Computer Training

Project Intermediate

Course Length: 2 Days

Course Prerequisites

  • Required: Project Introduction.

Course Description

  • This course continues from the previous level and demonstrates some of the advanced functions you can use with projects. Topics include: web functions and sharing data, multi-project management, cost management and tracking results, and resource and task management.

Detailed List of Topics

Introduction

  • Objectives
  • Customizing a project plan
  • Create/apply custom outline codes
  • Create a custom grouping
  • Create custom box style in network diagram
  • Use drawing tools
  • Setting options
  • Default folder options & autosave
  • Set accessibility and user options
  • Set options in the Tools/Options
  • Customize the global template file
  • Summary
  • Questions and review

Web Functions and Sharing Data

  • Objectives
  • Sharing data
  • Importing from Excel
  • Copy Gantt chart to Word or Excel
  • Export to Excel
  • Sharing with Project 98
  • Web functions
  • Hyperlinks
  • Copy picture & save as web page
  • Publish info on web
  • Summary
  • Questions and review

Multi-project Management

  • Objectives
  • Set baselines for a master project
  • Add a task to a master project
  • Add cross-project links
  • Insert multiple projects to a master project
  • Share info with other projects
  • View multiple critical paths in consol report
  • Calculate inserted projects as summary task
  • Share formatting elements with other projects
  • Summary
  • Questions and review

Cost Management and Tracking Results

  • Objectives
  • Cost Management
  • Create and use multiple rate tables
  • Select cost accrual options
  • Use overtime and cost
  • Apply fixed costs to a material resource
  • Calculate cost of work performed (earned value analysis)
  • Tracking Project Results
  • Manually enter actual costs
  • Enter the project status date
  • Set options to honour constraint dates
  • Update remaining work or duration
  • Apply fixed or variable work to material assignment
  • Summary
  • Questions and review

Resource and Task Management

  • Objectives
  • Resource Management
  • Delay a resource assignment
  • Change resource availability over time
  • Update/refresh the resource pool
  • Review resource allocation
  • Create and share a Resource pool
  • Determine the controlling resource for a task
  • Task Management
  • Compress the overall duration of a project schedule
  • Use levelling options
  • Set task priorities
  • Identify and manage slack
  • Assess the effect of a deadline date upon slack time
  • Summary
  • Questions and review