Course Description

This event is designed to familiarise you with the advanced features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional so that you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.

Target Student

This event is designed for delegates who are responsible for managing projects in a work environment. This includes creating and maintaining project plans.

You have an understanding of project management concepts, you may be responsible for creating and modifying project plans and you need a tool to manage your project plans. This event will teach you how to use Microsoft Project to manage and customise your project plans through the implementation stage of a project.

Pre-requisites

To ensure your success in this event, you should be able to create a new project plan, manage time in a project plan, manage tasks in a project plan, manage resources in a project plan, and share a project plan. This can be accomplished by taking the following event: Microsoft Project: Level 1

Performance-Based Objectives

• Manage a Project Environment
• Manage Task Structures
• Generate Project Views
• Produce Project Reports

Course Content

Managing the Project Environment

• Topic A: Link Projects
• Topic B: Baseline a Project
• Topic C: Work with Custom Fields

Managing Task Structures

• Topic A: Change a Task List
• Topic B: Create a Network Diagram
• Topic C: Manage the Critical Path
• Topic D: Use Lag and Lead
• Topic E: Analyse Earned Value

Generating Project Views

• Topic A: Use View Commands
• Topic B: Use Existing Views
• Topic C: Create Custom Views
• Topic D: Format and Share the Timeline View

Producing Project Reports

• Topic A: Use Existing Reports
• Topic B: Create Custom Reports
• Topic C: Export Visual Reports