Microsoft Project Intermediate
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Summary
- Microsoft Project Certificate of completion - Free
- Tutor is available to students
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Microsoft Project Certificate of completion
Digital certificate - Included
Certificate will be sent once the course has been completed via email.
Description
Course Aims
To deepen delegates’ skills in using Microsoft Project to manage more complex project schedules, with a focus on resource allocation, tracking, and reporting.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Utilise advanced scheduling tools, including task constraints, deadlines, and the critical path.
- Resolve scheduling conflicts and perform resource levelling across tasks.
- Establish and track project baselines to monitor project progress accurately.
- Generate and interpret various project reports, customised to stakeholder needs.
- Apply cost management tools, including budget tracking and forecasting capabilities
Course Content
Module 1 - Managing Resources and Costs
- Creating work, material and cost resources
- Working with multiple calendars
- Assigning resources
- Effort Driven Scheduling
- Task Types
- Working with resource costs and fixed costs
- Work contours
- Working with the Team Planner
- Identifying budget variance
Module 2 - Finalising the Plan
- Reviewing the schedule
- Levelling resource over-allocation
Module 3 - Tracking
- Creating baselines
- Entering project progress
- Viewing variance information
Module 4 - Analyse and adjust a schedule
- Analysing schedules
- Reschedule the project
- Adjustment of resource schedules
- Progress lines
Module 5- Filters and sort
- Add new columns
- Working with auto filters
- Applying built-in filters
- Sorting and grouping data
Module 6 - Manage multiple projects
- Consolidating and sharing projects
- Resource pools: Sharing resources across projects
- Levelling and reporting across multiple projects
Module 7 - Exchange project data
- Import, export and copy data from Microsoft Excel
- Enhanced copy and paste
- Copy Picture
Who is this course for?
A good fit if you already understand the basics of Microsoft Project (or have equivalent experience) and now need to manage more detailed schedules. It’s aimed at people who want to improve how they allocate and level resources, track progress with baselines, and produce reports for stakeholders. You’ll need the desktop version of Microsoft Project installed for the practical exercises.
Requirements
Completion of the Introduction course or equivalent experience is recommended, including familiarity with task creation, dependencies, and basic resource management in Microsoft Project.
To participate fully in this course, delegates will need the desktop version of Microsoft Project installed on their laptop or desktop PC. This is essential to complete the hands-on practical exercises throughout the session.
Career path
Microsoft Project is ideal for anyone who plans, tracks or delivers projects. Skills from this course support roles such as Project Administrator, Project Coordinator, Project Manager and PMO Analyst, and provide a strong pathway into wider project and programme management careers.
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