Microsoft Project Advanced Courses

Microsoft Project Training Glasgow, Scotland, UKCourse Overview

Duration: 1 Day

Pre-requisites: Delegates should be familiar with Microsoft Windows and MS Project.

Aimed at: Experienced users of MS Project wishing to handle multiple projects and related advanced topics.

Objectives: By the end of the course delegates should be able to: Produce consolidated plans from separate files; Create Resource pools and link existing projects; Produce project related reports using Views and Reports.

Course Content:

  1. Introduction
  2. Creating a resource pool (method 1)
  3. Creating a resource pool (method 2)
  4. Sharing resources
  5. Opening the “resource pool” on its own
  6. Open the resource pool as read-only
  7. Consolidating projects (inserting projects)
  8. View multiple critical paths
  9. Multi project views
  10. The Gantt Chart
  11. Autofilter
  12. The Task Usage View
  13. Resource usage
  14. Gantt with resource graph
  15. Levelling with multiple projects
  16. Date ranged levelling
  17. Resolving overallocations
  18. Priority
  19. Baselines and interim baselines
  20. Clearing a baseline
  21. Interim plans
  22. Custom fields
  23. Exercise
  24. Displaying deadlines
  25. Custom bar styles
  26. The missed deadline filter
  27. Record a macro
  28. Creating a new toolbar
  29. Assign your macro to the toolbar
  30. Attaching a macro to an existing button

The above is an outline intended as a guide only; topics may not be covered in this order. Actual course content will be tailored to suit client’s needs.

Further Training:

For MS Project Workshops, please contact us to discuss your exact requirements.

Example Workshops

Creating custom forms with MS Project.
Creating Project Templates.
Integrating MS Project with MS Office.

Contact John Cowie on 0791 787 4739 to book your course, or use our enquiry form to send us a message.