PROJECT ADVANCED 2010

Course Overview

The Project Advanced course assumes students are experienced and confident in working with Microsoft Project or have attended a previous Microsoft Project training course. This training course delves deeper into Microsoft Project's advanced tools/settings and introduces new techniques for managing larger more complex projects.

Upon completion of this course students will gain a greater understanding of working with project data, changing and customising different formats and views, correctly setup and present the Gantt chart for printing, customising reports, create and link master and sub projects along with sharing a resource pool. This course also introduces automation through the use of Microsoft Project VBA.

Course Prerequisites

Microsoft Project Essentials 2010 training course or equivalent

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Project Views

Project Views Explained
Standard Views
Split Views
Custom Views
Combination Views
Customise View Menus
Save Existing View
Delete Unwanted Views
Keep New Views Local

Tables

Explore Tables
Create New Table
Add Fields
Format Table Fields
Custom Tables
Hyperlink Fields

Control Project Data

Data Tools Explained
Highlighting
Filters
Custom Filters
Edit Existing Filters
Delete Unwanted Filters
Group Tasks
AutoFilters

Format Projects

The Timescale Explained
Change Time Periods
Show Tiers
Modify Specific Tiers
Format Non-Working Time
Change Text Styles
Gridlines
Progress Lines
Change Layout
Gantt Chart Bars Explained
Change Gantt Chart Styles
Change Bar Text
Format Selected Bars
Change Bar Styles

Gantt Chart Printing

Display Print Commands
Print Preview
Set Page Breaks
Print Specific Dates/Pages
Insert Headers
Insert Footers
The Legend
Get the Right Report Fit
Print To PDF

Predefined Reports

Predefined Reports Explained
Use Predefined Report
Use Report Lists
Modify Existing Report
Crosstabulation Reports
Dissect a Crosstabulation Report
Custom Crosstabulation
Adjust Custom Report Details
Share Custom Reports

Templates

Templates Explained
Navigate Templates
Save Project as a Template
Use Custom Template
Create Template Shortcut
Manage My Templates
Modify a Template
The Global Template Explained
Organise the Global Template
Apply a Newly Organised Item
Remove Items from Global Template

Microsoft Project Files

Compatibility Challenges
Project 2007 Files
Move a Project
Multiple Files
The Workspace Command
Create/Use a Workspace
Hide Open Files

Linking and Combining Projects

Linked Projects Explained
Combine Projects
View Combined Projects
Print from Combined Projects
Set Combined Project Start Date
Change Combined Project Data
Save/Close Combined Project
Using Only Combined Project File
Using Only Sub-project Files
Insert Sub-projects
Break Sub-project Links
Create Read Only Subproject
Insert Task Links
Create Summary Milestone

Shared Resources

Resource Sharing Explained
Create Common Resource Pool
Link to External Pool
Link New Project File To The Pool
Assign Resources From The Pool
Work with Shared Resources
Check for Resource Links
Manage Shared Resources
Open Shared Resource Projects
Open the Resource Pool Only
Assemble a Resource Master
Work With a Resource Master

Downsize Larger Projects

Project Downsizing Explained
Create the Resource File
Create Smaller Projects
Link SubProjects to Resources
Prepare for the Master Project
Create the Downsized Master File
Set Project Links
Finalise the Master

Other Applications

Working With Applications Explained
Copy Gantt Chart Image
Copy Table Data
Copy/Link to Excel
Export to Excel
Export to Excel Using A Map
Use Visual Reports

MS Project VBA

VBA In Microsoft Project Explained
The Developer Tab
Record a Macro
Run a Macro
Examine Macro Code
Make Macro Global
Add Macro to QAT