Microsoft Project 2016

Keep your projects, resources, and teams organized and on track.

With Project 2016, you can easily plan and collaborate on projects
from virtually anywhere.

Keep your projects organized and on track

Get started quickly
Use the Getting Starting screen to quickly learn about new features. Pre-built Project
templates make sure you get started on the right track.

Schedule efficiently
Familiar automated scheduling tools help reduce inefficiencies and training time.
Multiple timelines make it easier to visualize complex schedules.

Manage resources with ease

Resource management tools help you build project teams, request needed
resources, and create more efficient schedules.

Make smart decisions

Built-in reports help project stakeholders visualize data to gain insights across
projects and make more informed decisions.

Optimize tasks
Visualization tools help you understand how tasks relate to one another. And by
running what-if scenarios, you can make the most of your task assignments.
 Salient Features
Standard Professional

Smart setup
Fast startup √ √
The Getting Started screen walks you through
basic capabilities, like linking tasks and
creating a timeline, to help you get up to
speed fast.
Best-in-class templates √ √
Use one of the many pre-built templates from
within Project Professional and on Office.com
to get access to best-in-class project plans.
Intuitive search √ √
Use the Tell Me search bar—standard across
most Office products—to quickly find useful
features in Project so you can work more
efficiently.
Powerful scheduling
Familiar charts √
Built for professional project managers,
Project Professional offers familiar tools, like
Gantt charts, to help you easily create
schedules and reduce training time.
Smart automation √
Reduce inefficiencies with automated
features. Auto-populate start and end dates
based on dependencies, and use the Task
Inspector to identify more efficient task and
resource arrangements.
Multiple timelines √
Built-in multiple timelines help you visually
represent complex schedules and understand
all aspects of a project. Easily share timelines
using familiar Office tools like PowerPoint.
Intuitive baselines √
You can use baselines to help decision
makers track and compare actual progress to
the original project plan.
Optimized task management
Visualized relationships √
Task path highlighting in Gantt charts helps
you understand the relationship among tasks
and identify which are most critical to the
project’s success.
What-if planning √
Set tasks to “inactive” and run what-if
scenarios to determine the best-fit
assignments without re-creating your entire
project plan.
Synchronized task lists √
With task list synchronization, team members
can update their assignments in SharePoint,
and the data will appear in Project
Professional.

Resource management
Consolidated view √
Consolidate all your potential project
resources in a single view so that resource
managers can compare resources across
standardized data to build best-fit teams.
Optimized resources √
The Resource Engagement feature lets you
request specific resources. The Team Planner
helps you identify and fix potential resourcing
issues that could impact the schedule.
Integrated collaboration
Skype for Business √
Integrated communication tools like Skype for
Business make it easy to collaborate using
voice, video, or chat within Project, eliminating
the need to switch between apps.
Connected apps √
Easily copy information from Project and
paste it into familiar Office applications like
PowerPoint and Word. And OneDrive for
Business provides handy storage for project
artifacts.
Collaborative workspaces √
Create a dedicated project site to share
information—status updates, conversations,
and project timelines—so team members stay
informed.
Project Online Premium and Project Server sync √
Sync Project Professional 2016 schedules
with Project Online Premium and Project
Server 2016.
Better decision-making
Project reports √
Powerful built-in reports, like Burndown and
Resource Overview, can help you gain
insights, communicate information to
stakeholders, and achieve results.
Office Store
Office add-ins √
Visit the new Office Store to get Office add-ins
that extend the functionality of Project to solve
unique business and project problems.