Microsoft Project Advanced Specialist Training Course
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Course Information
Microsoft Project is a project management application, designed to assist project managers in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analysing workloads.
This course is designed to provide delegates with the advanced-level operations of Microsoft Project. After completing this course, you will be familiar enough to use the advanced features of Microsoft Project on a day-to-day basis.
Day 1
- Foundation course Recap Activity
- Modifying and Re-ordering Linked Tasks
- Entering Task Lag or Lead Time
- Assigning Calendars to a Project
- Customising the Project Standard Calendar
- Entering Non-Working Days into the Standard Calendar
- Managing Resource Calendars
- Changing Resource Calendar Working Times
- Re-assigning and Re-allocating Task Resources
- Managing Resource Over-allocation
- Controlling Effort Driven Task Resources
- Displaying the Critical Path and Critical Tasks
- Project Progress and Percentage Completion
- Displaying Project Progress Lines
- Creating and Managing Tables
- Advanced Reports and Modifying Reports
- Importing and Exporting information using MS Project
- Adding Project and Task Hyperlinks
- Custom Fields the Basics
Day 2
- Using and Controlling the Project Timeline
- Assigning Tasks to a Project Timeline
- Exporting a Project Timeline
- Copying a Project Timeline into MS PowerPoint
- Creating a Project Picture Image or Selected Tasks Picture Image
- Formatting Tasks and elements within MS Project
- Linking Text Boxes to Tasks in MS Project
- Resource Pools and Modifying Resource Pools
- Techniques for managing Resource Pools
- Master and Sub Projects
- Linking Sub Projects in a Master Project
- Setting Baselines in Master and Sub Projects
- Modifying Sub Projects
- Programme Management using MS Project
- Setting and Managing Multiple Baselines
- Displaying Multiple Baseline Information and Visual Graphics
- Inserting MS Project Fields
- Using Custom Fields i.e. Date, Number, Text
- Creating and Modifying Lookup Fields
- Creating and Modifying Calculation Fields
- Using Graphical Indicators with Calculation Fields
- Custom Fields and Programme Management
There is no formal assessment for this course. For accredited Project Management courses please see below:
This course includes:
- Training from an experienced Microsoft trainer
- Computer / Laptop to use for the duration of the course (classroom & onsite courses only)
- Detailed course notes and sample exercises
- Full colour course manual
- Free online training videos
- Refreshments (classroom courses only)
- A recording of the training course (virtual courses only)
Course Key Points
Duration: 2 days
Accredited: No
Exam(s): N/A
Practice Exam(s): N/A
Type: Available as Classroom, Virtual Live and In-house
