Microsoft Project with PRINCE2

Key Learning Points

System Overview
Getting Started • The Project screen • Views, Charts, Tables and Forms •Opening a Project File

PRINCE2 Planning
Product Based Planning technique • Levels of Plan Creating a New Plan Transforming Product Flow Diagram into a Gantt chart • Entering tasks, durations and milestones.

Scheduling with Dependencies
Entering Dependencies • Critical Path Review • Create Recurring Tasks • Split Task

Resource Scheduling
Creating and managing resources • Finding Resource conflicts • Resolving Conflicts • Resource Reports

Adjusting the schedule
Adjusting and viewing resource schedules and pay rates
• Fixed cost tasks

Calendars
Project Calendar • Base Calendars • Resource Calendars • Holidays & days off • Working hours

Resource Management Concepts
Resource Levelling • Delaying Tasks • Replacing Resources • Overtime

Saving the baseline plan
Project planning processes • Project controlling and executing processes • Creating a baseline plan

Tracking project progress
Modifying the environment for tracking • Tracking and updating tasks • Entering data for tasks in progress

Printing Charts & Reports
Printing Gantt Charts • Report Gallery

Managing levels of plan
Consolidating projects • Inserting Projects • Cross- Project Links

Working with Multiple Projects
Sharing Resources • Using Resource Pools

Integration with other Microsoft Office products
Linking to the PID or Product Descriptions • Producing a Stage Plan extract for a Workpackage • Exporting the Plan in other formats

Duration: 1 or 2 days