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Microsoft Project Advanced
Objectives and Overview
The aims of this one-day course are to expand the knowledge of MS Project with this advanced-level course. Topics include optimising your project plan, formatting your project plan, tracking progress against the project plan and working with resource pools and consolidated projects.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for people who need to use Microsoft Project on a regular basis, and may be responsible for supervising other Project users.
Course prerequisites

Attending a Microsoft Project Foundation course or equivalent experience.
 
Fine-Tuning Tasks
Entering Fixed Costs • Controlling Task Relationships and Dependencies • Entering Deadline Dates • Setting Task Priorities
Fine-Tuning Resources
Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates • Entering Costs per Use for Resources • Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource • Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments • Adding Resources from Your E-Mail Address Book • Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply At Different Times • Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations • Splitting Tasks to Balance Resource Workloads • Levelling Overallocated Resources
Optimising Your Project Plan
Adjusting Date and Time Settings •Viewing the Project’s Critical Path • Delaying the Start of Assignments • Applying Contours to Assignments • Viewing Project Statistics • Applying Lead Time between Linked Tasks • Applying Overtime Work to Assignments
Formatting Your Project Plan
Formatting the Calendar View • Working with Task IDs • Understanding Work Breakdown Structure Codes • Formatting the Network Diagram • Customising and Printing Reports
Tracking Progress against the Project Plan
Saving a Baseline • Entering Actual Start, Finish and Duration Values • Changing Remaining Work or Duration of Tasks • Rescheduling Uncompleted Work • Saving an Interim Plan • Comparing Baseline, Interim & Actual Plans • Adding Interim Bars to a Gantt View • Reporting Project Status • Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
Collaborating As a Team
Using E-Mail for Collaboration • Setting up E-Mail Collaboration • Entering E-Mail Addresses Automatically • Sending Assignments and Updates to Team Members • Receiving Acknowledgments from Team Members • Requesting Progress Information • Publishing Complete Project Information • Resending Task Assignments
Working With Resource Pools and Consolidated Projects
Creating a Resource Pool • Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool • Updating Assignments in a Sharer File • Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool • Updating All Projects’ Working Times in a Resource Pool • Linking New Project Files to a Resource Pool • Opening a Sharer File and Updating a Resource Pool • Disconnecting a Resource Pool from a Project Plan • Working with Consolidated Projects
Customising Microsoft Project
Setting General Preferences • Creating a New File Based On a Template • Saving a File as a Template • Working with the Organizer • Recording a Macro • Playing a Macro


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