Excel for Project Management

What you'll learn
• Manage multiple worksheets within one workbook
• Create linked fields between worksheets
• Insert a table into a worksheet
• Create a dropdown list for data consistency
• Add conditional formatting to a column
• Define Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and split work into work packages
• Relate requirements to tasks using cross-references
• Create a pivot table to summarize task data
• Identify and manage project risks
• Track stakeholder contact information to create a project communications plan
Requirements
A Microsoft 365 account is recommended.
Description
Manage a project from creating the Project Charter during the Initiation phase through task management and stakeholder communication all the way to Closeout-all within Excel.
Many tools can be used for Project Management, but Excel has the power to cover your Project Management needs. Instead of learning new software, leverage the power of Excel to create the deliverables of a Project Management Plan, including the Project Charter, Requirements, Issues Log, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Risk Register, and Stakeholder Communication. When all the information about your project is compiled in one workbook, you can answer any question about your project.
In this course, Microsoft Certified Trainer and PMP Christina Tankersley walks you through creating each deliverable and customizing it to the needs of your project. Using multiple Excel worksheets, you will always know where to track a new piece of information. A new requirement identified? Add it to your Requirements sheet. A new stakeholder? Add them to your Stakeholder...

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