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Microsoft Project Basics

Basic handling of MS Project

Microsoft Project – Resources and Costs

Create personnel, material and cost resources and assign them to activities.
Illumination of the calculation methods.

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Microsoft Project – Resources and Costs

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Duration:	1 day
Target group:	Project User
Target:	Create personnel, material and cost resources and assign them to activities. Illumination of the calculation methods.
Prior knowledge:	MS Project basic knowledge with scheduling
Content:	How do resources come into the project? Data structure in MS Project: tasks, resources, assignments Types of resources and their characteristics Switching to the resource area and creating resources Operation types – 5 variants of how an operation handles resources The standard formula “Work = duration times (resource) units The principle of fixing formula parts: Fixed work / Fixed duration / Fixed units The principle of power control Effects of calendar settings on the calculation of benefits Project calendar / activity calendar / resource calendar Interaction of the calendars and their effects on the calculation Monitoring costs and work performance – from PLAN to ACTUAL Special views for cost tracking Reports for cost analysis and working hours (e.g. “availability”) Export to Excel and further processing there Resources and costs Working with calculated fields Calculated (user) fields – an overview Working with calculated fields in tables Create indicator fields (“traffic light”) yourself as a controlling instrument Use your own filters for effective resource search Resource pool – central basis for several projects The concept of the main and sub-projects The resource pool as central resource information about all projects (Who does what when? / Who is available when?) Expansion of the pool to include information on absences