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Project 2010/13/16 Managing a Project

Prerequisite: Has attended the Planning a Project course or have equivalent knowledge.

Duration: One day

Course Topics Course Topics
Schedule Review 
* Scheduling calendar
* Milestones, constraints and deadlines
* Critical path

Resource review
* Resource information dialog box
* Correct cost structure for the assignment
* Task type vs effort driven scheduling

Resolving time issues
* Not finishing on time
* Assign additional resources
* Assign overtime
* Other options

Resource over allocations
* Identifying resource over allocations
* Resolving over allocations
* Manually resolving over allocations
* Resolve over allocations using resource levelling
* Setting priorities

Tracking the project
* Tracking
* Key dates & baselines
* Saving a baseline
* Adding new tasks to the baseline
* Comparing the plan against the baseline plan
* Using interim plans

Updating tasks vs work 
* Updating a task
* Updating the project or multiple tasks
* Updating work
* Tracking costs
* Entering actual costs
* Resolving issues

Customisation
* Modify the Gantt chart
* Roll up Gantt bar to summary
* Customising the bar styles
* Grouping
* Sorting
* Filtering
* Auto filter
* Creating and modifying tables
* Views

Creating custom reports
* Calculated fields
* Graphical indicators
* Exporting data