From the course: Managing Projects with Microsoft 365

Benefits of leveraging Project

From the course: Managing Projects with Microsoft 365

Benefits of leveraging Project

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- [Instructor] When you're managing a project, you'll be tracking lots of moving parts and tasks. Microsoft Project has powerful work management capabilities that can be used by both project managers and team members alike. In this lesson, I'll show you Microsoft Project's key features. The first feature I want to highlight in Project is task dependencies. A project is often made up of tasks that depend on each other. I'll start by opening the August wedding project I've been working on so you can see how Project lists the various pieces that need to come together for the event. For example, the determined budget task is dependent on the discussion with the couple about wedding size, location and scope. Grid view is fine for listing out the tasks, but with dependencies, it's much easier to understand the information using a timeline. This view gives me the timeline of when tasks are due and their dependencies. Once dependencies are created, I can see the critical path. The critical path shows the specific tasks, that if delayed, will delay the entire project. By analyzing a critical path, you can also identify how to shorten the project length. To view the critical path, on the top menu, select Filters and toggle Show Critical Path on. All the tasks highlighted in red need to be completed on time to meet the deadline. Microsoft Project will help you manage large timelines and projects. If you need to identify dependencies or the critical path, check out Microsoft Project.

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