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Learn how to use Microsoft Project to monitor and control the progress of your projects. This course will teach you the essential skills required to monitor and control ongoing projects, in order to ensure timely and efficient management of schedules, budgets and resources. 

Build Professional Skills in the use of Microsoft Project for the Monitoring and Control of Major Projects

• Creating and Managing Baselines
• Understand what you need to measure
• Tracking Progress
• Recording Actuals
• Variance Analysis
• What If Analysis
• Resource Usage and Management
• Using Team Planner
• Creating Dashboard Reports for Project Stakeholders
• Consolidated and Master Plans
• How to Create Custom Views of Project Information
• SharePoint and Excel Integration to Microsoft Project
• Visual Reports

How to Track, Monitor and Control Major Projects

This second course in a set of three will provide you with the skills and techniques to use this widely used software product as a key tool in the tracking and monitoring of major projects.This course will benefit both beginner and experienced users of the product, with comprehensive demonstrations of the major elements of Microsoft Project 2016 within the context of the Monitoring and Control processes of a typical project life cycle.The course provides a comprehensive explanation of what information to track, how to record key project progress data, how to manage and create customised reports for project stakeholders. All aspects in the use of Microsoft Project for monitoring and control are explored, including those features such as Team Planner, only found in the Professional version of the software. Upon completion you will have a firm understanding of how to use Microsoft Project to ensure that you are tracking the right data and in the correct manner.

Content and Overview

The purpose of the course is to develop your skills in the Monitoring and Control of major projects. Microsoft Project is a very large and complex piece of software with many features which, without proper explanation, remain unused by many project managers. Even seasoned users of Microsoft Project will neglect some essential and highly valuable features of the product if they have not received the required instruction. This course will explore those aspects of the software which are extremely beneficial when you need to make sure that your projects are kept on track and up to date. Learn how to decide what data is most important to your project - what to track - then learn how to capture the required information. Explore how best to record actuals from the project team. Ensure that you know how to monitor variations in cost, schedule and resources relative to agreed project baselines. Use Microsoft Project to generate dashboard and visual reports to ensure that your project stakeholders are always kept up to date using information which is timely and relevant.

This course is aimed at people who recognise that having skills in the use of Microsoft Project will provide them with an edge in their workplace or college environment. The instructor has over 20 years experience in managing complex projects and is currently a full time college professor with Project Management as one of his specialisations. The materials provided are primarily video based with examples used to illustrate the main techniques involved. In addition comprehensive exercises and solutions based on the example files, are provided for you to try out the techniques involved yourself. This course is Part II in a series of three courses which will prepare you to become a Microsoft Certified Professional using Microsoft Project.