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5927: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build, maintain, and control well-formed project plans. This is the first course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and will serve as the entry point for other Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) courses covering Microsoft Office Project 2007 and the Microsoft EPM 2007 Solution.

Prerequisites:
Experience using Microsoft Office Project to create project schedules
Project Management Fundamentals
Experience with the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system
Experience with Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this 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 behavior 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

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Office Project 2007

• Understanding the Nature of Projects
• Discovering Project 2007
• Understanding Project 2007 File Types
• Navigating the Project 2007 Interface
• Getting Help and Guidance
• Configuring Options

Lesson 2: Creating and Defining Projects

• Creating and Saving Projects
• Defining Properties and Options
• Creating and Organizing the Task List
• Importing Data
• Modifying and Applying Calendars
• Setting Scheduling Options
• Lab 2: Creating and Defining Projects

Lesson 3: Working with Estimates and Dependencies

• 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 3: Working with Estimates and Dependencies

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

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

Lesson 5: Working With Resources

• Introducing Resources, Assignments, and Budgeting
• Adding Resources to the Resource Sheet
• Creating and Modifying Resource Assignments
• Entering Project Budgets
• Lab 5: Working with Resources

Lesson 6: Predicting Behavior by Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula

• Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula
• Changing Variables and Predicting Behavior
• Applying Task Types to Produce Predictable Behavior
• Special Situations with Effort-Driven Scheduling
• Lab 6: Understanding Task Types and the Scheduling Formula

Lesson 7: Customizing and Formatting

• 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 7: Customizing and Formatting

Lesson 8: Analyzing Resource Utilization

• Introducing Resource Utilization Concepts
• Viewing Resource Assignments, Allocation, and Utilization
• Managing Resource Availability
• Optimizing and Leveling Resource Assignments
• Lab 8: Analyzing Resource Utilization

Lesson 9: Tracking Progress

• Working With Baselines
• Entering Duration Updates
• Entering Work Updates
• Entering Cost Updates
• Discovering Variances
• Troubleshooting and Getting Back on Track
• Lab 9: Tracking Progress

Lesson 10: Creating 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 10: Creating Reports

Lesson 11: Managing Multiple Projects

• Introducing Management of Multiple Projects
• Creating Master Projects
• Creating Links Between Projects
• Calculating Single or Multiple Critical Paths
• Saving and Opening Multiple Projects
• Sharing Resources and Analyzing Resource Utilization Across Multiple Projects
• Lab 11: Managing Multiple Projects

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