Project - Adv 2003/2007

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This 1 day Project Advanced course covers the more Advanced features of Microsoft Project 2003/2007.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of MS Project or our Introduction to MS Project course will allow sufficient knowledge to attend our Advanced MS Project course.

Benefits

This is an in-depth training course that's designed to help students get the most out of Microsoft Project. Upon completion of the course delegates will have a good understanding of some of the more advanced features of the product.

Course Content

Brief Overview of Intro Course

• Consolidate all areas of the Introductory Course

Working With Resources

• Assign Overtime Work to Apply Overtime Rates To Tasks 
• Adjusting resource schedules and pay rates 
• Use WBS to organise tasks for reporting schedules and tracking costs

Reports, Filters & Views

• Customise existing Reports, Filters & Views (task, resource & crosstab)
• View & display – make available from the menu
• Create custom parameter filters & make available from menu or associate with reports 
• Make customised reports & views available to all new projects

Tracking Project Progress

• Modifying the environment for tracking
• Tracking and updating tasks
• Entering data for tasks in progress
• Ongoing tasks
• Use Actual Work & Actual Cost fields to update task progress (turn off default option)

Adjusting The Schedule

• Adjusting and viewing the schedule
• Using interim plans

Managing Multiple Projects

• Consolidating projects 
• Managing resources
• Use resource pool and resolve allocation conflicts

Importing And Exporting Data

• Importing data (One-off imports & create Task/ Resource & Assignment Import Maps; save for future imports)
• Exporting data
• Establish dynamic links between the project & other document types (Word, PowerPoint, etc)

Project Communications

• Keeping stakeholders informed 
• Saving a file for use on an intranet or on the Internet
• Task hyperlinks (to external documents)

Customising The Microsoft Project Environment

• Creating menu items
• Creating macros
• Format task layout
• Create new task/ resource fields (create lookups to facilitate data entry)
• Working with global settings
• Making changes using the Options dialog box

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