Project Advanced

Microsoft Project is specially provides the tools to effectively manage and control single or multiple projects. In the Advanced Microsoft Project course, you will learn:

• how to link multiple projects

• hare resources across multiple projects

• automate various tasks using macros

Audience:

This course is designed for people who are existing users of Microsoft Project who wish to use the more advanced features to work more efficiently.  

Prerequisites:

Participants must have completed the Microsoft Project Essentials level course or have equivalent knowledge and experience working Microsoft Project. Participants must be able to create a new project schedule and work with tasks and resources.

Contents

Organising Project Data

• Sorting Data in a View

• Sorting Resources and Tasks

• Performing a Custom Sort

• Sorting Tasks in Outline Structure

Group Project Data

• Grouping Data in a View

• Group Resources

• Group Tasks

• Custom Groups

• Work Breakdown Structure Codes

• Working with Custom Data

• Custom Fields

• Calculated Field

• Calculating Group and Summary Values

Publishing Project Information

• Snapshots

• Project Web Page

• Custom Project Web Page

Integrating with Microsoft Office

• Copying Data from Project

• Importing and Exporting data from Microsoft Project

• Copying information between Excel and Project

• Importing a Project list into Excel

• Working with Excel Import/Export Template

• Importing Microsoft Outlook Tasks into Microsoft Project

• Building a Resource list with Microsoft Outlook

Working with Multiple Projects

• Working with workspaces

• Splitting a project into multiple files

• Inserting a sub project

• Creating a consolidated project file

• Working with links on sub projects

• Calculating multiple critical paths

• Working with resources on multiple projects

• Creating a resource pool

• Working with resource allocation across multiple projects

• Adjusting resources for multiple projects

External Tasks

• Linking Tasks between different Projects

• Modifying external relationships

• Updating Cross-Project links

• Removing Cross-Project links

Advanced Task Durations

• Understanding Advanced Duration calculations

• Setting Calculation weightings

• Entering Duration Values

• Calculating Duration Values

• Analysing Advanced Duration Values

Analysing Project Data

• Working with Earned Value Analysis

• Setting a Status Date

• Viewing Earned Value Data

• Exporting Earned Value Analysis to Excel

• Working with Multiple Baselines

The Network Diagram

• Working with the Network Diagram

• Analysing Relationships with the Network Diagram