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MOC 5928 - Managing Projects

21.00 Professional Development Units (PMI) PDU Information

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Class Description

Class Overview

This Microsoft Project training class provides students with the knowledge and skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close enterprise projects by using the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise tool.

This is the second class in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and covers the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution.

This training class is intended for experienced project managers and schedulers. These individuals are capable of managing projects in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 EPM environment, including project and non-project efforts, risks, issues, documents, task progress, and timesheets. These individuals should be familiar with key project management concepts and terminology found in the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Third Edition, and advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Office Project 2007.

Class Goals

  • Learn to initiate projects.
  • Learn to understand the project planning processes.
  • Learn to plan projects through scope and schedule management.
  • Learn to plan projects through staffing management plans.
  • Learn to plan resource assignments for projects.
  • Learn to plan projects through cost, risk, and other planning documents.
  • Learn to execute projects through processes, resources, and deliverables.
  • Learn to execute projects by managing timesheets and personal settings.
  • Learn to monitor and control projects by tracking task and project progress.
  • Learn to monitor and control projects through measuring project performance and reporting progress.
  • Learn to close projects.

Class Outline

  1. Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007
    1. Describing the Enterprise Project Management Context
    2. Discovering Office Project Server 2007
    3. Differentiating the Users of Office Project Server 2007
    4. Working with Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Server 2007
    5. Lab: Creating and Saving a New Project in Office Project Server 2007
  2. Initiating Projects
    1. Understanding Initiating Processes
    2. Differentiating the Initiating Processes in Project Professional 2007 and Project Web Access
    3. Managing Initiating Processes by Using Project Web Access
    4. Managing Documents in Office Project Web Access
    5. Lab: Initiating Projects and Working with Document Files
  3. Planning Projects�Context and Framework
    1. Understanding the Project Management Plan
    2. Differentiating the Office Project Server 2007 Client Software
  4. Planning Projects�Scope and Schedule Management
    1. Developing Components of the Scope Management and Schedule Management Plans
    2. Working with Deliverables
    3. Lab: Working with Tasks, Milestones, and Deliverables
  5. Planning Projects�Staffing Management Plan
    1. Building a Project Team
    2. Managing Resource Availability
    3. Lab: Managing Enterprise Resources
  6. Planning Projects�Resource Assignments
    1. Understanding the Assignment Cycle
    2. Resolving Resource Overallocation
    3. Lab: Working with Assignments
  7. Planning Projects�Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans
    1. Developing Components of the Cost Management Plan
    2. Developing Components of the Risk Management Plan
    3. Linking Planning Documents and Using the Team Discussion Feature
    4. Lab: Planning Projects�Cost, Risks, Issues, and Other Planning Documents
  8. Executing Projects�Processes, Resources, and Deliverables
    1. Understanding Executing Processes
    2. Managing Resources and Deliverables
    3. Lab: Modifying the Project Team and Managing Deliverables
  9. Executing Projects�Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings
    1. Working with Timesheets
    2. Reporting Administrative Time
    3. Configuring Personal Settings
    4. Lab: Using Timesheets and Reporting Administrative Time
  10. Monitoring and Controlling Projects�Tracking Task and Project Progress
    1. Understanding the Monitoring and Controlling Processes
    2. Working with Task Progress and Updates in Project Web Access
    3. Working with Task Progress by Using Office Project 2007
    4. Tracking and Viewing Task Information by Using Outlook 2007
    5. Lab: Tracking Task Progress
  11. Monitoring and Controlling Projects�Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress
    1. Understanding Status Reports
    2. Reviewing Performance Metrics and Progress Reports
    3. Lab: Preparing Status Reports and Analyzing Progress Reports
  12. Closing Projects
    1. Understanding the Closing Process
    2. Supporting The Closing Process
    3. Lab: Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template

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:

  • Microsoft Office Project to create project schedules
  • Fundamental knowledge of project management
  • Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Key project management concepts and terminology found in the Project Management Institute's PMBOK Guide, Third Edition

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

  • Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Project

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

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