Project 2007 Essential Skills

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Course Information

This two day course is designed to introduce delegates to project management software.
Delegates will be able to use Project efficiently and confidently, creating new projects and entering new tasks to help plan, organise and schedule work.

Pre-requisites

Those attending this course should have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and be comfortable with using a mouse.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:*
Recognise the basic project management concepts.
Navigate the project manager application and controls.
Create and manage tasks using the entry table.
Organise a project into main and sub-tasks using outlining.
Set and manage tasks and relationships using the Gantt chart.
Explore network diagram view.
Utilise the calendar view to manage the project.
Allocate resources when and where they are most needed.
Deal with resource groups, resource drive, fixed duration tasks and resource over-allocation.
Sort and filter the task lists.
Format the Gantt chart to improve clarity.
Identify the critical path.
Enter costs into a project.
Print the project.
Produce reports using pre-set designs.
Explore the methods by which projects can be compared against the baseline.
Track a project’s progress, including success rates and cost targets.

What you will learn on Day One:

Lesson 1 – Basic Project Management Concepts

The phases of a project
The project triangle

Lesson 2 – Screen Navigation

Menus
Toolbars
Task Pane
Project Guide

Lesson 3 – Task Entry Table

Entering & editing Tasks
Deleting & moving tasks
Task Durations
Time measurements
GoTo selected tasks
Task Priorities
Milestones

Lesson 4 – Outlining

Organise summary and subtasks
Show & Hide outline symbols
Define WBS code as outline number
Roll up tasks to summarise

Lesson 5 – Sorting, Filtering and Grouping Tasks

Sorting tasks
Advanced task sorting
Filtering tasks
Apply the Auto filter to tasks
Grouping and ungrouping tasks

Lesson 6 – Task Relationships

Types of relationships
Linking tasks
Setting dependant relationships
Lead & Lag
Setting leads
Splitting tasks
Task constraints

Lesson 7 – Network Diagram View

Formatting box styles
Showing partially and fully completed tasks
Summary tasks
Entering and editing tasks

What you will learn on Day Two:

Lesson 8 – Critical Path

View the critical path on the Gantt chart
View the critical path on the Network diagram

Lesson 9 – Formatting the Gantt chart

Apply font formats
Format painter
Setting Column widths and row heights
Inserting and hiding columns
Formatting the bar chart
Formatting dates

Lesson 10 – Calendar View

Formatting the timescales
Formatting the gridlines
Adding tasks
Adjusting task duration
Task information and printing

Lesson 11 – Allocating Resources

Work and material resources
Assigning resources
Resource units
Change working time
Over allocation

Lesson 12 – Costs & Resource Management

Entering work and material costs
Task / resource usage
Viewing costs
Resource driven tasks
Task types
Viewing resource over allocation
Resource management toolbar
Resource levelling

Lesson 13 – The Baseline Plan

Save baseline
Interim plans

Lesson 14 – Tracking Progress

Tracking Gantt view
Tracking toolbar

Lesson 15 – Reports & Printing

View reports
Page set up
Print preview
Headers and footers
Selected printing