Course Overview

The Project Advanced course is aimed at those who want to use advanced scheduling tools, perform analysis, create custom view and reports, as well as managing multiple projects and resource pools.

Detailed Course Content

Highlight Data

  • Highlight using a predefined filter
  • Highlight tasks within a date range
  • Highlight tasks by resource

Custom Filters

  • Create a custom filter
  • Apply a custom filter
  • Edit a custom filter

Organising Tasks

  • Group tasks
  • Sort tasks
  • AutoFilter tasks

WBS Codes

  • View WBS Codes
  • Create WBS Codes
  • Renumber WBS Codes
  • Edit custom WBS codes

Format the Gantt Chart

  • Change text styles
  • Add gridlines and progress lines
  • Work with progress lines
  • Format Gantt bars
  • Add bar text

Custom Fields

  • Create custom fields
  • Insert custom fields
  • Create a formula field
  • Modify a formula
  • Create a graphical indicator field
  • Create a lookup field

Custom Tables

  • Create a new table
  • Add fields to a table
  • Format a table field
  • Use a custom table

Custom Views

  • Create a single custom view
  • Create a combination custom view
  • Save current view
  • Use custom view

Visual Reports

  • Create an Excel visual report
  • Create a Visio visual report
  • Save a visual report as a template

Built-in project reports

  • View dashboard reports
  • View resource reports
  • View cost reports
  • View In Progress reports
  • Task Boards

Custom Reports

  • Create a custom report
  • Report page layout
  • Insert a table
  • Insert a chart
  • Save a custom report

Working with the Organiser

  • View the organiser
  • Copy customisations to other projects
  • Delete customisation from the global template

Project Templates

  • Save project as a template
  • Use a custom project template
  • Edit a template

Combining Projects

  • Combine projects
  • Change data in a combined project
  • Save a combined project

Subprojects

  • Insert subprojects
  • Create a read-only subproject
  • Insert task links

Shared Resources

  • Create a common resource pool
  • Link a project file to a pool
  • Assign resources from the pool

Downsizing Larger Projects

  • Split project into smaller projects
  • Link subprojects to resource pool
  • Create a master project

Printable course information
Microsoft Project Advanced Scheduling Course Calendar View Calendar

Pre-requisites

  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Project
  • Good understanding of project scheduling concepts
  • Alternatively, completion of Project Essentials training course