Advanced Project Workshop Profile
- Course duration
- 1 day
- Course timings
- 9:30-16:30
- Prerequisites
- Delegates must be experienced with using a mouse and working in the Windows environment. Previous planning experience is essential.
- Training formats
- Private course · tailored · 1 to 1 (all instructor led)
- Manuals
- A comprehensive course manual provides support throughout the course and upon your return to the office.
- Calendar
- Click here to see the Project courses calendar
Course Topics
The Planning Workshop
Choose any set of topics to solve your Project issues or decide your planning proces. Popular topics include:building an effective, easy-to-use plan · task types · managing resources and changing assignments · managing working time and calendars · tracking your project when it goes live · re-scheduling tasks · creating and viewing the right report at the right time · communicating effectively · combining multiple projects · using formulae.
Understanding Resources
resource views and graphs · filtering on resources · setting up holidays, working and nonworking time, day length and different calendars · resource capacity planning and effective reporting.Updating and Tracking Progress
understanding Project's tracking fields · saving a baseline · using the tracking Gantt · producing slippage, exception and other useful concise reports · analysing actual and remaining work · updating using different views · making changes and re-scheduling incomplete work · analysing performance and making corrections · scenario planning · “what-if” plans.General Topics (optional)
how to avoid Project's pitfalls · changing views, tables and filters · HTML reports · using template plans · controlling the timescale · printing reports · GLOBAL.MPT · Project's default settings · setting up a Project Office · time-saving tips and techniques · communicating your plan in summary and in detail · simple reports.Additional topics may be included by arrangement - please contact us for further details.