Microsoft Project 2010 Advanced

About this course:

This 2-day course is for advance users of Project 2010 who want to get maximum benefits from Project 2010 for planning
their projects. Overall, the objective of the course is to make participants refine their skills in Project 2010. Completion of
this course along with our Basic course meets the full requirements for MCTS Exam 70-178:TS: Microsoft Project 2010,
Managing Projects.
Course Overview:
This course builds on the concepts and skills taught in the Basic course. Students will learn how to work with templates,
create baseline plans, monitor and update projects, analyze project statistics, handle delays and resource conflicts, create
various reports, consolidate project files, share resources using resource pooling, and customize Project. Students will also
learn how to communicate project information by using Project Server 2010 and how to integrate Project data with other
Office applications.
Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for Project Managers, Project Schedulers, Managers, Supervisors, Team Leads and other people
responsible for managing projects. These individuals are involved in or responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating,
controlling, budgeting and staffing of projects and supporting other users of Microsoft Project 2010.
Prerequisites:
Students should also have a working knowledge of the following:

Basic project management concepts and terminology.

Fundamentals of Microsoft Project 2010

Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:

Explain the new user interface of Microsoft Project 2010.

Initialize Microsoft Project settings.

Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Create advanced task relationships in a project schedule.

Configure advanced task information and use the Task Inspector.

Advanced resource management.

Assign and level work resources.

Use Team Planner feature

Track and update project schedules.

Customize Project 2010 features.

Communicate project information in your organization.

Manage multiple projects and resource pools.

Course Outline:
Module 1: Introduction to Project Management

Project Management Concepts

Module 2: Microsoft Project 2010 Overview

Project 2010 working fundamentals

Module 3: Managing Tasks

Task Relationships
Deadlines
Notes
Inactivating tasks
Recurring tasks
Moving tasks
Task Costs
Tasks on Critical path
Entering Manually scheduled Summary tasks
Interrupting task
Changing Working time of tasks
Entering Constraints

Module 4: Managing Resources

Resource Availability

Multiple pay rates

Module 5: Managing Assignment Details

Delaying Assignments
Contours to Assignments
Applying Different Cost Rates
Material resources
Team Planner

Module 6: Managing Project Details

Resource Conflicts
Managing Resource Overallocation
Leveling Resources
Project Information
Creating Custom Tables
Groups and filters
Creating Custom Views

Module 7: Updating Tasks and Assignments

Updating Baseline
Interim plans
Tracking tasks and assignments
Rescheduling work

Module 8: Communicating Project Information / Reports

Variance

Resource Costs

Task Cost

Spotlight View

Cost, Schedule

Module 9: Controlling Project Variances

Resolving
Resolving
Resolving
Resolving

Schedule issues
Resource issues
Cost issues
Assignment issues

Module 10: Working with Multiple Projects

Resource Pooling

Consolidating projects

Cross linking project tasks

Module 11: Project Closure

Using Project Closure Methodologies

Closing a Project

Cancelling Unnecessary Tasks

Marking Milestones as Complete

Saving a Completed Project as a Template

Creating a New Project from a Template

Using the Compare Project Versions Tool