Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects Course Number: 5927A Course Length: 3 Days Course 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 serves as the entry point for other Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) courses covering Microsoft Office Project 2007 and the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) 2007 Solution. Prerequisites Experience using Microsoft Office Project to create project schedules Fundamental knowledge of project management Experience with the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system Experience with Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Audience This course is intended for both novice and experienced project managers and schedulers. These individuals are involved in or responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeting, and staffing of projects and supporting other users of Microsoft Office Project. A familiarity with key project management concepts and terminology is recommended as well as basic Windows navigation skills. Course Outline Course Introduction Course Introduction 6m Module 01 - Getting Started with Project 2007 Getting Started with Project 2007 What Is Project Management? Project Management Process Groups New Features in Project 2007 Enhanced Features in Project 2007 Professional Menu Commands not available in Standard Editions of Project 2007 Data Types Used by Project 2007 Project 2007 File Types The Purpose and Use of the Global.mpt What Are Views and Tables? 52m
Demo - Navigation Considerations for Using the Project Guide Guidelines for Configuring Options Demo - Help Demo - Views Module 01 Review Module 02 - Creating and Defining Projects Creating and Defining Projects The Process of Creating New Projects Demo - Save Ramifications for Choosing the Schedule From Date Demo - Calendar What Is Change Highlighting? What Is a Milestone? What Is the Purpose of Work Breakdown Structure Codes? Guidelines for Creating a Well-Formed Outline The Process of Importing Data Guidelines of Importing Data Demo - Import What Is the Standard Project Calendar? Guidelines for Setting Calendar Options What Is an Assignment Unit? What Is Effort Driven and How Does It Work? Demo - Task List Demo - Outline Demo - WBS Module 02 Review 1h 19m Module 03 - Working with Estimates and Dependencies Working with Estimates and Dependencies What Is Estimating and What Is Its Relationship to Scheduling? What Is the Scheduling Formula? Guidelines for Choosing Estimating Methods Based on Defined Scenarios Demo - Estimates Project, Evaluation, and Review Technique (PERT Analysis) What Is PERT Analysis? PERT Analysis Example What Are Optimistic, Expected, and Pessimistic Duration Estimates? PERT - Procedure Reference Considerations in Using PERT Analysis Demo - PERT What Are Dependencies? Task Dependencies' Task Dependencies delay 1h 18m
What Impact Do Dependencies Have on the Overall Project Schedule? Demo - LINK Guidelines for Creating a Complete Network Considerations for Adding Lag or Lead Time Demo - LAG Module 03 Review Module 04 - Working with Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars Working with Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars What Are Deadlines and Constraints? Demo - Deadline What Are Task Calendars? Considerations for Using Deadlines What Are the Eight Constraint Types? The Effect of Constraints on the Project Schedule Considerations for Using Constraints Demo - Constraint Table Considerations for Using Task Calendars Demo - Calendar What Is the Critical Path Method? What Is a Critical Task? What Is a Noncontinuous Critical Path? Demo - Critical What Are Task Drivers? Demo - Drivers Module 04 Review 48m Module 05 - Working With Resources Working With Resources What Is a Resource? What Are the Types of Resources? Generic Resources What Are Fixed and Variable Costs? How Cost Estimates and Project Budgets are Captured in the Project Schedule Setting General Options for Automatically Adding New Resources and Tasks Setting General Options for Default Standard and Overtime Rates The Organizational Breakdown Structure What Are Maximum Units? Considerations for Reducing Maximum Units and Its Impact on Past Assignments Considerations When Assigning Resources What Are Project Budgets and How Are They Used? Considerations When Tracking Project-Related Budgets Demo - Resource Demo - Part Time Module 05 Review 55m
Module 06 - Predicting Behavior by Using Task Types & the Scheduling Formula Predicting Behavior by Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula What Is the Scheduling Formula? What Are Task Types? Guidelines for Effective Calculations How Project Decides Which Variable to Calculate Guidelines for Minimizing Errors When Changing Variables Guidelines for Changing Both a Task Type and a Variable Deciding Which Variable Should Be Fixed Using the Effort Driven Option to Manage Fixed Duration or Fixed Units Demo - Variables Module 06 Review 21m Module 07 - Customizing and Formatting Customizing and Formatting Reasons to Create Customized Tables and Views What Are Objects and Elements? Formatting: How to Format Gridlines Demo - Formatting Demo - Time Scale Format Layout Links and Bars Formatting Screen Elements Demo - Gridlines Demo - Ghantt Wizard Guidelines for Creating Templates How to Create a New Template How to Create a New Template from an Existing Project Plan How to Modify an Existing Template Demo - Tables What Are Fields and Tables? How to Display or Hide Fields in Tables How to Copy a Table and Modify a List of Fields How to Create a New Table Demo - Filters How Formulas Are Created How to Create a Formula What Are Filters and Groups? Guidelines for Creating Filters Guidelines for Creating Groups How to Create a New Filter How to Create a New Group Demo - Organizer Considerations Before Changing Objects and Screen Elements in an Existing View How to Copy a View and Make Screen Element Changes 1h 40m
How to Copy a View and Make Object Changes How to Create New Views that Appear on the View Bar and View Menu What Is the Organizer? How to Copy an Object from One Open File to Another Open File How to Copy an Object from One Open File to the Global.mpt Demo - Template Module 07 Review Module 08 - Analyzing Resource Utilization Analyzing Resource Utilization How Resource Availability Is Used When Making an Assignment What Is an Overallocated Resource? Guidelines When Considering Resource Availability Demo - Resource Views How Resources Become Overallocated Demo - Assignments Scenarios for Setting Alternate Resource Availability How Maximum Units and Assignment Units Affect Resource Availability How a Resource Calendar Affects an Assignment How Varying Availability Affects an Assignment Scenarios for Setting Overtime Availability How Leveling Solves Overallocations Demo - Leveling Techniques to Manually Correct Overallocated Resources Considerations for Optimizing Resources Module 08 Review 46m Module 09 - Tracking Progress Tracking Progress Formulas Used to Calculate Percentages Considerations for Choosing an Update Strategy How Schedules Are Updated What is the Baseline and How is it Used? What Is an Interim Plan? Demo - Base Line Implementing a Rolling Wave Approach The Process of Updating Duration Guidelines for Collecting Duration Updates The Process of Updating Work Guidelines for Collecting Work Assignment Updates The Process of Updating Cost Guidelines for Collecting Cost Updates 39m
What Is Earned Value? Demo - Variance The Process of Interpreting an Earned Value View and Reporting Project Status What is Optimizing a Project Schedule? Guidelines for Reducing or Removing Variances in Cost Guidelines for Reducing or Removing Variances in Duration Guidelines for Capturing Lessons Learned Module 09 Review Module 10 - Creating Reports Creating Reports What Are the Basic Report Categories? Guidelines for Getting the Most Out of Basic Reports Demo - Basic Reports Guidelines for Fixing Common Printing Issues The Process of Exporting Data Demo - Export Guidelines for Exporting Data What Are Visual Reports? Visual Report Templates Demo - Visual Reports Module 10 Review 37m Module 11 - Managing Multiple Projects Managing Multiple Projects What is a Master Project? Considerations for Creating Master Projects How Master Projects Are Created Demo - Master Project Guidelines for Creating Master Projects What Is an External Dependency? Demo - Linked Tasks Guidelines for Working with External Links What is a Multiple Critical Path? Guidelines for Working with Critical Paths in Master Projects Considerations for Saving Multiple Projects What Is a Shared Resource Pool? Demo - Resource Pool What is Multiple Project Resource Management? Module 11 Review Course Closure 52m Total Duration: 10h 12m