Learn more advanced techniques for working with Microsoft Project, from reassigning resources and managing costs to customizing fields and reports.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Learn advanced techniques for Microsoft Project
- What you should know before watching this course
- Adding and removing resources from a task
- Changing multiple assignment parameters on a task
- Defining part-time resources using maximum units
- Defining part-time resources using resource calendars
- Assigning calendar-based part-time resources
- Scheduling a task to override resource calendars
- Editing in-progress task assignments
- Challenge
- Solution
- Setting cost rates that change over time
- Defining time-based material costs
- Editing resource costs manually
- Copying data between Project files
- Choosing security settings for importing data
- Importing data into new Project records
- Importing data into existing Project records
- Exporting data from Project
- Understanding custom fields
- Creating a formula to calculate field values
- Specifying formula calculations for summary tasks
- Displaying field values graphically
- Creating a lookup table of valid values
- Formatting taskbars with custom field values
- Choosing the fields in a graphical report
- Focusing on key results in a graphical report
- Using a compelling chart to present data
- Displaying precise values in a table
- Adding labels to a graphical report
- Fine-tuning your report layout
- Make a project work the way you want with options
- Where are modified elements saved?
- Where are new elements saved?
- Sharing your customizations with others
- Sharing resources across projects with a resource pool
- Using shared resources on a project
- Opening and saving a project file with shared resources
- Editing resource information in a resource pool
- Working on multiple projects with a master project
- Adding a subproject to a project file
- Linking tasks in different projects
- Additional resources for Microsoft Project
Taught by
Bonnie Biafore
