Project stakeholders have a vested interest in the project's progress so information needs to be tracked, recorded, and reported. A project manager needs to decide on the information to be tracked, and how to track it. Microsoft Office Project 2007 helps a project manager by making this process easy. Baselines and interim plans, for example, create benchmarks for a project's progress. Built-in views and reports helps a project manager to assess a project's progress. Project managers also have the option to customize a new view or report. This course explores these features of Microsoft Office Project 2007 and how a project manager can use them to address a project's tracking and reporting needs.
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
Understanding Baselines
- create a baseline for a project
- create an interim plan
- clear a baseline
Tracking Basics
- track project information for a task
- use the correct task tracking method in a given scenario
Preparing for Tracking
- recognize the functions of Project 2007's tracking tools
- prepare a project for tracking
- identify the tracking view to use in a given scenario
Checking Progress
- check the progress of a project
- display progress lines
Tracking Your Work
Selecting a View or Report
- identify the available reporting options in Project 2007
- select a view in a given scenario
- select a report in a given scenario
Changing Views and Reports
- change the information in a view
- change the appearance of the Gantt chart view
- recognize the reasons for identifying the critical path
Formatting and Printing a Report
- format a report for printing
- set up and print a report or view
- identify the print options available from the Print Current View wizard
Modifying Views and Printing Reports
Administering Progress