Who should attend? |
This course is intended for new Microsoft Office Project 2007 users. |
Prerequisites |
Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista |
Course Objectives |
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to accomplish the following:
- Understand the basic operations of the software, and work with windows, menus, commands, and views
- Create a new project file and create, edit, and outline a task list, as well as establish dependencies by linking tasks
- Add and assign resources to a project file, work with project calendars, and enter project costs, such as standard, variable, and fixed costs
- Apply page setup options, create headers and footers, insert page breaks, and preview and print project information
- Apply task type settings, modify fixed tasks, set task constraints, and define and format the critical path
- Apply preset and custom contours, edit resource assignments, identify and resolve resource overallocations, and set and modify a baseline
- Track the progress of a project, update tasks and the schedule, and compare baseline and actual data
- Sort, filter, and group views
- Format views and format the Gantt Chart
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Course Content |
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The Basics
Project Management Concepts ; Getting Started ; Project Application and Project File Windows ; Project Guide ; Project Menus and Commands ; Filing Projects ; Displaying Project Views ; Moving Within a View ;
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Project Creation
Project Information ; Creating Task Lists ; Editing Task Lists ; Outlining Task Lists ; Task Dependencies ; Modifying Task Dependencies ; Task Information ;
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Project Resources and Costs
Project Resources ; Resource Assignment Concepts ; Assigning Resources ; Working with Project Calendars ; Working with Resource Calendars ; Working with Task Calendars ; Entering Project Costs ;
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Printing Schedule Information
Page Setup Options ; Previewing Views and Reports ; Printing Project Information ;
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Changing Scheduling Methods
Resource Assignment Concepts ; Task Type Settings ; Applying Task Type Settings ; Task Constraints ; Identifying Factors Affecting Tasks ; Defining the Critical Path ; Formatting the Critical Path ;
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Resolving Resource Conflicts
Preset Contours ; Applying Preset Contours ; Editing Resource Assignments ; Resource Overallocations ; Locating Resource Overallocations ; Resolving Resource Overallocations ; Saving the Baseline ;
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Tracking Project Progress
Tracking Task Progress ; Updating Tasks ; Updating the Remaining Schedule ; Comparing Baseline and Actual Data ;
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Sorting, Filtering and Grouping
Sorting Views ; Filtering Views ; Grouping Within Views ;
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Formatting the Project Environment
Formatting Views ; Formatting the Gantt Chart ;
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