Microsoft Project Professional Advanced (Including Plan 3 & 5)

This course is suitable if you require working with many projects together and or have responsibilities to oversee a number of inter-related projects.

Baselining: You will acquire the skills to effectively use baselines in Microsoft Project to establish a reference point for project performance measurement. This involves capturing the initial project plan, which can be used to track and compare progress against the original plan as the project unfolds. By using baselines, you can better control project scope, schedule, and costs.
Resource Pools: You’ll learn how to work with resource pools, which enable the efficient management and allocation of shared resources across multiple projects. This capability is especially valuable for organisations with resource constraints, as it allows for optimised resource utilisation and allocation.
Working with Multiple Projects: Participants will become proficient in working with multiple projects simultaneously within Microsoft Project. This includes skills such as combining multiple projects into a single view, coordinating dependencies between projects, and managing complex project portfolios.
Export to Excel: You will be able to seamlessly export project data, schedules, and reports to Microsoft Excel for further analysis and reporting. This skill is particularly useful for generating custom reports, sharing project information with stakeholders, and performing in-depth data analysis.

Baselining Projects: Learn how to establish a baseline for your project, which serves as a reference point for measuring and tracking progress throughout the project lifecycle.
Combining Projects: Understand techniques for combining multiple projects into a single view or file, enabling better coordination and management of interconnected initiatives.
Resource Pooling: Explore resource pooling methods to efficiently manage and allocate shared resources across multiple projects, ensuring optimal resource utilisation.
Recurring Tasks: Learn how to set up and manage recurring tasks within your project plans, streamlining the handling of routine activities.
Reports: Master the generation and customisation of project reports, which provide valuable insights into project status, progress, and performance.
Templates: Create and utilise project templates to streamline the initiation and planning phases of new projects, saving time and ensuring consistency.
Importing: Understand how to import data, tasks, or resources from external sources into your project management software for seamless integration.
Exporting: Learn techniques for exporting project data and reports, enabling effective communication and sharing with stakeholders.

With project Plan 5, delegates will have access to the ‘Project Online desktop client’ we recommend using the desktop client for the training as this gives the users maximum functionality of the software and hence get the most from the training. So will need to make sure the delegates have desktop client installed for the session.