This advanced Microsoft Project course gets you familiar with the more powerful features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional so you can put them to work in real-world situations. You'll cover the skills a project manager needs to update a project plan in Microsoft Project across the execution, monitoring, and control phases.
By the time you're done, you'll know how to manage projects more efficiently, track costs, and allocate resources with confidence. It's a great fit for anyone juggling multiple projects, looking to streamline how they work, or wanting to get a better handle on project costs and resources.
What You Will Learn
- Track and update your project plan to reflect real-time progress as work gets underway
- Monitor how your project is moving along directly within the project plan
- Adjust your plan to keep constraints in check and stay on course
- Build project reports to share status updates with your team and stakeholders
- Tailor your project settings and share those customizations across other projects
Course Outline
Executing a Project
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Enter Task Progress
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Update Task Progress with SharePoint
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Update Work
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Update Costs
Monitoring Project Progress
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View Project Progress
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Add Custom Fields
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Create Custom Views
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Create a Network Diagram
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Analyze a Project Plan
Controlling a Project Plan
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Edit the Task List
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Reschedule Tasks
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Update a Baseline
Reporting on Progress
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Format and Share a Chart View
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View Existing Reports
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Create Custom Reports
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Create a Visual Report
Customizing the Application
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Change Project Options
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Create a Project Plan Template
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Share Resources
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Link Project Plans
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
