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Part 4: Advanced Features
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Deep-dive into Project Planning
Gantt scheduling modes, baselines, critical path, drag-and-drop editing, multi-project work, and the BC line-level settings that drive the behaviour.
Part of paths:Functional consultant
18 lessons
What you'll cover
- Overview2 lessons
- Different Gantt Scheduling Modes5 lessons
- Managing Your Project7 lessons
- Multiple Projects at the Same Time2 lessons
- Business Central Settings2 lessons
Lessons
18 lessonsOverview
- 01Deep-dive into Project Planning overviewAfter this lesson you can map the four chapter sections to your role and pick which Gantt scheduling modes to study first.Quiz2 min
- 02PrerequisitesAfter this lesson you can confirm Gantt fluency and a practice project large enough for this chapter's exercises.Quiz2 min
Different Gantt Scheduling Modes
- 03Normal scheduling modeAfter this lesson you can explain Normal mode duration-first behaviour and when effort-driven is the better choice.Quiz3 min
- 04Effort-driven scheduling modeAfter this lesson you can switch a task to effort-driven and predict how adding resources changes duration.Quiz3 min
- 05Fixed Duration scheduling modeAfter this lesson you can use Fixed Duration for externally bound windows and recognize when effort-driven is appropriate instead.Quiz3 min
- 06Dynamic Assignment scheduling modeAfter this lesson you can decide when automatic resource picking helps - and when explicit allocation is required.Quiz3 min
- 07Calendar scheduling modeAfter this lesson you can use Calendar mode when holidays and working-hour exceptions materially affect long task durations.Quiz3 min
Managing Your Project
- 08Managing your project - use case goalAfter this lesson you can frame baseline, critical path, progress, and drag-and-drop as the PM–team-leader communication loop.Quiz2 min
- 09Communicating delays to your customerAfter this lesson you can combine baseline comparison and critical path to explain which slips move the project deadline.Quiz4 min
- 10Tracking your progressAfter this lesson you can set progress and notes on Gantt tasks so PM and executors share status without status meetings.Quiz3 min
- 11Drag-and-drop editingAfter this lesson you can move dummy allocations to real resources and review modification flags as PM.Quiz3 min
- 12Grouping project appointmentsAfter this lesson you can create containers from multi-allocation Gantt tasks and move them as coordinated units.Quiz3 min
- 13Use case exerciseAfter this lesson you can walk through a six-week consultancy project from Gantt layout through baseline-backed delay conversation.Quiz4 min
- 14Use case solutionAfter this lesson you can name the three workflow patterns the exercise demonstrates and which your team should adopt first.Quiz2 min
Multiple Projects at the Same Time
Business Central Settings
- 17Changing the behaviour on line levelAfter this lesson you can configure Status, Level, and Method on Job Task lines to control how work appears in Dime.Scheduler.Quiz3 min
- 18Put into practiceAfter this lesson you can configure Method and Status for a support contract with reactive and recurring task types.Quiz3 min