Learning Microsoft Project 2010 on DVD - UK Delivery Only

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01. Getting Started

• Overview Of MS Project And What To Expect From The Course
• What Will I Be Able To Do?
• Exploring A Sample Project
• Tour Of The New MS Project 2010 Interface
• Using The Files Included With This Course 

02. The Interface

• Auto Hide The Ribbon Menus
• Customize The Quick Command Bar
• Adding Your Own Tab To The Ribbon Menu
• Activating Autosave In Project 2010
• Alter The Project Colour Scheme And Other General Options
• Controlling The Recently Used File List 

03. Starting Your Own Project

• Creating A New Project File And Save Options
• Setting The Project Information/Properties
• Deciding On A Start/Finish Date For The Project
• Adding A New Task And Exploring Task Duration Options
• Importing Tasks From Microsoft Outlook
• Importing Tasks From Microsoft Excel
• Organizing Tasks Into Logical Groups
• Adding A Milestone Task
• Estimated and Elapsed Duration Tasks
• Moving Or Deleting Tasks
• Making A Task Inactive
• Changing The Task Priority Value
• Adding Notes To A Task
• Attaching External Files To A Task
• Adding/Editing The Project Summary Task
• Methods Of Linking Scheduled Tasks
• Exploring The Different Link Types
• How To Add Lag Or Lead Time
• Exploring The Detail Gantt
• Formatting The Task Pane
• Spellchecking The Task Pane
• Find/Replace Text In The Task Pane

04. Working With Your Project File

• Navigating To An Exact Date In The Gantt Chart
• Displaying The Current Task In The Gantt Chart
• Changing The Dates Visible In The Gantt Chart
• Sorting Tasks
• Using The Filtering Options
• Sort Your Tasks Into Groups
• Adding Deadlines
• Exploring Constraint Types
• Removing An Unwanted Or Accidental Constraint
• Viewing Your Project In Calendar View
• Viewing Your Project As A Network Diagram
• Using The Task Inspector
• How Does MS Project Determine The Critical Path?
• Finding The Critical Path

05. Resourcing Your Project

• The Resource Types Available
• Adding A New Material Resource Type
• Adding A New Work Resource Type
• Adding A New Cost Resource Type
• Adding Notes To Resources
• Adding Varying Costs For A Work Resource
• Placing Resources Into Groups
• Adding A Fixed Cost To A Task
• Allocating Material Resources To A Task - Part 1
• Allocating Material Resources To A Task - Part 2
• Allocating Cost Type Resources To A Task
• Allocating Work Resources To A Task
• Changing Task Types
• Effort Driven Or Not
• Making Use Of The Resource Views
• How To Deal With Over Allocation
• Applying Resource Leveling
• Adding Overtime To Deal With Over Allocation
• Viewing The Project Costs
• Viewing Breakdown Of Resource Costs

06. Calendar And Working Time

• Altering The Working Time Defaults
• What Is The Base Calendar
• Altering The Project Base Calendar - Part 1
• Altering The Project Base Calendar - Part 2
• Altering Work Resource Calendars
• Adding Recurring Absence Patterns
• Creating A New Calendar
• Assigning A Customized Calendar To A Resource
• Assigning A Calendar To A Task

07. Tracking Your Project

• Saving The Baseline
• Customizing The Current Date Line Appearance
• Changing The Current Date To Mimic Progress
• Marking Individual Task Progression
• Marking an Individual Task with a Delay
• Marking Multiple Task Progression
• Using The Tracking Gantt To Monitor Progression
• Reschedule An Entire Project
• Splitting A Task Manually
• The Project Statistics Snapshot

08. The New Project 2010 Timeline

• Display/Hide The Timeline
• Expand/Contract The Scale Used On The Timeline
• Adding Tasks To And Removing From The Timeline
• Displaying Tasks As Callouts On The Timeline
• Editing The Text Formatting Of The Timeline
• Exporting The Timeline For Use In Other Applications

09. Reporting Progress

• Customizing Print Settings For The Gantt Charts
• Selecting And Printing The MS Project Reports
• Create Your Own MS Project Report
• Exporting A Visual Report Into Excel Or Visio
• Creating Your Own Excel Visual Report
• Exporting Project Data To Microsoft Access
• Emailing The Project File To Others
• Exporting To PDF Format For Distribution

10. The Master Report

• The Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Master Report
• How To Create A Master Project
• Updating The Master From The Sub Projects And Vice Versa
• Creating Links Between Sub Projects
• Adding Tasks To The Master Project
• Creating A Resource Pool
• Telling Projects To Use The Resource Pool
• Assigning Resources From A Resource Pool
• Saving Changes To A Resource Pool
• Assigning Resources With The Master Project
• Opening The Resource Pool To View Resource Usage

11. Recurring Tasks

• Adding A Recurring Task
• Editing The Occurrences Of A Recurring Task
• Editing The Frequency Pattern Of A Recurring Task
• Deleting Tasks Within A Recurring Sequence

12. WBS Codes

• What Does WBS Mean?
• Sticking With The Default WBS Or Create Your Own

13. The Global Template

• What Is The Global Template?
• Where Is The Global Template?
• Using The Organizer To Update The Global Template
• Creating Your Own Gantt Chart
• Changing The Table Used With A Custom Gantt Chart
• Changing The Gridlines Of The Custom Gantt Chart
• Changing The Bar Styles Of The Custom Gantt Chart
• Changing The Layout Of The Custom Gantt Chart
• Changing The Timescale Of The Custom Gantt Chart
• Copying The Custom Gantt Chart To The Global Template
• Deleting The Custom Gantt Chart

14. Advanced Gantt Chart Customization

• Changing Text Displayed Next To A Gantt Chart Task Bar
• Adding Your Own Gantt Chart Bar For Critical Tasks
• Creating A New Text Field
• A Custom Field With A Droplist
• Formulas In Custom Fields
• Custom Fields Using Graphical Indicators
• Clever Combination Of Custom Fields And Bar Styles
• Progress Lines In Microsoft Project
• Adding Drawings To The Gantt Chart
• Making Custom Fields Available To All Future Projects

15. Macros

• Recording A Macro
• Adding A Keyboard Shortcut To Run Your Macro
• Adding A Ribbon Button To Run A Macro
• Editing A Macro
• Deleting A Macro
• A Useful Macro To Reset A Project

16. Credits And Beyond

• Further Practice - Part 1
• Further Practice - Part 2
• About The Author