Certificate In Project 2010 Advanced Online Course

Module One: Getting Started

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Split the view
• Sort, group, and filter tasks
• Use zoom
• Overlap, delay, or split tasks
• Set task deadlines and constraints
• Understand task types
• Assign a task calendar
• Understand task indicators
• Assign a resource calendar
• Customize a resource calendar
• Apply predefined resource contours
• Specify resource availability
• Group resources
• Enter resource rates and overtime rates
• Specify pay rates for different dates
• Apply a different pay rate to an assignment
• Use material resource consumption rates
• Entering task fixed costs
• Schedule resource overtime
• Identify and balance resource overallocation
• Save a baseline plan
• Update project, actual task values, actual work and actual costs
• View project statistics and costs
• Check duration variance, work variance, and cost variance
• Identify slipped tasks
• Save an interim plan
• Customize a basic or visual report
• Create a custom report
• Sort a report
• Inserting a subproject
• Consolidate multiple projects
• View multiple project critical paths
• View consolidated project statistics
• Create a resource pool

Module Two: Viewing the Project

• Lesson One: Using Split Views
• Lesson Two: Sorting Information
• Lesson Three: Grouping Information
• Lesson Four: Filtering Information
• Lesson Five: Using AutoFilters
• Lesson Six: Using Zoom

Module Three: Working with Tasks (I)

• Lesson One: Overlapping Tasks
• Lesson Two: Delaying Tasks
• Lesson Three: Setting Task Deadlines
• Lesson Four: Setting Task Constraints
• Lesson Five: Splitting Tasks

Module Four: Working with Tasks (II)

• Lesson One: Understanding Task Type
• Lesson Two: Assigning a Task Calendar
• Lesson Three: Understanding Task Indicators

Module Five: Working with Resources

• Lesson One: Assigning a Resource Calendar
• Lesson Two: Customizing a Resource Calendar
• Lesson Three: Applying Predefined Resource Contours
• Lesson Four: Specifying Resource Availability Dates
• Lesson Five: Grouping Resources

Module Six: Working with Costs

• Lesson One: Adding Pay Rates for a Resource
• Lesson Two: Specifying Pay Rates for Different Dates
• Lesson Three: Applying a Different Pay Rate to an Assignment
• Lesson Four: Using Materials Resource Consumption Rates
• Lesson Five: Entering Task Fixed Costs

Module Seven: Balancing the Project

• Lesson One: Scheduling Resource Overtime
• Lesson Two: Identifying Resource Overallocation
• Lesson Three: Setting Leveling Options
• Lesson Four: Balancing Resource Overallocation Automatically
• Lesson Five: Balancing Resource Overallocation Manually

Module Eight: Updating Project Progress

• Lesson One: Saving a Baseline Plan
• Lesson Two: Updating the Entire Project
• Lesson Three: Updating Task Actual Values
• Lesson Four: Updating Actual Work
• Lesson Five: Updating Actual Costs

Module Nine: Checking Project Progress

• Lesson One: Viewing Project Statistics
• Lesson Two: Viewing Project Costs
• Lesson Three: Checking Duration Variance
• Lesson Four: Checking Work Variance
• Lesson Five: Checking Cost Variance
• Lesson Six: Identifying Slipped Tasks
• Lesson Seven: Saving an Interim Plan

Module Ten: Working with Reports

• Lesson One: Customizing a Basic Report
• Lesson Two: Creating a Custom Report
• Lesson Three: Customizing a Visual Report
• Lesson Four: Sorting a Report

Module Eleven: Working with Multiple Projects

• Lesson One: Inserting a Subproject
• Lesson Two: Consolidating Projects
• Lesson Three: Viewing Multiple Project Critical Paths
• Lesson Four: Viewing Consolidating Project Statistic
• Lesson Five: Creating a Resource Pool

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
Words from the Wise

• Project has many powerful filters, sorts, and groups to help you organize your task or resource information.
• You can overlap or delay tasks.
• Setting task deadlines provides a more flexible approach than setting task constraints.
• You can split tasks if a resource needs to stop work on a task. You can move the start date of the second part of the task without affecting the task duration.
• You can assign a specific task calendar to override the project calendar or a resource’s calendar.
• You can customize the resource calendar, availability date, and work contours.
• Group resources to make changes to like resources at the same time.
• Project allows you to manage costs by entering resource pay rates and overtime rates. You can even enter specific pay rates for specific dates.
• After identifying resource overallocation, you can level the project manually or automatically.
• You can update several aspects of your project at once.
• Project includes many ways to check your project progress.
• You can consolidate projects and use a resource pool for related projects. You can see unrelated projects at the same time to keep track of multiple projects.