While tracking the project progress you can quickly update your project’s tasks by indicating the percentage of a task that is complete. It helps you to track actual progress.
By specifying a percentage of completion between 0 (for a task that has not started) and 100 (for a task that is finished), you can compare planned progress to actual progress.
You can quickly update the percent complete of specific tasks to 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% using a Tracking toolbar
- On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.
- Display the Tracking toolbar
by pointing to Toolbars from the View menu, and then clicking Tracking.
- Hold CTRL and click each of the tasks in the list that you want to update. You can select up to 10 tasks at once. Or, if the tasks that you want to update are listed consecutively, you can click the first task, hold SHIFT, and then click the last task to select the all of them.
- Click corresponding percent complete button, such as 100% Complete
on the Tracking toolbar.
Despite the bank holiday weekend and many people being away on holiday, our first seminar – Microsoft Project 2007 – What Can it Do for You, which we held last Tuesday went very well.
After a networking session over the buffet lunch we had a presentation followed by a questions and answers session.
We received some very positive feedback:
‘Good quality of information and Good overview of software.’
Janet Lang
‘The Microsoft Project course was very useful. For a professional who needs the manage one or multiple projects, this software improves organisation and communication.’
Fernanda Rizzo
‘Really helped me to get my head into project management and line management. 10 out of 10 for presentation.’
Lesley Brown
We also had requests to continue seminars and offer other topics. The first in the list to continue is Microsoft Access.
Like many things in life, a project can seem straightforward from the start – and very quickly become a lot more complicated. Even a relatively small project demands careful planning. You’re working to coordinate resources, people and tasks – all to meet specific timescales. No wonder so many projects end up being completed late – and with an excess of stress!
But believe it or not, with the right software and training, pain-free projects are possible. MS Project is the secret to successful project management – from allowing you to see at a glance exactly how a project is going, to helping you to manage every single part of the process. Having the right MS Project training can prepare you to manage all kinds of projects effectively.
Know What Comes Next
Projects are often made up of lots of little tasks. Some flow from one to another and others end up being rather more difficult to plan ahead for! An MS Project training course will show you how to establish project dependencies. Put simply, this means you will be able to see what order tasks should happen in. By applying your MS Office training to your project you’ll be able to spot potential problems and issues as you go along. And you’ll be able to share this information easily with others.
Your Project at a Glance
Need to know at a glance exactly how your project is progressing? MS Project allows you to do just that. Its Gantt charts feature shows you visually how your whole project is going. With just one visual overview you’ll be able to see which activities are moving along nicely – and which are behind schedule. Gantt charts give you an all-in-one perspective, making it easy to recognise potential problems or delays before they start to slow your project down.
MS Project also allows you to respond to the unexpected. And let’s face it, what project ever went exactly to plan? It’s simple to adapt MS Office in response to budget changes, additional tasks or to a specific issue you’ve spotted in your Gannt chart. Seen a possible problem? Just reshape your project plan with simple steps learned on an MS Project training course.
MS Project is so versatile you can apply it to all kinds of projects. Whatever your goal, you’ll find it much easier to achieve with the right tools and training
