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	Provider: CompuMaster $249  Topic: Computers & Software > Programming & Software General Overview: Are you ready to take your work to the next level? This workshop is designed for intermediate and advanced Microsoft Project users who want to maximize their knowledge of Project, push Project to its limits and take full advantage of its more advanced features. It provides cutting-edge tips on mastering Project's amazing budgeting controls, reporting tools and tracking components you can't get anywhere else. After just one intensive day, you'll make the leap from being a mere Project user to being an acknowledged Project expert. Covers: Advanced techniques for importing and exporting data to and from your project; How to connect to a Project Server; How to set and take advantage of multiple project baselines; How to completely customize columns in an existing table or create a new table from scratch; The keys to creating custom views and reports. Fee per person: $249. Who Should Attend? Intermediate and advanced Microsoft Project users

Detailed Overview/Outline

In this seminar you'll learn...

• Advanced techniques for importing and exporting data to and from your project
• How to connect to a Project Server
• How to set and take advantage of multiple project baselines
• How to completely customize columns in an existing table or create a new table from scratch
• The keys to creating custom views and reports

Are you ready to take your work to the next level? This workshop is designed for intermediate and advanced Microsoft Project users who want to maximize their knowledge of Project, push Project to its limits and take full advantage of its more advanced features. It provides cutting-edge tips on mastering Project´s amazing budgeting controls, reporting tools and tracking components you can´t get anywhere else. After just one intensive day, you´ll make the leap from being a mere Project user to being an acknowledged Project expert.

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Program hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Columns: Capabilities and limitations

Before you use Microsoft Project to manage your projects, you´ll need to gain a firm footing in what it can do and what it can´t. Columns allow you to store project information, and the types of columns you can create are only limited by your imagination! In this session, we´ll show you the amazing capabilities of columns plus a few of their limitations. We´ll show you how to work around those limitations to track the project information that´s most critical to your situation. You´ll find out how you can access the most commonly used tables and quick ways to add fields using the Project Guide or the Add Columns Wizard. Also in this session ...

• The right way to modify columns in an existing table
• How to create a new table from scratch
• How to use existing tables
• How to add new column identifiers to your project using the Project Guide
• How to create a custom field using the Add Columns Wizard

Embedding, importing, exporting and linking data and files

In this session you´ll learn everything you need to know about exchanging and integrating information with other applications. You´ll find out why you´re limited to embedding objects and files to a few specific places and how to use the Import Wizard to import files from other applications. Learn why some formats can only export selected field values, how the Export tool creates standard database tables and why it´s important to link to original source files. In addition, you´ll discover the advantage of linking directly into Project table cells. Also in this session ...

• How to embed objects and files from other applications into Microsoft Project
• Step-by-step procedures to import a file from another application
• How to export your Microsoft Project data to a database
• How to link external files to your project
• Creating and working with projects in the Enterprise
• Uploading a local project to a project server

Understanding "duration" vs. "effort" driven tasks

In this session you´ll gain a better understanding of task types and how resources directly affect a project´s duration. You´ll find out what milestones are used for in Project, and we´ll also cover constraints-how to fine-tune them and why they may make more work for you. Also in this session ...

• The relationship between effort and duration
• How to change the task type from effort-driven to duration-driven
• Understanding fixed units, fixed work and fixed duration
• Understanding what milestones are and how to set tasks as milestones
• An explanation of the constraints that can be used in project management
• How project constraints affect the schedule

Setting, saving and using multiple project baselines

In this session, you´ll find out the best way to keep track of changes as a project progresses. You´ll also see how you can create a baseline that covers multiple projects-and we´ll help you get up to speed fast on how to specifically track an individual task. Also in this session ...

• Discovering the purpose of project baselines
• Setting and saving baselines
• Using baselines to keep your project on track
• Viewing multiple baselines to determine any project trends

Mastering reports and views

This session takes an in-depth look at the different things you can do with reports and views. You´ll learn how to make newly created reports available for use with other project files and how to take advantage of Project´s Organizer. You´ll discover how easy it is to revise built-in views and add modified and new views to the View menu and toolbar. Also in this session ...

• How to generate a custom report
• How to modify and view an existing report
• Uncover an easy way to make a custom view by modifying an existing view
• How to create a new view
• How to share custom reports among projects
• Step-by-step procedures for creating a custom crosstab report

Formatting text, bar styles, the timeline and gridlines in your project

In this informative session, you´ll find out how to give your project that professional look. This is where you´ll learn ways to enhance the appearance of your charts and make it easier to track items. We´ll take a look at the power and versatility of the Gantt Chart Wizard and we´ll teach you about the different tiers on timescales and what their restrictions are. We´ll also show you how to fine-tune the appearance of bars so you can present your schedule in the best way possible. Also in this session ...

• Using the Gantt Chart Wizard
• How to quickly format the Major and Minor Timescales
• The right way to add Nonworking Time to your project
• How to change the formatting on the bars and bar styles
• Discover how to add Bar Text
• Uncover a quick technique for adding notes to task bars

PERT analysis and project tracking

This eye-opening session will teach you how to analyze best- and worst-case completion time scenarios and gain a complete understanding of WBS codes. You´ll learn advanced methods of diagnosing and solving problems using Earned Value Analysis, and we´ll share valuable recommendations for the best way to keep your project on track. Also in this session ...

• How to set up and run a PERT analysis
• How to use a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Understanding Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
• How to analyze your project performance with EVA
• How to track variances

Maintaining project budget compliance

In this session, you´ll learn how to use Project´s group of reports that focus on cost and budget breakdowns. You´ll find out the best way to resolve resources that have been overallocated and quickly identify cost problems. We´ll show you how two valuable reports can help identify problems before a project is in crisis. You´ll gain in-depth understanding of common risk identification methods and critical information that will help you assess potential risk probability and impact. Also in this session ...

• Getting the most out of the Overallocated Resources report
• How to view your project statistics
• How to view costs in the Budget report
• Viewing and printing Overbudget Tasks and Overbudget Resources reports
• Understanding how risk can affect the outcome of your project
• Steps to identify risk and its probability

CEU Credits: 0.5

CPE Credits: 6

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