In this 2 - day course you will learn:
Quickly start new plans, build task lists, and assign resources, View resource capacity and track progress, Capture and fine-tune work and cost details, Visualize schedules with Gantt charts and other views and reports, Consolidate projects, and share resources across plans,
Manage modern Agile projects (James Mills, Jr., contributor), Customize Project to maximize your efficiency, Leverage improvements to task linking, timelines, and accessibility,
Master PM best practices while you learn Project and Look up just the tasks and lessons you need.
The content of the book is designed to be useful both for people who have previously used earlier versions of Project and for people who are discovering Project for the first time.
*Course Cost listed does not include the cost of courseware or exam. Course is subject to a minimum enrollment to run. Course may run virtually as a Virtual Instructor-Led (VILT) class if the minimum enrollment is not met. For more information, please contact learn@vtec.org or call 207-775-0244.
Start a new plan, Create a new plan and set its start date
Set nonworking days in the project calendar
Enter the plan title & other properties
Build a task list, Create tasks, Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
Enter task durations & estimates, Enter milestone tasks, Create summary tasks to outline of the plan
Link tasks to create dependencies, Check a plan's duration & finish date
Document task infomation
Set up resources, Enter the maximum capacity for work resources, Enter work resources pay rates
Adjust working time in a resource calendar, Set up cost resources, Document resources by using notes
Assign resources to tasks, Control work when adding or removing resource assignments, Assign cost resources to tasks
Check the plan after assigning resources
Format & Share your plan, Customize a Gantt Chart view, Add tasks to a Timeline view, Customize, Copy & print reports.. Track progress, Basic techniques.
Fine-tune task scheduling, See task relationships by using task Path,, Adjust task link relationships
Control task scheduling by using constraints, Interrupt work on a task, Adjust working time for individual tasks
Control task scheduling by using task types,
Fine-tune task details, Enter deadline dates, Enter fixed costs, Create a recurring task
View the plan's critical path, Schedule summary tasks manually
Fine-tune resource and assignment details, Change resource availability over multiple date ranges,
Work with multiple resource pay rates, Change resource pay rates over different date ranges,
Delay the start of assignments, Apply contours to assignments, Apply contours to assignments, Create and assign material resources, View resource capacity
Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view,.
Fine-tune the Project plan, Examine resource allocations over time, Resolve resource overallocations manually, Level overallocation resources, Check the plan's cost & finish date, Inactivate tasks.
Organize plan details, Sort, Group, Filter plan details, Createnew tables & views.
Track progress: Detailed techniques, Update a baseline, Track actual & remaining work for tasks & assignments as well as timephased actual work. Reschedule incomple work.View & report project status
Format and print views: In-depth techniques. Format a Gantt chart view, Timeline view, Network Diagram , Calendar , Print & Export views.
Format reports: In-depth techniques, Create a custom report, Customize charts in a report, Customize tables in a report.
Customize Project, Share Custom elements between plans, Record & run macros, Edit macros, Customize the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar.
Share information with other programs, Copy Project data to and from other programs, Open files in other format in Project, Save & Generate reports with Excel & Visio.
Consolidate projects & resources, Share a resource pool accross multiple plans, Consolidate plans, Create dependencies between plans.