing or Deleting a Progress Line, Monitoring Progress, Accessing a Subproject File, Communicating Plans and Progress.