Microsoft Project Managing Multiple Projects Course

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Course 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 schedule, completeness and budget on complex projects and for distributed teams
Connect project managers, teams and data across the organization
Integrate third-party applications to facilitate data sharing and accessibility

Course Outline

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

Schedule & Fees

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$4,900

Duration: 5 Days

date: 04 - 08 Aug 2025

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Microsoft Project: Managing Multiple Projects

Duration:5 Days

date:04 - 08 Aug 2025

London

$4,900

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