London Training For Excellence Microsoft Project: Managing Multiple Projects London Training For Excellence
Price: GBP 3,898
Instructor led live virtual classroom online. Classes may be individual or in group.

    Course details

    Overview
    Project managers are often tasked with maintaining complex or multiple projects and require the ability to share resources and performance data. When the scope or volume of projects does not sustain the investment in Project Server managers can leverage Microsoft Project Professional as a standalone solution. This course provides the skills to manage multiple or complex projects with Project Professional. You learn to create cross-project links develop shared resources and track and report status across multiple projects.

    Objective
    Leverage Microsoft Project Professional tools and techniques in a multi-project environment
    Reorganize large or complex projects into master and subprojects
    Optimize resource assignments across projects and resolve over allocations
    Track schedulecompleteness and budget on complex projects and for distributed teams
    Connect project managersteams and data across the organization
    Integrate third-party applications to facilitate data sharing and accessibility

    Who Should Attend
    This course is useful for project managers working in a multiproject environment. Participants should be able to enter and link tasks, create and assign resources, save a baseline and track progress for single projects.

    Course Outlines
    Introduction and Overview
    Microsoft Project Portfolio and program standards and terms
    Microsoft Project Professional for complex and multiple projects
    Identifying essential project prerequisites

    Establishing a Multi-Project Framework
    Operating within a shared environment
    Setting standards for Microsoft Project Professional
    Applying a consistent feature set throughout the organization
    Managing the muti-project environment
    Controlling calendars views and fields
    Adopting a robust multiple-file management system
    Customizing and deploying the Global Template with Organizer

    Implementing Master Projects and Subprojects
    Developing Consolidated projects
    Compiling consolidated projects with embedding
    Utilizing existing project plans
    Building master and subprojects
    Defining project hierarchy by inserting subprojects into a master project
    Linking tasks across projects
    Applying best practices for master and subprojects

    Scheduling Project Resources Using a Shared Pool
    Creating a shared resource pool
    Selecting preferred resource types: names generic and sets
    Grouping resources to establishes management boundaries
    Employing a shared pool to your advantage
    Identifying and resolving conflicts
    Viewing assignments across projects
    Resourcing projects based upon availability
    Resolving resource over allocations
    Prioritizing subprojects and tasks
    Leveling and smoothing subprojects and tasks using priorities

    Tracking Progress Across Multiple Projects
    Essential skills for tracking
    Meaningful metrics: measuring schedule completeness and budget
    Base lining projects and subprojects
    Selecting the right tracking methods
    Tracking by tasks assignments and teams
    Implementing effective cost-tracking
    Calculating cost variances
    Maximizing the information
    Analyzing and evaluating progress
    Determining schedule slippage
    Making adjustments and taking corrective action
    Practical guidelines for tracking complex projects

    Communicating With Project Teams
    Developing a communication infrastructure
    Integrating with third-party applications
    Employing Outlook to improve communication with team members
    Facilitating updates from local or distributed team members
    Transferring data to Access to Excel
    Disseminating information to non-Microsoft Project users
    Distributing data form multiple projects
    Reporting schedule and cost progress
    Customizing views and reports

    Updated on 05 August, 2024

    Job roles this course is suitable for:

    Project Manager

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