Microsoft Project 2016 - Level 2 & 3 / Advanced

Day 1

Monitoring Project Progress

• View Project Progress
• Add Custom Fields
• Create Custom Tables
• Create Calculated Fields
• Create Concatenated Fields
• Creating Customized Date Functions Fields
• Create Custom Single Views
• Create Custom Combination View
• Create a Network Diagram
• Analyze a Project Plan

Importing and Exporting Data

• Import and Export Maps
• Importing External Files Into Projects
• Hyperlinking Files in Project

Resource Pools

• Resource Pools
• Working With Resource Pool
• Sharing a Resource Pool
• Managing a Resource Pool
• Reporting and Analyzing the Resource Pool

Multiple Projects and Master Projects

• Linking Projects Plans
• Create a Series of Sub Projects
• Managing Projects Within the Master Project
• Managing Projects in the Sub Project

Day 2

Earned Value Analysis

• Creating Progress Lines
• Using the Earned Value Tools
• Customizing the Earned Value Tables
• Defining the Different Fields Available for EVA

Customizing the Application

• Create Project Options
• Create a Project Plan Template
• Understanding Template Options
• The Organizer

Reporting Tools

• View Existing Reports
• View Visual Reports
• View Excel Reports

Create Customized Excel Reports

• Create Customized Visual Reports
• Report Dashboards
• Best Practice Analyzer

Advanced Additional Features

• Integration with SharePoint
• Hyperlinks
• Custom WBS Codes
• Macros Overview

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to manage an existing Microsoft Project 2016 project plan. You will: 

• Update a project plan to reflect progress as you execute the project
• Monitor project progress in the project plan
• Adjust the project plan to control constraints
• Create project reports to share a project’s status
• Customize project settings and share customizations with other projects

Basic project management knowledge and skills are required to be successful in this course. Additionally, you should be able to create a new project plan, manage time in a project plan, manage tasks in a project plan, manage resources in a project pan, and share a project plan.

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and needs a tool to manage those project plans.