Microsoft Power BI for Project Planning, Control and Reporting
February 3, 2026
10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
60 Minutes
712068
Group Attendees: Any number of participants
Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Modern project management demands more than static spreadsheets and manual updates - it requires real-time visibility, data-driven insights, and clear communication across teams.
In this one-hour, practical webinar, you’ll learn how to use Microsoft Power BI to plan, monitor, and control projects more effectively. Discover how to connect your project data (from Excel, Microsoft Project, or other sources) into interactive dashboards that provide instant clarity on timelines, budgets, milestones, and resource performance. You’ll see how to build project KPIs, visualize progress vs. plan, and share live reports with stakeholders - all while reducing time spent on manual reporting. Whether you manage one project or a full portfolio, this session will show you how Power BI can transform your project data into actionable insights that drive smarter decisions and better outcomes. Areas Covered in the Session:- How Power BI fits into the project management lifecycle (planning ? execution ? control ? reporting)
- Connecting Power BI to Microsoft Project, Excel, Planner, or SharePoint for live project data
- Designing dashboards for project tracking - cost, schedule, and resource performance
- Creating Gantt-style visuals and milestone summaries inside Power BI
- Building and monitoring key project KPIs (budget variance, earned value, risk indicators, etc.)
- Using Copilot in Power BI to ask questions and generate insights in natural language
- Business Owners
- CEO's / CFO's / CTO's
- Managers of all levels
- Anybody who uses SQL on a regular basis, and want to be more efficient and productive
- Administrators
- Salespeople
- Trainers
- Bankers
Tom Fragale is a computer professional with over 40 years of professional experience. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a Microsoft Certified Expert in Excel. He has trained over 45,000 businesspeople in on-line webinars, public seminars, and on-site training sessions. His clients include many Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, military bases, and companies large and small across many industries, including manufacturing, banking, pharmaceutical, education, retail, etc. He started his career as a database application programmer and has served as a consultant and a trainer on many successful projects. His topics of expertise include: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Visio, ChatGPT, PowerBi, and CoPilot, among others. His passion is training people and helping people get the most out of their computers, and he is a published author having written a book on Microsoft Access and another book on Excel Pivot Tables. He graduated in 1988 from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA with a BA in Computer Science.
