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Project Level 1

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Overview

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft® Office Project Professional 2007 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan. You will create a project plan containing tasks, organise these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalise the project to implement the project plan. 

 

Audience

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. 

 

Prerequisites

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. 

 

Course Outline 

 

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project

Topic 1A: Explore the Microsoft Project 2007 Environment

Topic 1B: Display an Existing Project Plan in Different Views

 

Lesson 2: Creating a Project Plan

Topic 2A: Create a New Project Plan

Topic 2B: Assign a Project Calendar

Topic 2C: Add Tasks to the Project Plan

Topic 2D: Enter the Task Duration Estimates

Topic 2E: Add Resources in the Project Plan

 

 

Lesson 3: Managing Tasks in a Project Plan

Topic 3A: Outline Tasks

Topic 3B: Add a Recurring Task

Topic 3C: Link Dependent Tasks

Topic 3D: Set a Constraint to a Task

Topic 3E: Set a Task Deadline

Topic 3F: Add Notes to a Task

 

Lesson 4: Managing Resources in a Project Plan

Topic 4A: Create a Resource Calendar

Topic 4B: Assign Resources to Tasks

Topic 4C: Assign Additional Resources to a Task

Topic 4D: Enter Costs for Resources

Topic 4E: Enter Values for Budget Resources

Topic 4F: Resolve Resource Conflicts

 

Lesson 5: Finalizing the Project Plan

Topic 5A: Display the Critical Path

Topic 5B: Shorten the Project Duration

Topic 5C: Set a Baseline

Topic 5D: Print a Project Summary Report 

For further information
Course Dates:
10/05/2010
05/07/2010
28/09/2010