Ardito Computer Training

Course Description

This course will help students learn to sort and find tasks or resources in a project; use views, tables, details, groups, and filters to view project information; create and edit views, tables, and filters; shorten the critical path of your project and manage your project's resources; manage and view cost information; and track the completion of tasks in your project.

Prerequisites
Participants should have completed the Project Introduction level or have equivalent experience. If you are unsure, you may phone our Bookings Administrator on (07) 857.0770 or (09) 630.1220 to request for a Training Needs Assessment form.

Who Should Take This Course
Professionals using Project to manage tasks and projects

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:

1. Sort and find tasks or resources in a project.
2. Use views, tables, details, groups, and filters to view project information.
3. Create and edit views, tables, and filters.
4. Shorten the critical path of your project and manage your project's resources.
5. Manage and view cost information.
6. Track the completion of tasks in your project.

Course Outline

Sorting and Finding Tasks and Resources

• Sorting Tasks or Resources
• Performing a Predefined Sort
• Permanently Renumbering Tasks
• Performing a Customized Sort
• Resetting the Sort Options
• Finding Tasks or Resources

Introducing Views, Tables, Details, Groups,

and Filters

• Working with Views
• Using Task Views
• Using Resource Views
• Working with Tables
• Using Task Tables
• Using Resource Tables
• Applying a Table
• Working with Details
• Applying a Detail
• Working with Groups
• Using Task Groups
• Using Resource Groups
• Working with Filters
• Using Task Filters
• Using Resource Filters

Customizing Views, Tables, and Filters

• Customizing Views
• Defining a New Single View
• Defining a Combination View
• Editing a View
• Creating a View Based on Another View
• Customizing Tables
• Defining a New Table
• Editing a Table
• Using Custom Fields
• Creating a Table Based on Another Table
• Customizing Filters
• Defining a New Filter
• Editing a Filter
• Creating a Filter Based on Another Filter

Working with Your Schedule and Resources

• Understanding Resource Scheduling
• Displaying the Resource Management
• Toolbar
• Shortening the Schedule
• Changing the Schedule by Changing
• Resources
• Determining the Driving Resource
• Changing the Scheduling Method
• Understanding Effort-Driven Scheduling
• Understanding Task Types
• Changing the Task Type
• Finding Overallocated Resources
• Using the Resource Allocation View
• Using the Task Usage View
• Using the Resource Usage View
• Resolving Resource Conflicts
• Assigning a Resource Part-Time
• Decreasing the Work Assigned
• Delaying a Resource Assignment
• Setting Resource Availability
• Scheduling Overtime
• Splitting Tasks
• Assigning a Resource Contour
• Leveling Resources
• Changing the Priority of Tasks
• Leveling Resources

Managing Costs

• Assigning Rates and Costs
• Creating a Rate Table
• Applying a Rate Table to a Task Assignment
• Assigning Fixed Costs
• Saving the Baseline Plan
• Saving the Baseline
• Checking the Status of the Project
• Making Changes to the Schedule
• Adding Tasks to the Baseline Plan
• Clearing the Baseline
• Managing Cost Information
• Viewing Cost Information
• Viewing Overbudget Tasks
• Reducing Costs

Tracking Progress

• Updating Tasks
• Updating Tasks as Scheduled
• Updating Tasks Manually
• View Task Progress with Progress Lines
• Tracking Actual Work and Actual Cost
• Tracking Actual Work
• Tracking Actual Cost
• Displaying the Baseline in the Gantt Chart