Microsoft Project Intermediate

Duration: 1 Day

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Course Aims

‍To deepen delegates’ skills in using Microsoft Project to manage more complex project schedules, with a focus on resource allocation, tracking, and reporting.

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Course Prerequisites

‍Completion of the Introduction course or equivalent experience is recommended, including familiarity with task creation, dependencies, and basic resource management in Microsoft Project.

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Course Objectives

‍By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Utilise advanced scheduling tools, including task constraints, deadlines, and the critical path.
• Resolve scheduling conflicts and perform resource levelling across tasks.
• Establish and track project baselines to monitor project progress accurately.
• Generate and interpret various project reports, customised to stakeholder needs.
• Apply cost management tools, including budget tracking and forecasting capabilities

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Course Content

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Module 1 - Managing Resources and Costs

• Creating work, material and cost resources
• Working with multiple calendars
• Assigning resources
• Effort Driven Scheduling
• Task Types
• Working with resource costs and fixed costs
• Work contours
• Working with the Team Planner
• Identifying budget variance

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Module 2 - Finalising the Plan

• Reviewing the schedule
• Levelling resource over-allocation

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Module 3 - Tracking

• Creating baselines
• Entering project progress
• Viewing variance information

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Module 4 - Analyse and adjust a schedule

• Analysing schedules
• Reschedule the project
• Adjustment of resource schedules
• Progress lines

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Module 5- Filters and sort

• Add new columns
• Working with auto filters
• Applying built-in filters
• Sorting and grouping data

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Module 6 - Manage multiple projects

• Consolidating and sharing projects
• Resource pools: Sharing resources across projects
• Levelling and reporting across multiple projects

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Module 7 - Exchange project data

• Import, export and copy data from Microsoft Excel
• Enhanced copy and paste
• Copy Picture

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Further Courses

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Microsoft Project Advanced

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