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Microsoft Project 2007: Managing Projects Using Microsoft Office Project 2007

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Course Overview

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Audience

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build, maintain, and control well-formed project plans. It is intended for both novice and experienced project managers and schedulers.

Skills Gained

After completing the course, students will be able to get started with Microsoft Office Project 2007; create and define projects; work with estimates and dependencies; work with deadlines, constraints, and task calendars; work with resources; predict behaviour by using task types and the scheduling formula; customize and format Microsoft Project views; analyze resource utilization; track progress; create project reports which analyze project, resource, and task data; manage multiple projects.

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:

Experience using Microsoft Office Project to create project schedules.
Fundamental knowledge of project management.
Experience with the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system.
Experience with Microsoft Office Excel 2003.

Course Outline

Module 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Office Project 2007

This module provides an overview of Microsoft Office Project 2007 and project management concepts. It explains how to use the desktop interface and how to work with various file types.
Understanding the Nature of Projects
Discovering Project 2007
Understanding Project 2007 File Types
Navigating the Project 2007 Interface
Getting Help and Guidance
Configuring Options

Skills

Describe the nature of projects.
Demonstrate familiarity with Office Project 2007.
Identify the different Office Project 2007 file types.
Navigate the Office Project 2007 interface.
Get help and guidance from within Office Project 2007.
Understand configuration options.

Module 2: Creating and Defining Projects

This module explains how to create new projects, how to define appropriate options, and how to enter, organize, and outline the task list.
Creating and Saving Projects
Defining Properties and Options
Creating and Organizing the Task List
Importing Data
Modifying and Applying Calendars
Setting Scheduling Options
Lab: Creating and Defining Projects

Skills

Create and save projects.
Define file properties and options.
Create and organize the task list.
Import data.
Modify and apply calendars.
Set schedule options.

Module 3: Working with Estimates and Dependencies

This module explains the techniques for estimating tasks and how to generate a dynamic schedule by creating dependencies between tasks.
Entering Task Estimates
Using A PERT Analysis to Estimate Task Duration
Linking and Unlinking Tasks by Using the Gantt Chart View
Linking and Unlinking Tasks by Using the Network Diagram View
Adding Lag or Lead Time to a Linked Task
Lab: Working with Estimates and Dependencies

Skills

Enter task estimates.
Use a PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) analysis to estimate task durations.
Link and unlink tasks by using the Gantt Chart view.
Link and unlink tasks by using the Network Diagram view.
Add Lag or Lead-time to a linked task.

Module 4: Working with Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars

This module explains how to incorporate restrictions in a schedule through the use of deadlines and constraints. Task calendars will be presented as a technique to get a schedule back in line with a deadline or constraint.
Introducing Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars
Creating and Modifying Deadlines
Creating and Modifying Constraints
Creating and Modifying Task Calendars
Identifying Critical Tasks
Working with Task Driver
Lab: Working with Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars

Skills

Introduce deadlines, constraints, and task calendars.
Create and modify deadlines.
Create and modify constraints.
Create and modify task calendars.
Identify critical tasks.
Work with Task Drivers.

Module 5: Working With Resources

This module explains the various types of resources that are needed on a schedule, how to enter the resource list, and how to assign resources to tasks.
Introducing Resources, Assignments, and Budgeting
Adding Resources to the Resource Sheet
Creating and Modifying Resource Assignments
Entering Project Budgets
Lab: Working with Resources

Skills

Describe resources, assignments, and budgeting.
Add resources to the Resource Sheet view.
Create and modify resource assignments.
Understand the fundamentals of project budgets.

Module 6: Predicting Behaviour by Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula

This module explains the scheduling formula and how the variables duration, work, and units interact. It also illustrates how recalculations occur when variables are changed.
Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula
Changing Variables and Predicting Behaviour
Applying Task Types to Produce Predictable Behaviour
Special Situations with Effort-Driven Scheduling
Lab: Understanding Task Types and the Scheduling Formula

Skills

Use Task Types and the scheduling formula for effective calculations.
Change variables and predict behaviour.
Apply task types to produce predictable behaviour.
Describe special situations within effort-driven scheduling.

Module 7: Customizing and Formatting

This module explains how to format text, bars, and other screen elements. Custom objects will be created including templates, calendars, fields, tables, filters, groups, and views. This module also illustrates use of the Organizer to transfer custom objects to other files.
Formatting Screen Elements
Creating and Modifying Templates
Creating and Modifying Fields, Tables, and Formulas
Creating and Modifying Filters and Groups
Creating and Modifying Custom Views
Lab: Customizing and Formatting

Skills

Format screen elements.
Create and modify templates.
Create and modify fields, tables, and formulas.
Create and modify filters and groups.
Create and modify custom views.

Module 8: Analyzing Resource Utilization

This module explains techniques for manipulating views to display resource allocation and how to identify causes of resource over-allocation.
Introducing Resource Utilization Concepts
Viewing Resource Assignments, Allocation, and Utilization
Managing Resource Availability
Optimizing and Levelling Resource Assignments
Lab: Analyzing Resource Utilization

Skills

Describe resource utilization concepts.
View resource assignments, allocation, and utilization.
Manage resource availability.
Optimize and level resource assignments.

Module 9: Tracking Progress

This module explains how to manage updates to a schedule by saving baselines and tracking duration, work, and cost updates.
Working With Baselines
Entering Duration Updates
Entering Work Updates
Entering Cost Updates
Discovering Variances
Troubleshooting and Getting Back on Track
Lab: Tracking Progress

Skills

Work with baselines.
Enter duration updates.
Enter work updates.
Enter cost updates.
Discover variances.
Trouble shoot schedules and get back on track.

Module 10: Creating Reports

This module explains how to configure views for printing and how to generate standard and visual reports.
Selecting, Editing, and Creating Basic Reports
Configuring Print and Page Setup Options
Setting Options to Correct Printing Issues
Exporting Reporting Data
Creating and Modifying Visual Reports
Lab: Creating Reports

Skills