Microsoft Project 2003: Intermediate

Course Overview

This programme is for you if you already have an understanding of project management concepts, you have responsibility for creating and modifying project plans, and who you need a tool to manage those project plans. It will enhance your skills and knowledge in using Project and will give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

You will learn how to exchange project plan data with other applications, update project plans, create custom reports, and reuse project plan information

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Related Courses

• Microsoft Project 2003: Introduction for Beginners (1 day)
• Microsoft Project 2003: Advanced
• Microsoft Project 2003: Introduction for Beginners (2 day)

Audience

Anybody with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Project 2003, ideally gained through attending the Microsoft Project 2003: Introduction for Beginners training Course.

Skills Gained

• Create a baseline plan
• Track a project's progress
• Manage resources
• Communicate project progress
• Work with consolidated projects and resource pools

Prerequisites

Some experience in working with Microsoft Project and creating a basic project plan is required. In particular, you should be able to

Course Outline

Organising and analysing project information

• Sorting and grouping project information
• Creating a custom group option
• Applying a predefined filter and an autofilter to a view
• Creating a custom filter
• Applying a new table to a view
• Creating a custom table and a custom view

Tracking a project (part 1)

• Saving a baseline plan
• Updating a project schedule
• Comparing the actual and planned progress of a project
• Adding progress lines to a Gantt chart
• Additional methods for updating a project schedule
• Rescheduling uncompleted work
• Scheduling overtime work
• Additional project tracking topics

Tracking a project (part 2)

• Monitoring resource allocation
• Methods for resolving resource over-allocation problems
• Manually and automatically delaying tasks
• Displaying earned value analysis data

Communicating project information (part 1)

• Displaying a project schedule in calendar view
• Printing a view
• Modifying page setup options for a printout
• Enhancing the elements of a view

Communicating project information (part 2)

• Printing and editing a pre designed report
• Using a report template

Working with multiple projects

• Setting up a consolidated project
• Linking tasks across projects of a consolidated project
• Identifying all critical paths in a consolidated project
• Using and updating a resource pool at any time

Review of Programme