RMD Training - Hull

 

RMD Business Project 2007 Advanced Syllabus

 

This course is designed for delegates who have strong experience of using Microsoft Project 2007 and want to learn the advanced features to allow them to work even more efficiently.

 

If the course syllabus does not entirely match your requirements, please contact us as we are able to customise it to your needs.

 

This course has a duration of 1 day.

 

Customizing Project

 

Using Advanced Views

  • Using the Gantt Chart View
  • Using the Tracking Gantt View
  • Using the Network Diagram
  • Adjusting Time Scales
  • Changing Your Font

     

    Formatting the Gantt Chart

  • Formatting Individual Bars
  • Formatting Categories
  • Adding Text to Bars
  • Adding Text Boxes to a Chart

     

    Customizing how Project Looks

  • Adding Menus
  • Customising Menus
  • Showing and Hiding Toolbars
  • Customising Toolbars
  • Creating Toolbars

     

    Setting Projects Options

  • Changing the Calendar or Date Format
  • Changing your User Name and Undo Levels
  • Setting Time Units
  • Enabling AutoSave
  • Setting Calculation Options
  • Security Options
  • The Interface Tab and Scheduling Options

     

    Advanced Topics

     

    Tasks

  • Setting Fixed Duration Tasks
  • Modifying Fixed Tasks
  • Adding a Hyperlink to a Task
  • Using the Tracking Toolbar

     

    Project Costs

  • Setting Currency Options
  • Entering Costs
  • Using Cost Rate Tables
  • About Fixed Costs
  • About Cost Resources
  • Viewing Costs
  • Manually Updating Costs

     

    The Work Breakdown Structure Code

  • Understanding the WBS Code
  • Assigning a WBS Code to a Task
  • Viewing the WBS Code of a Project
  • Customising the WBS Code

     

    Importing and Exporting Files

  • Importing a File
  • Exporting a File
  • Using Custom Maps
  • Exporting a Gantt Chart

     

    Finishing Your Project

     

    Adding a Drawing

  • Using the Drawing Toolbar
  • Drawing Two Dimensional Shapes
  • Drawing Lines
  • Drawing Arrows
  • Drawing Polygons

     

    Editing a Drawing

  • Changing the Order of Shapes
  • Modifying Drawing Properties
  • Cycling the Fill Color
  • Attaching a Drawing to a Task

     

    Updating and Filtering Your Project

  • Updating Tasks
  • Updating the Project
  • Applying Custom Filters
  • Creating Progress Lines
  • Displaying the Progress Line
  • Interpreting a Progress Line
  • Editing or Removing Progress Lines
  • Formatting a Progress Line

     

    Tracking Progress

  • Using the Project Guide
  • About Status Indicators
  • Tracking Overdue Tasks with Filters
  • Tracking Completed Tasks
  • Tracking Tasks by Grouping

     

    Working With Multiple Projects

     

    Versions of Microsoft Project

  • Project 2007 Standard
  • Project 2007 Professional
  • Project Server 2007
  • Comparing Project Professional, Standard and Server

     

    Working with Resource Pools

  • Starting a Resource Pool
  • Linking a Project to the Pool
  • Creating a Resource Pool from Multiple Projects
  • Unlinking a Project from a Resource Pool
  • Updating a Resource Pool

     

    Working with Multiple Projects

  • Types of Multiple Projects
  • Inserting Sub Projects
  • Unlinking or Removing Sub Projects
  • Consolidating Projects
  • Consolidating Projects Using the New Window Command
  • Using Project Workspaces

     

    Working with Multiple Projects, Part 2

  • Viewing a Master Project's Critical Path
  • Saving Baselines for a Master Project
  • Saving Baselines for a Consolidated Project
  • Viewing Information for Inserted Projects

     

     

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