COURSE NAME: Project 2007 - Level 1 (4045)

Course length: 1 day

Overview:

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.

Prerequesite Courses:

• No Prerequisites listed for this course

Performance-based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explore the Microsoft Office Project environment and the various views in which you can survey a project file.
• Create a new project plan.
• Manage tasks by organizing them and setting task relationships.
• Manage resources for a project.
• Finalize the project plan.

Course content:

• Topic 1A: Explore the Microsoft Project 2007 Environment
• Topic 1B: Display an Existing Project Plan in Different Views

• 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

• Topic 3A: Outline Tasks
• Topic 3B: Add a Recurring Task
• Topic 3C: Link Dependant Tasks
• Topic 3D: Set a Constraint to a Task
• Topic 3E: Set a Task Deadline
• Topic 3F: Add Notes to a Task

• 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

• Topic 5A: Display the Critical Path
• Topic 5B: Shorten the Project Duration
• Topic 5C: Set a Baseline
• Topic 5D: Print a Project Summary Report