Microsoft Project Masterclass

Duration: 1 day

This workshop is aimed at existing users who also have a clear understanding of Project Management theory.

Objectives
Attendance on this workshop will enable delegates to:

  • Consolidate their existing knowledge of MS Project
  • Explore and understand multi-project facilities
  • Understand the customisation potential of MS Project
  • Understand how Project Central (collaboration) could be integrated.

Format
The course will be delivered using demonstration and exercises.

Content

  • What are “the basics”
  • What is a project?
  • Work breakdown structures
  • Critical path method (links and durations)
  • Handling key dates and calendars
  • Resources - assigning and details
  • Costing the project
  • Working within constraints (time, money and resources)
  • The baseline
  • Simple tracking
  • Simple reporting / publishing

What’s next?

  • Handling multiple projects
    • The overview project
    • Inter project links
    • Resource sharing (pools)
    • Best practice
  • Adding finesse to the basics
    • Linking other documents to the project
    • Better dependencies
    • Costing in more detail
    • Risk analysis in project
    • More advanced schedule refinement (how to get the plan to fit reality)
    • Better tracking (better control)
  • Customising project
    • Changing Gantt charts and other views
    • Calculated fields
    • Creating new filters and tables
    • Custom reports
    • Templates
    • The global template
  • Workshop session
    • Questions, issues and problems session.

This course is delivered on-site as a one day event, so is available on request.

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