Asta Powerproject Advanced

Name: Asta Powerproject Advanced
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Dive into advanced features of Asta Powerproject with this hands-on training and easy to follow steps

Created byDuygu Bolikowski

Last updated 11/2017

English

What you'll learn

Create task pools, spit and merge tasks, use recurring tasks
Create new template loaded with company resources, cost centers, code, calendars and other library contents
Create security with defining user access rights for users and passwords
Extend the functionality of Asta PP with user defined fields and creating formula
Create new calendar and modify existing ones
Create views and tables
Manage with direct costs and learn types including fix, time based and task work based
Create financial plan independent from project schedule
Display cost on spreadsheet, histogram and create net cash flow analysis
Manage permanent resources with modelling types including non modeled, effort on allocation, work on allocation, work from task and effort activity budget
Manage consumable resources with modelling types including non modeled, quantity on allocation and quantity form task
Manage costs resulting from allocations
Work with resource breakdown structure
Create reports for resources using tabular type and histograms
Create Line of Balance graph
Create tabular reports for excel
Backward planning
Add lead/lag duration
Critical path
Baseline project, revert and merge baselines
Update your project and monitor progress
Run risk analysis and analyse what if scenarios

Course content

9 sections • 67 lectures • 5h 2m total length

Set up a cost center3:10
Assign direct cost onto the tasks1:54
Direct cost - Fixed cost1:18
Direct cost - Time based cost1:47
Direct cost - Task work based cost3:32
Calculate direct costs with task work based costing by assigning a task work rate and unit price. Derive duration and total cost from the cost rate.
Financial planning17:35
Display monthly cost in the spreadsheet4:44
Cost on histogram14:39
Net cash flow analysis1:57
Currency unit1:19
Modify date zone properties1:01

Introduction to resource allocation4:37
Permanent resource allocation - Nonmodelled4:41
Permanent resource allocation - Effort on allocation5:50
Permanent resource modelling - Work on allocation4:45
Permanent resource modelling - Work from task4:40
Permanent resource modelling - Effort activity budget2:27
In Asta Powerproject Advanced, model permanent resources and manage an effort activity budget by distributing total effort to resource groups proportionally, adjusting duration and allocation when location changes.
Consumable resource modelling - Nonmodelled3:12
Model consumable resources by choosing a modeling type, assigning resources to activities, and calculating quantity from consumption rate and activity duration.
Consumable resource modelling - Quantity on allocation1:36
Consumable resource modelling - Quantity from task3:01
Assign cost to permanent and consumable resource6:28
Create allocation group2:35
Work with nonlinear allocation6:38
Resource breakdown structure - RBS2:27
Resource leveling1:58
Identify resource overallocation using a resource view and histograms, then level resources by automatically moving overlapping tasks or using manual leveling when needed.

Add summary tasks to task pool1:21
Create new formula7:37
Recurring task1:56
Split and merge tasks2:47
Specifying user access rights and defining user password8:13
Modify task duration using object edit toolbar0:56
Exchange projects and charts between Asta files1:18
Display information about specific tasks in the spreadsheet2:19
Learn to display per-task information in the spreadsheet by selecting a task, adding duration, start date, and finish date columns, and configuring task-specific settings to show each activity's details.
Edit task duration and cost on the spreadsheet1:00
Edit task duration and cost on the spreadsheet by performing calculations, adding or subtracting values, applying percentage changes, and dividing durations to update activities.
Modify existing calendar and create new calendar11:15
Create a new template8:34
User defined field2:33
Create and manage user defined fields in a project to store extra information, such as installation dates, contract details, or block numbers, using various data types and columns.
URL2:28

Requirements

Asta Powerproject basic knowledge is required.

Description

Asta Powerproject is easy-to-use and extremely powerful project management software and preferred by thousands of construction professionals throughout the world.

During this advanced course, we will focus on direct costs, learn cost modelling types and how to create financial plan of the project analyzing cost through net cash flow graphs, histograms and reports.

We will learn how to manage permanent and consumable resources, creating resource pool, solving over allocation, working with resource work break down structure and understanding the cost associated with resources.

We will continue with baseline projects with reverting and merging options. We will discover backward planning, adding lead and lag duration to tasks and learn how constraints effect scheduling. We will update the project and monitor progress.

We will manage risk using Monte Carlo and Latin Hypercube sampling methods, analyze what if scenarios to pick the best option for a success project delivery.

Who this course is for:

Project managers
Construction managers
Schedulers
Site managers
Anyone who wants to use a powerful project management software

Asta Powerproject Advanced

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Course content

Manage cost11 lectures • 53min

Manage resources14 lectures • 55min

View and tables4 lectures • 17min

Scheduling4 lectures • 13min

Additional features of Asta13 lectures • 52min

Baseline4 lectures • 8min

Progress7 lectures • 29min

Reports7 lectures • 56min

Manage risk3 lectures • 19min

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