Microsoft Project Advanced
Short course
In Belfast City
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Advanced
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Location
Belfast city (Northern Ireland)
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Duration
1 Day
This 2 day course covers the more Advanced features of Microsoft Project. Prerequisites. A working knowledge of MS Project or our Introduction to MS Project course will allow sufficient knowledge to attend our Advanced MS Project course.
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Benefits
This is an in-depth training course that's designed to help students get the most out of Microsoft Project. Upon completion of the course delegates will have a good understanding of some of the more advanced features of the product.
Course Content
Brief Overview of Intro Course
- Consolidate all areas of the Introductory Course
Working With Resources
- Assign Overtime Work to Apply Overtime Rates To Tasks
- Adjusting resource schedules and pay rates
- Use WBS to organise tasks for reporting schedules and tracking costs
Reports, Filters & Views
- Customise existing Reports, Filters & Views (task, resource & crosstab)
- View & display – make available from the menu
- Create custom parameter filters & make available from menu or associate with reports
- Make customised reports & views available to all new projects
Tracking Project Progress
- Modifying the environment for tracking
- Tracking and updating tasks
- Entering data for tasks in progress
- Ongoing tasks
- Use Actual Work & Actual Cost fields to update task progress (turn off default option)
Adjusting The Schedule
- Adjusting and viewing the schedule
- Using interim plans
Managing Multiple Projects
- Consolidating projects
- Managing resources
- Use resource pool and resolve allocation conflicts
Importing And Exporting Data
- Importing data (One-off imports & create Task/ Resource & Assignment Import Maps; save for future imports)
- Exporting data
- Establish dynamic links between the project & other document types (Word, PowerPoint, etc)
Project Communications
- Keeping stakeholders informed
- Saving a file for use on an intranet or on the Internet
- Task hyperlinks (to external documents)
Customising The Microsoft Project Environment
- Creating menu items
- Creating macros
- Format task layout
- Create new task/ resource fields (create lookups to facilitate data entry)
- Working with global settings
- Making changes using the Options dialog box
Microsoft Project Advanced