Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step

3 day Instructor-Led Course (24 hours)
 

Course Overview

• Build a project plan and fine-tune the details
• Schedule tasks, assign resources, and manage dependencies
• Monitor progress and costs—and keep your project on track
• Format Gantt charts and other views to communicate project data
• Begin exploring enterprise project management systems

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:
• Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
• Fully searchable eBook
• Bonus guide to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface
• Quick course on project management in the Appendix
• Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD
 

Target Audience

Beg/Int

Book Details

560 pages, 1 companion CD

Previous Software Versions: MS Office 2003, XP, 2002, 2000

Course Outline:

1 Getting Started with Project

Managing Your Projects with Project
Starting Project Standard
Starting Project Professional
Exploring Views
Exploring Reports

2 Creating a New Project Plan
Setting Nonworking Days
Entering Project Properties
Entering Tasks
Estimating Durations
Entering a Milestone
Organizing Tasks into Phases
Linking Tasks
Documenting Tasks
Checking the Plan's Duration
 

3 Setting Up Resources
Setting Up People Resources
Setting Up Equipment Resources
Setting Up Material Resources
Setting Up Cost Resources
Entering Resource Pay Rates
Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
Documenting Resources
 

4 Assigning Resources to Tasks
Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks
 

5 Formatting and Printing Your Plan
Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
Drawing on a Gantt Chart
Formatting Text in a View
Formatting and Printing Reports

PART 2 - ADVANCED PROJECT SCHEDULING

7 Fine-Tuning Task Details
Adjusting Task Relationships
Setting Task Constraints
Viewing the Project's Critical Path
Interrupting Work on a Task
Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
Changing Task Types
Entering Deadline Dates
Entering Fixed Costs
Setting Up a Recurring Task

8 Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
Delaying the Start of Assignments
Applying Contours to Assignments
Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates

9 Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
Examining Resource Allocations over Time
Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
Leveling Overallocated Resources
Examining Project Costs
Checking the Project's Finish Date

11 Printing Project Information
Printing Your Project Plan
Printing Views
Printing Reports
 

12 Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
Copying and Pasting with Project
Opening Other File Formats in Project
Saving to Other File Formats from Project
Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
Generating Visual Reports with Excel and Visio
 

13 Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
Updating a Baseline
Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
Rescheduling Incomplete Work
 

14 Viewing and Reporting Project Status
Identifying Tasks That Have Slipped
Examining Task Costs
Examining Resource Costs
Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
 

15 Getting Your Project Back on Track
Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
 

PART 3 - SPECIAL PROJECTS

16 Applying Advanced Formatting
Formatting a Gantt Chart View
Formatting the Network Diagram View
Formatting the Calendar View
 

17 Customizing Project
Sharing Custom Views and Other Elements Between Project Plans .
Recording Macros
Editing Macros
Customizing a Toolbar
 

18 Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analyst
Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
Generating an Earned Value Visual Report
 

19 Consolidating Projects and Resources
Creating a Resource Pool
Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
Updating a Resource's Information in a Resource Pool
Updating All Plans' Working Times in a Resource Pool
Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
Consolidating Project Plans
Creating Dependencies Between Projects

PART 4 - INTRODUCING PROJECT SERVER
 

20 Planning Work with Project Server
Understanding the Key Pieces of Enterprise Project Management . .
Building a New Plan from an Enterprise Template
Staffing an Enterprise Project with Resources
Publishing a Plan to Project Server
 

21 Tracking Work with Project Server
Reporting Actual Work Through Project Web Access
Reporting Actual Work Through Outlook
Handling Actuals from Resources
Keeping Stakeholders Informed
 

22 Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents with Project Server
Managing Risks
Managing Issues
Managing Documents
 

PART 5 - APPENDICES

A) A Short Course in Project Management
Understanding What Defines a Project
The Project Triangle: Seeing Projects in Terms of Time, Cost, and Scope
Time, Cost, and Scope: Managing Project Constraints
Managing Your Projects with Project
 

B) What’s Next?
Joining a Project Learning Community
Joining a Project Management Learning Community
Final Words