Mastering Microsoft Project Graphical Reports

Create more visual and engaging project reports and project dashboards with the built-in charts, graphs, and Report Designer tool in Microsoft Project.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Project scenario
• What you need to know
• Using the exercise files

1. Building Team Overview Reports

• Working with the Report Designer
• Working with Report objects
• Editing an existing template
• Displaying task burndown in a graph
• Building a resource report
• Formatting a table
• Adding elements to a graph
• Building a team member report

2. Constructing Executive Management Reports

• Building a Phases and Milestones report
• Inserting a chart
• Formatting graph components and data labels
• Building a Cost Overview report
• Displaying progress vs. cost in a graph
• Switching from Task to Resource fields

3. Developing a Report Center and Dashboard

• Enhancing the Report Center report
• Adding text boxes for navigation
• Working with a multiproject file
• Creating a milestone dashboard
• Analyzing critical tasks across projects

Conclusion

• Next steps