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Making MS Project Work For You

Duration
1 day

Course Objectives
This one-day advanced course is designed for project managers who are familiar with using MS Project on a day-to-day basis but now wish to extend their knowledge of the software. By the end of the course you will be able to take greater control of MS Project, understand its advanced features and customise it to work better for you.

The course considers how MS Project schedules tasks when more than one resource has been assigned, by tackling the complex issue of Task Types. We look at how you can model workloads and also track progress precisely using assignments and work contours.

You will customise and tweak Project so that it looks and feels how you want it to, rather than how Microsoft thought you wanted it. Automation, which will improve productivity through the use of macros and custom fields, is covered. Finally we investigate how to integrate Project with other packages to allow all the information about your project to be tied together.

Outline
Advanced resources
Working with different types of tasks
Making the effort - drive the task
Contouring resource availability
Overtime work

Grouping
Introduction to grouping
Applying groups
Defining groups

Customising MS Project
Customising a view
Customising a table
Creating a custom filter
Creating a custom report
Sorting tasks and resources
Drawing
Customising toolbars

Custom fields
Customising field names
Custom field options
Graphical indicators
Applying formulae
WBS code structure

Macros
Introduction to macros
Recording a macro
Assigning a macro to the toolbar
Introduction to VBA

Importing and exporting project data
Saving to a database
Saving to Excel
Import and export maps

OLE and MS Project
Data linking
Embedding an object

Assumed Knowledge
Delegates should be familiar with using MS Project on a day-to-day basis, to the level of our two day Introductory course.

Course Times
10:00am to 5:00pm

Comprehensive course manual included.
Refreshments and lunch are provided on all courses at the Information Horizons Training Centre.

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