Project Level II

Executing and Finalizing the Project

Suggested Prerequisites: Project Level I

Description: Microsoft Project Level 2 is the second course in the Microsoft Project series. In Microsoft Project Level 1, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. This course will build upon that knowledge, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

Topics

Lesson 1:  Updating A Project Plan

• Determining Baseline Status
• Setting the Baseline
• Updating Task Progress Information
• Saving an Interim Project Plan

Lesson 2:  Resource Considerations

• The Task Form View
• Assigning Overtime
• Resource Manipulation

Lesson 3:  Creating Custom Reports

• Modifying an Existing MS Project Report
• Create a New Custom Report
• Printing Views/Tables

Lesson 4:  Consolidating Projects

• Creating a Global Resource Pool
• Connecting Projects to the Pool
• Creating a Consolidated View
• Removing Projects from the Master Project

Lesson 5:  Exchanging Data With Other Application Packages

• Importing/Exporting Excel Data by Creating a Custom Map
• Saving Project Plan Information as a Web Page
• Hyperlink Documents to Tasks

Lesson 6:  Customizations

• Create a Project Plan Template
• Create a Custom Combination View
• Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
• Create a Macro and Assign it to a Toolbar Button