Managing Projects with Microsoft 365
50mGeneral2022-08-12
Authors

Microsoft
Supporting inclusive economic opportunity

Christine Matheney
Senior Program Manager
Course details
As a project manager, you likely know the importance of being able to stay on top of every last thing—and what a challenge that can be. However, this course provides you with the skills you need to manage projects more effectively by using Microsoft 365. Instructor Christine Matheney first shares the value that Microsoft Lists can provide, and shows the steps to get started using it. Christine then dives into using Microsoft Planner to help you create your project plan and manage it over time. Next, Christine reviews how you can take your project management a step further using Microsoft Project, including features that allow you to incorporate different project management approaches and methodologies. Finally, Christine reiterates common use cases for each specific project management to ensure you can feel confident in the tools you're using depending on what you're trying to achieve. If you want to organize, plan, and execute projects and track insights with ease, check out this course.
Skills covered
Microsoft ListsMicrosoft PlannerMicrosoft ProjectPersonal Productivity SoftwareProject Management SkillsMicrosoft 365Cloud ServicesProject ManagementCloud ComputingBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoftOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Leveling up your projects
1. Getting Started with Lists
- 02 - Benefits of using Lists
- 03 - Navigating Lists
- 04 - Building your first Microsoft list
- 05 - Architecting lists using Excel
- 06 - Creating lists from a template
- 07 - Sharing your list
- 08 - Optimizing lists for projects
2. Using Microsoft Planner
- 09 - Benefits of Planner
- 10 - Navigating Planner
- 11 - Creating a plan
- 12 - Managing tasks in Planner
- 13 - Updating and changing plans
- 14 - Planner pro tips
3. Staying Organized with Microsoft Project
- 15 - Benefits of leveraging Project
- 16 - Navigating your first project
- 17 - Creating your first project
- 18 - Building your project plan
- 19 - Organizing your work
- 20 - Pro tips for using Project
Conclusion
- 21 - Time to shine