In the corporate world, the project is a fundamental building block. Each project in which a company engages is unique, and fulfills an individual or corporate goal. And each project comprises a series of related tasks that culminate in a project deliverable. Microsoft Office Project 2007 is a comprehensive tool for project managers responsible for the overall design of projects, enabling them to engage in task assignment and management, resource allocation, costs, and budget control in an easy and intuitive way. Microsoft Office Project 2007 also enables the collection and sharing of project progress information with a project's team members and stakeholders. This course outlines the basics of project management, and shows how to create – and manage – a new project using Microsoft Office Project 2007.
Target Audience
Business managers, project managers, planners, and team members who want to track and manage project tasks, costs, and resources; candidates for Microsoft User Specialist certification; anyone wishing to gain a basic understanding of Microsoft Office Project 2007; end users seeking competence in Microsoft Office Project 2007.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Office environments; a basic knowledge of standard project methodology is an advantage
Lesson Objectives
Course Overview
Basic Concepts in Project Management
- recognize the distinguishing features of projects
- interpret the relationships between the elements of a project
- match project management phases with their descriptions
Introducing Office Project 2007
- turn the Project Guide on or off
- access views in Project 2007
- match Project 2007 reports with their descriptions
Using Help in Project 2007
- access Help in Project 2007
- recognize Project 2007's Help options
Creating a Project
- create and save a new project
- create a new project from a template
Defining a Project
- define a project
- define general work times for a project
Creating a New Project
Entering Project Tasks
- create a task list
- set a task's duration
- recognize the characteristics of milestone tasks
Organizing Project Tasks
- create a project structure
Scheduling Project Tasks
- create a task dependency link
- recognize the characteristics of task dependencies
- creating a recurring task
- split a task
Adding Links, Constraints, and Information to Tasks
- add information to a task
- add a hyperlink to a task
- impose a constraint on a task
Defining and administering tasks