Microsoft Project Level 2

Overview

Course duration: 2 days.

Designed to advance your skills and put them into practice, delegates should have attended a Project level 1 or FastPath course or have the equivalent knowledge.

This course is available in 2007 and 2010 versions. This course is run in partnership with 2e2 Training.

What will I learn?

At the completion of Microsoft Project Level 2 you should be able to:

• Save a baseline plan; update the percentage of tasks completed, actual start and finish dates, in-progress tasks, and actual work; save an interim plan display the Earned Value table to monitor the actual and estimated costs of tasks; and view task progress in Network Diagram view.
• Analyse a project by viewing its statistics, slippage, and slack in the schedule and reschedule a project by splitting tasks, delaying resource work, and assigning overtime.
• Format a project file by modifying bar styles and timescales, use the Drawing toolbar to enhance Gantt chart information, print current views and reports, create a custom report and a Crosstab report, and create a visual report by using Excel or Visio.
• Create a custom Network Diagram view and a combination view, create and run a macro to automate tasks, create and delete a toolbar and a menu, and create a custom table by using the More Tables dialog box.
• onsolidate project files, link tasks across projects, assign project and task priorities, share project elements globally and with specific projects, and share resources across projects.
• Import data from a Microsoft Excel workbook and a Microsoft Access database, export data to a Microsoft Excel workbook and a Microsoft Access database, and copy project information to a Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel worksheet.

What will it cover?

Recap of Level 1 topics

Tracking Project work

• Managing a Project
• Updating the progress of tasks
• Observing project progress

Analysing and adjusting the plan

• Analysing the plan
• Rescheduling tasks

Formatting and reporting

• Formatting a project file
• Using drawing tools
• Printing views and reports
• Visual reports

Customising the project environment

• Creating custom views
• Creating macros
• Creating a toolbar and a menu
• Creating a custom table

Managing multiple projects

• Consolidating and sharing projects
• Sharing resources across projects

Project Communications