Asta Powerproject, is a project, portfolio and resource management tool used to support project activity, at all levels of complexity, across a broad range of industry sectors. This practical Asta Powerproject 17 Intermediate course helps delegates to successfully create and manage effective and detailed project plans and will further explore key functionality within the product. It will benefit anyone wanting a thorough understanding of how to work with Powerproject.
Courses are delivered by our team of ex-Asta staff who have an unrivalled 22 years of delivering Powerproject training within the construction industry!
What will you learn?
By the end of this Asta Powerproject 17 Intermediate course, attendees will be able to:
- Enter a variety of task types
- View, Sort and Filter a project
- Work with resources
- Work with baselines
- Progress a project
- Create templates
Audience?
This course is aimed at project managers, programmers, planners and anyone needing to successfully create and manage effective project plans.
Course Contents
Tasks (more in-depth view)
- Creating Expanded and Hammock tasks
- Creating Buffer tasks
- Create task pools
- Use recurring tasks
- User defined fields
Working with Views
- Creating Filters
- Sorts/Group
- Formatting the Bar Chart
- Configure spreadsheet
- Change and Save Views
Resources
- Setting up a basic resource library
- Applying resources to tasks
- Using supplied Histograms to show resource allocations
Working with Baselines
- Create & Save a baseline
- Multiple baselines
Progress
- Progress entry using progress periods
- Straight line v Jagged line programmes
- Displaying multiple progress periods
- Comparing progress to a baseline
- Using the spreadsheet to report progress
- Assigning alternative calendars to tasks
- Adding notes to tasks
Creating a company template
- Saving company templates
Course Materials
Enliten IT will provide each delegate with a workbook and other useful reference materials where applicable. These may be either paper based or in Adobe pdf format or a combination thereof.
“"Excellent course offering a basic understanding of Asta which will allow me to put this into use on larger scale M&E projects."”
Kev, Castle Building Services, Powerproject Introduction
Prerequisites
Delegates should have attended our Introduction course or have equivalent knowledge or experience. Delegates MUST have experience of creating basic programmes to attend this course.
Additional Information
NOTE: We only offer the Asta Powerproject 17 Intermediate course on a private in-house basis. For pricing and availability just pick up the phone and call us on 0845 1085481.
Enliten IT reserves the right to modify course content and materials as required in the interests of continuous course improvement, at any time, without notification.
The suggested course duration is a guideline. Course topics and duration may be modified by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.