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Reports are key to keeping projects on track and communicating with team members. But it's much easier to understand the data with visual aids like charts and graphs. Fortunately, Microsoft Project has many powerful data visualization tools built right in. Follow along with project management expert John Riopel as he shares his tips for creating graphical reports in Microsoft Project. He walks through building a team status report, a report to deliver to executive stakeholders, a project management report center, and a project performance dashboard. Building these examples will teach you how to master the built-in reports in Microsoft Project and develop more customized reports with the Report Designer tool.

Note: This course was designed in collaboration with author Bonnie Biafore. You can follow along with this course using Microsoft Project 2010, 2013, or 2016 and either the free or premium versions of the exercise files.

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Topics include:

Identify three tools available with Microsoft Project.
Summarize how to change the fields within chart elements.
Explain how to build a phases and milestones report.
Determine which chart style would be most effective for displaying a particular report.
Recall how to add a baseline cost to a cost overview chart.
Explain how to create a single file where you can view reports across all active projects in a single dashboard view.


01 Welcome	02 Project scenario	03 What you need to know	04 Using the exercise files


01 Working with the Report Designer	02 Working with Report objects	03 Editing an existing template	04 Displaying task burndown in a graph

05 Building a resource report	06 Formatting a table	07 Adding elements to a graph	08 Building a team member report


01 Building a Phases and Milestones report	02 Inserting a chart	03 Formatting graph components and data labels	04 Building a Cost Overview report

05 Displaying progress vs. cost in a graph	06 Switching from Task to Resource fields


01 Enhancing the Report Center report	02 Adding text boxes for navigation	03 Working with a multiproject file	04 Creating a milestone dashboard

05 Analyzing critical tasks across projects

Mastering Microsoft Project Graphical Reports

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01 Conclusion