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Excel Magic 8: Building a Project Tracking “Gantt” Chart 1.5 Credits

Excel Magic 8: Building a Project Tracking “Gantt” Chart 1.5 Credits

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    October, 2024
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Learning Objective

  • Identify the components of a Gantt Chart.
  • Apply conditional formatting techniques in Excel.
  • Discuss how to construct a basic Gantt Chart from scratch.
  • Develop an advanced Gantt Chart with overlapping tasks.
  • Explain Excel apps to enhance data entry efficiency.

Course Overview

Ready to catapult your project management prowess into the stratosphere? This captivating course reveals the mystical powers of the Gantt Chart, the essential weapon in the battle against chaos. Ever feel like you’re drowning in deadlines and to-do lists? Wave goodbye to that disarray as we plunge into the enchanting realm of project tracking in Excel, where you’ll conjure up breathtaking Gantt Charts that keep your projects aligned and your team in the loop!

We’ll start our adventure with a thorough introduction to the Gantt Chart, highlighting its pivotal role in project management and showing you how to snag templates in Excel effortlessly. Then, we’ll brush up on crucial Excel skills, like wielding the ROUNDDOWN() formula, mastering conditional formatting, and crafting dropdown lists. Armed with these tools, you can construct your Gantt Chart from scratch. We’ll walk you through the entire process, from assembling a basic chart to conjuring an advanced version, culminating in a “pure” Gantt Chart that brilliantly illustrates your project timeline.

Major Topics:

  • Introduction to Gantt Charts
  • Essential Excel Skills Review
  • Building Basic Gantt Charts
  • Crafting Advanced Gantt Charts
  • Exploring Useful Excel Apps

By the conclusion of this course, you won’t just be a Gantt Chart whiz; you’ll also uncover nifty Excel apps that make data entry a breeze. Join us on this exhilarating journey and unleash the full potential of project management with Excel!

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Computer Software and Applications for CPA in Canada 2 CPD Eligible
Computer Software and Applications for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible
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Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 2 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) 2 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Scotland 2 CPD Eligible
CPA - Ireland 2 CPD Eligible

Additional Information

Credits

1.5

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Lenny Wu
Lenny Wu

FP&A Systems Lead, DEEL Canada Service Inc.

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Lenny Wu was a Lecturer at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He also sat as an Examiner for the International English Language Testing System (or IELTS) in the 1990s. On top of these, he is an exam trainer for various high profile exams, such as GRE (or Graduate Record Examination), GMAT (or Graduate Management Admission Test), TOEFL (or Test of English as a Foreign Language),  and math contests such as Euler, Gauss and Pascal. He has published books on test taking strategies.

Lenny received his MBA, Finance from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA, and currently is a Senior Financial Analyst with an international engineering company in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Lenny's motto at work is "Don’t work hard, work smart". Lenny has passion in teaching how to build your own "robot" into everyday office work. He has over over 22 years working with Microsoft Excel, and he is a modeling expert in Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI.

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