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MS Project Quick Tips and Tutorials

The document is a collection of tutorials for using MS Project effectively, covering topics such as project management basics, resource allocation, scheduling, and reporting. It includes step-by-step instructions for various functions like creating calendars, updating schedules, and managing resources. Additionally, it offers tips on customizing presentations and generating cash flow reports.

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MS Project Quick Tips and Tutorials

The document is a collection of tutorials for using MS Project effectively, covering topics such as project management basics, resource allocation, scheduling, and reporting. It includes step-by-step instructions for various functions like creating calendars, updating schedules, and managing resources. Additionally, it offers tips on customizing presentations and generating cash flow reports.

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MS Project Quick Tips

MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 1, Project Manage any Project Using MS Project Learn the Basics

MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 2: Calendars, 5 Things you need to know about making Project Calendars

MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 3 5 Things To Make Your Schedules and Projects Run More Professionally

8 Things & More on How to Add Resources and Costs to Your Project, MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 4

MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 5, How to Sort, Filter, and Highlight to Better Manage Your Projects

How to highlight the critical activities


MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 6, How To Update A Schedule

How to Update & Revise a Project Schedule, MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 7

Update and Insert Changes Into Your Project? MS Project Made Easy Tutorial #8

CHO1 = Change order 1

Make professional presentations with timeline, customize the time scale MS Project Made Easy #9
You active the timeline
Filter the “milestones” and the “summary tasks” on the entry sheet and right click on them to add them to the timeline

Learn the Basics How To Identify, Level Resource Over Allocations, MS Project Made Easy Tutorial #11

Learn Work, Units, Duration, Cost & Effort Driven Schedule to Succeed, MS Project Tutorial #10
How to set a BASELINE in your MS Project Schedule. Tutorial #13

To try different baselines => go to Gantt Chart format tab => Bar Styles => Baseline

Learn to Create a Master Project File in MS Project, you can view/edit all your projects in one file
Learn How to Create a Resource Pool Using MS Project Tutorial #16 Microsoft Project Made Easy

1. We create a MS project file “Resource Pool“ and then add resources on the resources sheet
2. Create Subprojects files separately on MS projects (1,2,3,…)
3. Open subproject 1
4. => Resource => Resources Pool => Share Resources => ✘ Use Resources (Resource Pool) + Pool takes precedence
5. Open subproject 2
6. => Resource => Resources Pool => Share Resources => ✘ Use Resources (Resource Pool) + Pool takes precedence
7. Create Master Project File
8. => Project => Subprojects => Insert Subprojects 1 and 2 and 3…
How to Make a Hammock Activity in MS Project, MS Project Made Easy Tutorial #18
Learn how to create & track resources by Length, Area, & Volume in MS Project. Tutorial #19
Learn how to apply Buffers in MS Project to improve your PM skills, MS Project Made Easy 20

Learn 3 Ways to create a cash flow report & S curve in MS Project. MS Project Made Easy Tutorial 21

How to see the cashflow report


=> Report => View Reports => Costs => Cashflow
Select the Graph => Select Category => Edit “ Time “ => Months
Select “ Actual Cost + Cost + Cumulative cost “

How to export reports to excel


=> Report => Export => Visual Reports
=> Open “Task Usage “ the “cost” not “entry” table => Timescale “Months” => Select on table details only “Cost” => Copy
both tables to excel
Watch this before purchasing MS Project Professional, learn what this PM software can do for you.

Learn how to level resource over-overallocations in MS Project, MS Project Made Easy Tutorial #23
=> Task => Properties => Details => Select “Resource Graph” ( For manual )
=> Resource => Level => Leveling options =>
Learn why and how to make templates in Microsoft Project. Tutorial #24 MS Project Made Easy

Learn how to customize and format your project in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Made Easy
To customize the display of bar on the Gantt Chart
=> Format => Bar Styles => Bar
Learn How To Keep Track of Multiple Updates, Revisions, and Change Orders in MS Project Professional

Learn everything you wanted to know about tasks and task types used in MS Project.
How to add recurring task
=> Task => Insert => Recurring tasks

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