Project 2007 Introduction

Course Length

2 days

Prerequisites

Windows Introduction or equivalent experience

Course Description

In this 2-day course, participants will create and manage different aspects of a project using Microsoft Project 2007. Participants will learn how to create projects, enter tasks, organize schedules, assign task relationships, add resources, customize calendars, and assign costs to tasks and resources. Once the project has begun, participants will learn how to manage a project plan by using calendars, evaluating and adjusting time, resource, and cost factors; and tracking progress.

Course Topics

  • Specify the project start or finish date and the project calendar
  • Change working time for the project calendar
  • Specify nonworking time for a project
  • Create and edit tasks
  • Link and unlink tasks
  • Change task relationships
  • Insert, delete, and move tasks
  • Apply lag time, lead time, and constraints
  • Outline tasks
  • Display the project summary task and outline numbers
  • Create a resource list and
  • Assign resources to tasks
  • Contour work assignments
  • Attach a text box or object to a task
  • Apply a table to a view
  • Modify the calendar for a resource
  • Specify the availability of a resource
  • Create a new base calendar
  • Assign a base calendar to a resource and to a task
  • Adjust and level resources and clear leveling
  • Split a task
  • Assign costs to a resource
  • Create and assign a fixed-cost material resource
  • Assign a fixed cost to a task
  • Use and assign resource rate tables
  • View the cost of resources, tasks, and the entire project
  • View the critical path and view slack
  • Shorten the critical path
  • Use the Gantt Chart Wizard
  • Change Microsoft Project options
  • Create a combination view and a new single view
  • Create a custom table
  • Use the Organizer
  • Sort a view and create a custom sort
  • Use the AutoFilter feature
  • Create and apply a custom filter
  • Create a custom group
  • Save project baseline(s) and an interim plan(s)
  • Update the schedule for completed tasks and tasks in progress
  • View slippage
  • Clear a project baseline or interim plan
  • Create basic and custom reports
  • Print preview and print a report
  • Adjust task or resource details to reflect actual data
  • Analyze final data

What Participants Receive

Each participant receives a guide containing step-by-step instructions and practice exercises.