Course description
This course is designed to familiarise you with the advanced features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional so that you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.
The level 2 Live Online Training Sessions cover the advanced knowledge and skills a project manager needs to update a project plan in Project during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project. In other words, once your project plan is approved by the project sponsor, this course will enable you to manage the project so that it is completed on time, within budget, and according to scope.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who is this for?
Anyone who wants to learn to use MS Project as a tool for themselves and their team.
Prerequisites:
Windows, Project Level 1.
Please note that we require a minimum of three delegates to enrol. Don’t worry, we will keep you informed throughout the booking process and will add you to the waiting list once you contact us. We appreciate your interest and we’ll be in touch soon!
Training Course Content
Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to manage an existing Microsoft Project project plan.
You will:
- Update a project plan to reflect progress as you execute the project.
- Monitor project progress in the project plan.
- Adjust the project plan to control constraints.
- Create project reports to share a project’s status.
- Customise project settings and share customisations with other projects.
Critical Path
- Displaying the Critical Path in colour
- Slack Time
- Crashing the Project
Filtering
- Filtering Tasks with Auto filter
- Filtering from the Ribbon
Project Views
- Gantt Charts
- Network Diagram
- The Calendar View
- Customising the Gantt Chart
- Fitting the Gantt Chart to the screen
- Fine-Tuning the Timescale
- Non-Working Time display
- Changing Column Widths
- Timeline View
Printing
- Print a View
- Print Preview (Backstage View)
- Manual Page Formatting
Reports
- Visual Reports
- Standard Reports
Working with Resources
- Resource Availability
- Resource Assignment Dialogue Box
- Using Multiple Resources on a Single Task
- Resource Information – Change
- Working Time
- Viewing Resource Assignments
- Team Planner View
- Resource Usage View
- Task Usage View
Resource Levelling
- Over-allocated Resources
- When and Why Resources should be Levelled
- Splitting Task Assignments Option
- Viewing the results of Levelling
Baselines and Interim Plans
- Customising the Tracking Gantt Chart
- Tracking Progress
- Who Will Track Progress?
- How to Track Progress
- Inactivating a Task
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