Project 2010 Advanced

Course Length

One day

Prerequisites

Project 2010 Introduction or equivalent experience

Course Description

In this course, participants will work with overallocated resources, assign costs to tasks and resources, use the critical path, set baselines, track progress, import and export between Excel and Project, manage multiple projects, and create reports.

Course Topics

  • Review resource allocation
  • Increase resource availability
  • Use the Task Inspector
  • Explore leveling options
  • Level selected resources
  • Specify leveling sensitivity and timeframe
  • Specify the leveling order
  • Clear leveling and split a task
  • Set task level priority
  • Enter costs for resources
  • Create and assign a fixed-cost material resource
  • Assign cost resources to tasks
  • Use and assign resource rate tables
  • Assign a fixed cost to a task
  • View the cost of resources and tasks
  • View the cost of the entire project
  • View the critical path and slack
  • Shorten the critical path
  • Assign overtime to a task
  • Use tables containing baseline data
  • Set and change the project baseline
  • Display the tracking table
  • Use tracking buttons
  • Update the schedule for completed tasks
  • View slippage
  • Update the schedule for tasks in progress
  • Import and export between Excel and Project
  • using predefined and custom maps
  • Delete a custom map
  • Explore master projects
  • Create smaller projects from an existing project
  • Insert a project
  • Break link between the subproject and its source file
  • Consolidate open projects
  • Create a task link between subprojects
  • Display the name of the source project
  • View multiple critical paths
  • Link a project to a resource pool
  • Open a sharer file
  • Update and refresh a resource pool
  • Open and edit a resource pool
  • Unlink a sharer file from a resource pool
  • Create a basic report
  • Modify the report header or footer
  • Create a custom report based on an existing report and from scratch
  • Create a visual report using built-in templates
  • Analyze final data
  • Use project templates
  • Use all final data in a new project
  • Use selected task information in a new project
  • Set additional baselines
  • Display additional baseline information
  • Clear a project baseline
  • Change Microsoft Project options
  • Create a custom table
  • Add a column field to a table
  • Hide a table column
  • Use the Organizer to restore Microsoft Project elements
  • Use the Organizer to copy elements
  • Create a combination view
  • Create a new single view
  • Sort a view and create a custom sort
  • Use the AutoFilter feature
  • Create and apply a custom filter
  • Group tasks or resources using pre-defined criteria
  • Create a custom group

What Participants Receive

Each participant receives a guide containing step-by-step instructions and practice exercises.