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Course Code :
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PRO-261
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Duration
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2 Days
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This course has been designed to lead you step-by-step through all the tasks you are most likely to want to perform in Microsoft Office Project 2007. If you start at the beginning and work your way through all the exercises, you will gain enough proficiency to be able to create and work with Project files.
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Prerequisites
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Working Knowledge of Microsoft Project Previous version or equivalent will be advantage
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Basic Knowledge of Project Management
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Module 1 :
Getting Started with Project
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Understand the family of Microsoft Office Project 2007 products.
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Understand what a good project management tool can help you accomplish.
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Start Project Standard or Project Professional, and identify the major parts of the Project window.
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Use views to work with project plan details in different ways.
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Use reports to print project plan details.
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Create a project plan and enter a project start date.
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Set the working and nonworking time for a project.
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Enter a project plan’s properties.
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Module 2 :
Creating a Task List
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Enter task information.
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Estimate and enter how long each task should last.
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Create a milestone to track an important event.
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Organize tasks into phases.
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Create task relationships by linking tasks.
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Record task details in notes and insert a hyperlink to content on the Internet.
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Check a project plan’s overall duration.
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Module 3 :
Setting Up Resources
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Set up basic resource information for the people who work on projects.
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Enter basic resource information for the equipment that will be used in projects.
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Enter resource information for the materials that will be consumed as the project progresses.
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Enter cost resource information for financial tracking.
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Set up cost information for work resources.
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Change a resource’s availability for work.
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Record additional information about a resource in a note.
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Module 4 :
Assigning Resources to Tasks
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Assign work resources to tasks.
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Control how Project schedules additional resource assignments.
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Assign material and cost resources to tasks.
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Module 5 :
Formatting and Printing your plan
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Customize a view and preview the way it will look when printed.
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Draw on the chart portion of a Gantt Chart view.
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Change the formatting of text in a project plan.
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Edit and print reports.
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Module 6 :
Tracking Progress on Tasks
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Save current values in a schedule as a baseline.
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Record progress on tasks through a specific date.
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Record a task’s percentage of completion.
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Enter actual work and duration values for tasks.
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Module 7 :
Fine-Tuning Task Details
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Adjust task links to have more control over how tasks are related.
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Apply a constraint to a task.
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Identify the tasks on the critical path.
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Split a task to record an interruption in work.
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Create a task calendar and apply it to tasks.
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Change a task type to control how Project schedules tasks.
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Record deadlines for tasks.
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Enter a fixed cost and specify how it should accrue.
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Set up a recurring task in the project schedule.
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Module 8 :
Fine-Tuning Resources and Assignment Details
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Set up different pay rates for resources.
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Set up pay rates that will change over time for a resource.
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Set resource availability to change over time.
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Delay the start of a resource assignment.
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Control how a resource’s work on a task is scheduled over time by using work contours.
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Apply different cost rates for a resource assigned to different kinds of tasks.
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Enter variable consumption rates for material resources.
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Module 9 :
Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
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Look at how resources are scheduled to work over the duration of a project.
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Edit a resource assignment to resolve a resource overallocation.
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Resolve resource overallocations automatically.
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See detailed and overall project costs.
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See tasks on the critical path that determines a project’s finish date.
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Module 10 :
Organizing and Formatting Project Details
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Sort task and resource data.
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Display task and resource data in groups.
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Filter or highlight task and resource data.
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Create a custom table.
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Create a custom view.
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Module 11 :
Printing Project Information
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Change page setup options for views and reports.
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Print a view.
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Print a report.
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Module 12 :
Sharing Project Information with other Program
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Copy and paste data to and from Project.
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Use Project to open a file produced in another program.
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Save Project data to other file formats using import/export maps.
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Generate a new Office document that contains essential project details and an illustration.
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Generate new Excel and Visio documents using the Visual Reports feature.
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Module 13 :
Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignment
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Update a previously saved baseline plan.
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Record actual work for tasks and assignments.
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Record actual work by time period.
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Interrupt work on a task and specify the date on which the task should start again.
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Module 14 :
Viewing and Reporting Project Status
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Determine which tasks were started or completed late.
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View task costs at summary and detail levels.
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Examine resource costs and variance.
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Use custom fields to create a stoplight view that illustrates each task’s cost variance.
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Module 15 :
Getting your Project Back on Track
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Assign additional resources to tasks to reduce task durations.
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Edit work values for resource assignments and replace resources assigned to tasks.
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Assign overtime work to assignments and change task relationships to compress the overall project duration.
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Module 16 :
Applying Advanced Formatting
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Format the Gantt Chart view.
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Format the Network Diagram view.
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Format the Calendar view.
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Module 17 :
Customizing Project
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Copy a customized element, such as a table, from one project plan to another by using the Organizer.
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Record and play back a macro.
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Edit a macro in the Visual Basic Editor.
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Create a custom toolbar.
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Module 18 :
Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
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Set a status date and see earned value indicators for schedule performance.
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See earned value cost performance indicators.
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Generate the earned value visual report.
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Module 19 :
Consolidating Projects and Resources
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Create a resource pool to share resources across multiple projects.
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Look at resource allocation across multiple projects.
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Change resource assignments in a sharer plan, and see the effects in the resource pool.
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Change a resource’s working time in the resource pool, and see the effects in the sharer plan.
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Make a specific date nonworking time in the resource pool, and see the effects in the sharer plan.
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Create a project plan, and make it a sharer plan for the resource pool.
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Manually update the resource pool from a sharer plan.
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Insert project plans to create a consolidated project.
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Link tasks between two project plans.
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