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MOC 5927 - Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects

Project 2007 SATV Eligible
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Class Description

Class Overview

This Microsoft Project training class provides students with the knowledge and skills to build, maintain, and control well-formed project plans.

This is the first class 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.

This training class 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.

Class Goals

  • Learn to create and define projects.
  • Learn to work with estimates and dependencies.
  • Learn to work with deadlines, constraints, and task calendars.
  • Learn to work with resources.
  • Learn to predict behavior by using task types and the scheduling formula.
  • Learn to customize and format Microsoft Project views.
  • Learn to analyze resource utilization.
  • Learn to track progress.
  • Learn to create project reports that analyze project, resource, and task data.
  • Learn to manage multiple projects.

Class Outline

  1. Getting Started with Microsoft Office Project 2007
    1. Understanding the Nature of Projects
    2. Discovering Project 2007
    3. Understanding Project 2007 File Types
    4. Navigating the Project 2007 Interface
    5. Getting Help and Guidance
    6. Configuring Options
  2. Creating and Defining Projects
    1. Creating and Saving Projects
    2. Defining Properties and Options
    3. Creating and Organizing the Task List
    4. Importing Data
    5. Modifying and Applying Calendars
    6. Setting Scheduling Options
    7. Lab: Creating and Defining Projects
  3. Working with Estimates and Dependencies
    1. Entering Task Estimates
    2. Using A PERT Analysis to Estimate Task Duration
    3. Linking and Unlinking Tasks by Using the Gantt Chart View
    4. Linking and Unlinking Tasks by Using the Network Diagram View
    5. Adding Lag or Lead Time to a Linked Task`
    6. Lab: Working with Estimates and Dependencies
  4. Working with Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars
    1. Introducing Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars
    2. Creating and Modifying Deadlines
    3. Creating and Modifying Constraints
    4. Creating and Modifying Task Calendars
    5. Identifying Critical Tasks
    6. Working with Task Driver
    7. Lab: Working with Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars
  5. Working With Resources
    1. Introducing Resources, Assignments, and Budgeting
    2. Adding Resources to the Resource Sheet
    3. Creating and Modifying Resource Assignments
    4. Entering Project Budgets
    5. Lab: Working with Resources
  6. Predicting Behavior by Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula
    1. Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula
    2. Changing Variables and Predicting Behavior
    3. Applying Task Types to Produce Predictable Behavior
    4. Special Situations with Effort-Driven Scheduling
    5. Lab: Understanding Task Types and the Scheduling Formula
  7. Customizing and Formatting
    1. Formatting Screen Elements
    2. Creating and Modifying Templates
    3. Creating and Modifying Fields, Tables, and Formulas
    4. Creating and Modifying Filters and Groups
    5. Creating and Modifying Custom Views
    6. Lab: Customizing and Formatting
  8. Analyzing Resource Utilization
    1. Introducing Resource Utilization Concepts
    2. Viewing Resource Assignments, Allocation, and Utilization
    3. Managing Resource Availability
    4. Optimizing and Leveling Resource Assignments
    5. Lab: Analyzing Resource Utilization
  9. Tracking Progress
    1. Working With Baselines
    2. Entering Duration Updates
    3. Entering Work Updates
    4. Entering Cost Updates
    5. Discovering Variances
    6. Troubleshooting and Getting Back on Track
    7. Lab: Tracking Progress
  10. Creating Reports
    1. Selecting, Editing, and Creating Basic Reports
    2. Configuring Print and Page Setup Options
    3. Setting Options to Correct Printing Issues
    4. Exporting Reporting Data
    5. Creating and Modifying Visual Reports
    6. Lab: Creating Reports
  11. Managing Multiple Projects
    1. Introducing Management of Multiple Projects
    2. Creating Master Projects
    3. Creating Links Between Projects
    4. Calculating Single or Multiple Critical Paths
    5. Saving and Opening Multiple Projects
    6. Sharing Resources and Analyzing Resource Utilization Across Multiple Projects
    7. Lab: Managing Multiple Projects

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

  • Using Microsoft Office Project to create project schedules
  • Basic project management
  • Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

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