Microsoft Project 2007

Day One

Description

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft® Office Project Professional 2007 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan.  You will create a project plan containing tasks, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan.

Goals/Objectives

  Explore the Microsoft Office Project environment and the various views in which you can verify project information.

  Create a new project plan.

  Manage tasks by organizing them and setting task relationships.

  Manage resources in a project plan.

  Finalize the project plan.

Outline/Table of Contents

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project

   Topic 1A: Explore the Microsoft Project 2007 Environment

   Topic 1B: Display an Existing Project Plan in Different Views

Lesson 2: Creating a Project Plan

   Topic 2A: Create a New Project Plan

   Topic 2B: Assign a Project Calendar

   Topic 2C: Add Tasks to the Project Plan

   Topic 2D: Enter the Task Duration Estimates

   Topic 2E: Add Resources in the Project Plan

Lesson 3: Managing Tasks in a Project Plan

   Topic 3A: Outline Tasks

   Topic 3B: Add a Recurring Task

   Topic 3C: Link Dependent Tasks

   Topic 3D: Set a Constraint to a Task

   Topic 3E: Set a Task Deadline

   Topic 3F: Add Notes to a Task

Lesson 4: Managing Resources in a Project Plan

   Topic 4A: Create a Resource Calendar

   Topic 4B: Assign Resources to Tasks

   Topic 4C: Assign Additional Resources to a Task

   Topic 4D: Enter Costs for Resources

   Topic 4E: Enter Values for Budget Resources

   Topic 4F: Resolve Resource Conflicts

Lesson 5: Finalizing the Project Plan

   Topic 5A: Display the Critical Path

   Topic 5B: Shorten the Project Duration

   Topic 5C: Set a Baseline

   Topic 5D: Print a Project Summary Report

Microsoft Project 2007

Day Two

Description

Microsoft® Project 2007: Level 2 is the second course in the Microsoft Project 2007 series. In Microsoft® Project 2007: Level 1, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. The plans need to be updated and modified regularly to keep the project moving on track. This course will build upon the knowledge gained, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it reaches the project implementation phase.  You will exchange project plan data with other applications, update project plans, create visual reports, and reuse project plan information.

Goals/Objectives

  Exchange project plan data with other applications.

  Update a project plan.

  Manage project costs.

  Report project data visually.

  Reuse project plan information.

Outline/Table of Contents

Lesson 1: Exchanging Project Plan Data with Other Applications

   Topic 1A: Import Project Information

   Topic 1B: Export Project Plan Data into Excel

   Topic 1C: Copy a Picture of the Project Plan Information

Lesson 2: Updating a Project Plan

   Topic 2A: Enter Task Progress

   Topic 2B: Enter Overtime Work

   Topic 2C: Split a Task

   Topic 2D: Reschedule a Task

   Topic 2E: Filter Tasks

   Topic 2F: Set an Interim Plan

   Topic 2G: Create a Custom Table

   Topic 2H: Create a Custom Report

Lesson 3: Managing Project Costs

   Topic 3A: Update Cost Rate Tables

   Topic 3B: Group Costs

   Topic 3C: Link Documents to a Project Plan

Lesson 4: Reporting Project Data Visually

   Topic 4A: Create a Visual Report

   Topic 4B: Customize a Visual Report

   Topic 4C: Create a Visual Report Template

Lesson 5: Reusing Project Plan Information

   Topic 5A: Create a Project Plan Template

   Topic 5B: Create a Custom View

   Topic 5C: Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans

   Topic 5D: Share Resources

   Topic 5E: Create a Master Project