Microsoft Project 365 Training Course Advanced

Microsoft Project 365 Overview

Elevate Your Project Management Skills to the Next Level with this Microsoft Project 365 Advanced Training Course.

Managing the Project Environment:

Begin by unlocking the capabilities of linked projects. Explore the creation and utilisation of resource pools, set project baselines, delve into custom fields, and personalise your project settings for a tailored experience.

Broaden your grasp of task management by learning how to alter task lists, generate network diagrams, and oversee the critical path of your project. You''ll also gain proficiency in using lag and lead times, updating your project work, and performing earned value analysis.

Generating Project Views:

Attain a solid understanding of how to adapt Microsoft Project’s views to meet the specific requirements of your project. Learn how to adjust data displays, take advantage of existing views, design custom views, and explore the functionalities of the Timeline view.

Producing Project Reports:

Conclude your advanced training by becoming a master in the art of reporting. Discover how to utilise built-in reports for quick insights, create bespoke reports for particular needs, and export visual reports to Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visio for deeper analysis.

By the end of this course, students will learn to:

• Link multiple projects and create resource pools for optimised resource management.
• Establish and work with project baselines.
• Personalise project settings and work with custom fields.
• Alter task lists and oversee a project’s critical path.
• Design and personalise project views, including the Timeline view.
• Produce a range of reports, both built-in and bespoke, and export them to Microsoft Excel and Visio.

Course Duration: 1 Day

Course Prerequisites:

To benefit from this course fully it would be helpful if the user has completed or has an understanding of the materials covered in the Microsoft Project 365 beginners course – these would include:

• The basic concepts of project management
• Navigating and customizing the Microsoft Project interface
• Adding tasks and resources to a project
• Saving a project
• Managing project time frames
• Changing the working time in a project
• Managing project tasks and resources
• Adding summary tasks and milestones to a project
• Allocating and levelling work resources
• Printing project views
• Sharing and exporting projects

Course Outline

Managing the Microsoft Project 365 Environment

• Link Projects
• Create and Utilise Resource Pools
• Baseline a Project
• Work with Custom Fields
• Change Project Options

Managing Task Structures

• Change a Task List
• Create a Network Diagram
• Manage the Critical Path
• Use Lag and Lead
• Update Project Work
• Analyse Earned Value

Generating Project Views

• Use View Commands
• Utilise Existing Views
• Create Custom Views
• Format and Share the Timeline View

Producing Project Reports

• Utilise Existing Reports
• Create Bespoke Reports
• Export Visual Reports

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