Microsoft Project 2007: Level 1 Course

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, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• explore the Microsoft Office Project environment and the various views in which you can verify project information.
• create a new project plan.
• manage tasks by organizing them and setting task relationships.
• manage resources in a project plan.
• finalize the project plan.

Students enrolled for this course should have the following:

• An understanding of project management concepts.
• Knowledge of a Windows operating system, either Windows XP or Windows Vista.

The following would be helpful, but are not required:

• Project Management Fundamentals Part 1 and 2 (Element K course).
• Harvard Manage Mentor: Project Management (Element K course).
• A basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Topics covered on the 1 day Microsoft Project 2007: Level 1 course

Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Explore the Microsoft Project 2007 Environment
• Display an Existing Project Plan in Different Views

Creating a Project Plan

• Create a New Project Plan
• Assign a Project Calendar
• Add Tasks to the Project Plan
• Enter the Task Duration Estimates
• Add Resources in the Project Plan

Managing Tasks in a Project Plan

• Outline Tasks
• Add a Recurring Task
• Link Dependent Tasks
• Set a Constraint to a Task
• Set a Task Deadline
• Add Notes to a Task

Managing Resources in a Project Plan

• Create a Resource Calendar
• Assign Resources to Tasks
• Assign Additional Resources to a Task
• Enter Costs for Resources
• Enter Values for Budget Resources
• Resolve Resource Conflicts

Finalizing the Project Plan

• Display the Critical Path
• Shorten the Project Duration
• Set a Baseline
• Print a Project Summary Report