Project 2007, Advanced
Microsoft Project 2007, Advanced is the second course in the Microsoft Project 2007 series. In Microsoft Project 2003, Introduction, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. This course will build upon that knowledge, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.
Audience
The target student for this course should be comfortable using a personal computer and Microsoft Windows XP or later. Students should know the basics of project management techniques and the basics of Microsoft Project 2007. Students will get the most out of this course if their goal is to become proficient managers by using Project 2007 to create efficient and cost-effective projects for their organizations.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Save a baseline plan; update the percentage of tasks completed, actual start and finish dates, in-progress tasks, and actual work; save an interim plan; display the Earned Value table to monitor the actual and estimated costs of tasks; and view task progress in Network Diagram view.
- Analyze a project by viewing its statistics, slippage, and slack in the schedule and reschedule a project by splitting tasks, delaying resource work, and assigning overtime.
- Format a project file by modifying bar styles and timescales, use the Drawing toolbar to enhance Gantt chart information, print current views and reports, create a custom report and a Crosstab report, and create a visual report by using Excel or Visio.
- Create a custom Network Diagram view and a combination view, create and run a macro to automate tasks, create and delete a toolbar and a menu, and create a custom table by using the More Tables dialog box.
- Consolidate project files, link tasks across projects, assign project and task priorities, share project elements globally and with specific projects, and share resources across projects.
- Communicate project information by using Microsoft Project Server 2007 to send task assignments and status requests and by sending project notes via email, and add hyperlinks to a project file.
- Import data from a Microsoft Excel workbook and a Microsoft Access database, export data to a Microsoft Excel workbook and a Microsoft Access database, and copy project information to a Microsoft Word document a Microsoft Excel worksheet.
- CertBlaster preparation and materials also included.
- Unit 1: Tracking project work
- Unit 2: Analyzing and adjusting the plan
- Unit 3: Formatting and reporting
- Unit 4: Customizing the project environment
- Unit 5: Managing multiple projects
- Unit 6: Project communications
- Unit 7: Exchanging project data
In order for a class to be successful, all students should share the same general level
of knowledge and experience. If a participant does not demonstrate these, the instructor will take
the necessary steps either to prepare the participant or place him/her in a more appropriate course.
This policy is intended to maintain the high level of quality control that you have come to expect.