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Knowing how to create and work with a task-based project schedule is at the heart of managing a project successfully using Project 2013. In this course, you will learn how to set up project information, create and organize project tasks, and determine how tasks are scheduled. You'll also learn how to manage resources and resolve scheduling conflicts across multiple projects. This course is one of a series in the learning path that covers the objectives for the Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013 certification exam (74-343).

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Objectives

Setting Up Project Information start the course set the start date for a project and recognize what this affects in Project 2013 Identify the type of calendar used in a project set project properties in Project 2013 display a project summary task in Project 2013 Creating a Project Task Structure add single and recurring tasks to a project plan and reorder tasks in Project 2013 create and modify summary tasks and subtasks, and view an outline of these tasks in Project 2013 add project milestones to a project plan in Project 2013 create manually scheduled tasks in Project 2013 mark tasks as inactive in Project 2013 overlap tasks in Project 2013 create work breakdown structure (WBS) codes in Project 2013 Building a Logical Schedule Model identify constraint types in Project 2013 set date constraints and project deadlines in Project 2013 apply task dependencies and link or unlink tasks in Project 2013 work with effort-driven and fixed duration tasks in Project 2013 work with task types in Project 2013 User-Controlled Scheduling understand how to work with manually scheduled tasks in Project 2013 show or hide warnings and suggestions for manually scheduled tasks in Project 2013 describe user-controlled summary tasks in Project 2013 Managing Multiple Projects create a shared resource pool in Project 2013 connect to a resource pool in Project 2013 create links between projects and resolve conflicts between linked projects in Project 2013 work with master projects and sub-projects in Project 2013 summarize the data in a master project in Project 2013 Practice: Working with Tasks and Resources modify tasks and resources in Project 2013