2016
Lynda
Bonnie Biafore
2:11
English

Outsource work? You still have to monitor contractors' progress. This course, the fourth in our series of in-depth looks at managing different challenges with Microsoft Project, explores how to best set up and manage projects involving subcontractors.
Expert project manager Bonnie Biafore introduces approaches for working with subcontractors, including how to set them up in Project and incorporate their schedules. The course then explains how to set up multiperson team resources, assign subcontractors to tasks, periodically update the project, and review subcontractor performance based on cost, work, and schedule, and in relation to the overall project.
The techniques apply to Project 2010, 2013, and 2016. Follow along with the sample Project file, featuring before-and-after examples you can use to compare your work to the author's.

Introduction
Welcome
Understanding the project scenario
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Setting Up Subcontractors as Resources
Setting up subcontractors paid by the hour
Creating subcontractor resources who represent multiple people
Representing fixed-price contracts with cost resources
2. Working with Subcontractor Resources
Inserting a project schedule provided by a subcontractor
Fine-tuning tasks for subcontractor work
Assigning subcontractors paid by the hour
Assigning cost resources for fixed-price work
3. Handling Progress Information Provided by Subcontractors
Producing subcontractor task lists
Updating fixed-price progress
Updating a project with progress data from Excel
Updating a subcontractor's external schedule
4. Reviewing Subcontractor Performance
Analyzing subcontractor work and cost
Analyzing subcontractors' schedules
Reviewing overall project performance
Reviewing subcontractor profit and loss
Conclusion
Next steps

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