Microsoft Project Training Courses

Enliten IT Microsoft Project training courses will set you up with the necessary skills to manage your time, tasks, and resources efficiently so your projects are properly run and understood.

Our Microsoft Project trainers are based around the UK most of our clients take advantage of our, cost effective, tailored onsite training options (we come to you!). Alternatively, you are welcome to come to one of our training centres.

We train on ALL versions of Microsoft Project: MS Project 2019, MS Project 2016 etc. and content can be tailored to suit your specific needs.

MS Project 2021 Advanced course

1 day

This Microsoft Project 2021 Advanced course is introduces delegates to the advanced knowledge and skills a project manager needs to update a project plan during the execution, monitoring, and controlling phases of a project. This includes features such as, baselines, reporting, fields and filters, earned value analysis, managing multiple projects and templates.

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What will you learn?

At the end of this Microsoft Project 2021 Advanced course, delegates will be able to manage multiple projects through the proper assignment of tasks and resources and be able to track progress and report on projects. You will be able to monitor project progress and adjust the project plan to control constraints.

Audience?

Existing Project users who wish to learn more advanced features of the product to properly track and report on a project.

Course Contents

Keeping the Project Up to Date

Overview
Who will track progress?
Baselines & Interim Plans
How to Track Progress
Tools to help in updating the Schedule
The Update Tasks dialogue box
Tracking Table
Task Usage and Resource Usage Views
The Update Project Dialog Box
Progress Lines
Multiple Progress Lines
Setting Progress Dates and formatting Progress Lines
Dates and Intervals tab
Actual vs Baseline
Line Styles tab

Views, Tables, Filters & Reports

Views, Tables, Filters
Highlights
Groups

Reports

Dashboard; Resource; Cost; Progress
Using a report in PowerPoint or Word
Printing Reports
Creating your own reports
Visual Reports

Working with Fields

Custom Flag to indicate a slipped task
Cumulative Fields

Working with Filters

Custom Filter Definitions
Filter Test Options
Multiple Criteria in a Filter
Interactive Filters
Wildcards with Equals/Not Equals Test
Comparing Two Fields in a Filter
Calculations in Filters
The Using Resource filter
AutoFilter and New Filters

Working with Multiple Projects

Shared Resource Pools
Using another project’s resources in your project
Combining resources from multiple projects
Updating the Resource Pool
Opening a Shared Resource Pool
Open the resource pool as read-only; read/write
Open the resource pool and all other sharer files
Opening a file which uses a shared Resource Pool
Open the resource pool to see assignments across all sharer files

Consolidating Projects Manually

Creating hierarchies
Keeping information up-to-date automatically
Making a consolidated project quickly for printing
Inserting projects into an existing project
Creating task dependencies across projects
Changing task information in an inserted project
Linking Project Field Values

Earned Value Analysis

Displaying earned value
Using reports
Using views
Interpreting earned value
Status Date
Setting % complete type for earned value analysis
Changing the default % complete setting
Changing the % complete setting for specific tasks
More about % complete
Advantages of Earned Value Analysis
The Most Common Earned Value Mistakes

Working with Templates

Using Templates
Creating a Template
What is GLOBAL.MPT ?
Using the Organizer

Task Inspector

The Task Path feature

Course Materials

Enliten IT will provide each delegate with a workbook and other useful reference materials where applicable. These may be either paper based or in Adobe pdf format or a combination thereof.

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Additional Information

Enliten IT reserves the right to modify course content and materials as required in the interests of continuous course improvement, at any time, without notification.

The suggested course duration is a guideline. Course topics and duration may be modified by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.

NOTE: We only offer this Microsoft Project 2021 Advanced course on a private in-house basis.

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