MS Project Level 2 (Managing a Project) Course Details

Saving a Baseline Plan

• Examining the planning process

• Examining project execution

• Setting and saving the Baseline plan

• Viewing Project Statistics

Tracking Project Progress

• Applying the Tracking Gantt

• Changing the current date and date line options

• Updating tasks that run on schedule

• Tracking tasks that finishes later than schedule

• Display Progress Lines on the Tracking Gantt Chart

• Updating the percentage of duration that is complete

• Updating the percentage of work that is complete

• Updating remaining work by using the Task Usage view

• Viewing progress on the PERT chart

Adjusting the Schedule

• Splitting a task

• Using the Detail Gantt view

• Customising the Variance Table for an Interim Plan

• Setting an Interim Baseline Plan

• Copying and Customising the Interim Tracking Gantt Chart

Project Communications

• Choosing a workgroup messaging system

• Configure the workgroup for email and Web communications

• Changing the workgroup messaging for an individual member

• Using the Workgroup Toolbar

• Saving a project file in HTML format

• Creating a custom HTML file

• Inserting a hyperlink in a local HTML file

• *Customising the Microsoft project Environment

• Creating a new PERT view

• Creating a combination view

• Recording a Macro

• Assigning a Macro to a toolbar button

• Creating a global view

• Creating a global calendar

• Setting preference and changing Gantt bar styles

Working with Resources and Printing reports

• Delaying resource work

• Assigning overtime

• Removing Effort Driven scheduling from a task

• Changing the default task type

• Understanding and using the Top-Level Task report

• Customising the Weekly To-Do list

• Printing a report

Editing and deleting

Managing Consolidated Projects

• Using Subprojects

• Creating a consolidated file

• Linking a Predecessor to a Successor within consolidated projects

• Assigning a high priority project

Importing and Exporting Data

• Importing resource cost data from Excel

• Exporting data to a project database

• Exporting an Earned Value table to Excel for graphing