adapt learning

application development & people training

Project Advanced

Duration 1 day

Introduction
This course is designed for those who are familiar with the basics but wish to extend their knowledge of the software further

Pre-requisites
Delegates should have attended the Introductory course or have at least three months experience of working with the software

Course contents

Creating a Project Schedule

Entering Task Information
Creating and Editing Task Outline
Using Task Dependencies
Applying Task Constraints
Creating Resources and Assigning them to Tasks
Making Resource Assignments using Resource Units and Contours
Applying Different Task Types
Basic Costing Features
Creating Project and Resource Calendars
Tracking a Project

Tracking Approaches

Using Project Baseline to Compare Actuals to Plan
Entering the Project Status Date
Applying Progress lines to the Gantt Chart
Exporting Earned Value Data for Graphing in Excel
Delegating Tasks and Soliciting Status Reports from Team Members using email and Web Workgroup Features

Communicating a Project Schedule

Moving Elements between Files and the global.mpt for Sharing Formats using the Organiser
Formatting Fonts, Bars, Time-scales & Gridlines in the Gantt, Calendar, Sheet and Usage Views
Creating Formatting Styles
Printing Views and Reports
Adding Hyperlinks to a Project File
Saving a Project as HTML
Saving a full Project into a Database
Invoking Desired views, Tables, Filters and Reports to Communicate Project Information
Customising Views, Tables, Filters and Reports

Optimising and Co-ordinating Project Schedules

Consolidating Multiple Projects using Inserted Projects
Creating a Cross-Project Link
Creating, Updating and Refreshing a Resource Pool
Setting Options to Change Project Schedules Tasks
Applying Resource Levels