Advanced Microsoft Project 2021: Master Project Management

Create a resource pool to share resources across projects, save an MPP, and link projects to the pool to resolve over allocations using pool precedence and the resource usage view.

Automate rag status in Microsoft Project by calculating cost variance with a nested if formula in a new custom field, plus switching to text display and using the cost table.

Learn to replace nested if statements with the switch formula for rag auto field, evaluate cost variance thresholds, and apply graphical indicators with tooltips in Project.

Create a flag custom field and mark tasks with a finish variance of five days or more, including the summary task, then graphically indicate these variances in the Gantt chart.

Learn outline numbering and WBS codes with a house build project, see automatic renumbering, and customize WBS codes via project code prefix, code mask, and unique task identifiers.

Explore how outline numbering and WBS codes react to restructuring, and learn to adjust codes manually or reset numbering to restore consistency.

Define and implement outline codes to create a charge code structure that distinguishes internal and external resources, chargeable and non-chargeable, enabling cost center reporting and resource cost analysis.

Practice configuring a custom outline code field for a web project, set a web dev project code field with five levels, and assign codes to tasks in the gantt chart.

Explore how to enter and manage fixed task costs in a project, including accrual at start, notes for fixed costs, and one fixed cost per task alongside resource costs.

Learn cost accrual in Microsoft Project 2021, including prorated, start, and end accruals, applying fixed and resource costs, assigning resources, and updating project status.

Set up budget costs by creating a budget resource assigned to project summary task, and compare budget versus actual costs; note that baselines differ.

Learn how cost rates work in Microsoft Project 2021, including the default A rate, B rate schedules, cost rate tables, and how to schedule rate changes.

Apply overtime to the testing task to finish earlier, while tracking cost increases, and explore redistribution among resources and calendar options to shorten the overall project duration.

Explore managing variable material costs by modeling materials as resources—concrete by volume, pump by day-use with per-use charges, and fuel by liter with prorated accrual—applied to a footing task.

Analyze exercise five in advanced Microsoft Project 2021 to split 1634 hours of work into 894 external and 740 internal hours, using budget work and code-based resource grouping.

Explore how to customize tables in Microsoft Project, including selecting, editing, and saving custom table views to boost efficiency.

Learn to manage custom table definitions in Microsoft Project 2021 by creating, editing, and organizing task and resource tables, and using the organizer to copy to the global template.

Create and customize project views by copying default views (like the gantt chart), selecting the display table, applying filters and groups, and saving named single or combination layouts.

Sort tasks and resources in Microsoft Project 2021 by cost, dates, and IDs. Apply and customize filters to hide data, reset sorts, and view tasks that meet specific criteria.

Learn to group tasks and resources in Microsoft Project 2021 by duration, weeks, completion status, and create two levels of resource grouping with formatting and the resource usage view.

Practice exercise six in a building project using initials in a combination view with task details, grouping by duration, highlighting critical tasks, and a custom cost table in Arial Rounded.

Explore how to access and customize project 2021 reports from the report tab, including dashboards, report templates, custom reports, themes, and layout options.

Create and customize the project overview report in Microsoft Project 2021 by adjusting themes, page breaks, header formatting, and applying the field list, filters, and charts.

Explore how to style reports in Microsoft Project 2021 by applying themes, customizing colors and fonts, and saving custom themes while adjusting chart and table visuals.

Create a fresh report from scratch in Microsoft Project 2021, adding charts, tables, images, and shapes, and apply themes and z-order adjustments for a polished overview.

Targeted reporting tailors project reports for audiences and stakeholders, showing progress against baselines and dashboards like cost overview and project overview.

Learn to compare two project versions in Microsoft Project 2021 using the Compare Projects feature, view differences in selected tables, and save the comparison report.

Replicate the look and feel of a project report by formatting a landscape chart and a hierarchical table showing remaining work for external resources, with custom sorts and headings.