Project Orange Belt® 2007
Managing Projects with Microsoft® Office Project 2007
This course provides participants with the
knowledge and skills to build, maintain and
control well-formed project plans as well as
preparing them for the Microsoft Certified
Technology Specialist (MC TS) exam.
Prerequisites
A familiarity with key project management
concepts and terminology is recommended,
as well as basic Windows navigation skills and
prior experience managing projects using
Microsoft Project.
Course Level
Intermediate
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for both novice and
experienced project managers and schedulers,
or any user of Project 2007 stand-alone desktop
features (this course excludes Project Server
features). Participants may be involved in or
responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeting and staffing of
projects and supporting other users of Project
2007.
What You Will Learn
You’ll learn how to:
Create a well-formed project schedule
Assign resources to tasks
Understand task types and the schedule
formula
Analyze resource utilization
Track progress
Customize and format Project 2007 views
Create project reports and analyze project,
resource and task data
Manage multiple projects
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Course Overview
Getting Started
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
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How to Enter Data into Project 2007
Understanding the nature of projects
Understanding Project 2007 file types
Navigating the Project 2007 interface
Getting help and guidance
Configuring options
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How to Create and Set Up Projects
Creating and saving projects
Defining properties and options
Creating and organizing the task list
Importing data
Modifying and applying calendars
Setting scheduling options
Entering task estimates
Using a Program Evaluation and Review
Technique (PERT) Analysis to estimate task
durations
Linking and unlinking tasks
Adding lag or lead time
Creating and modifying deadlines,
constraints and task calendars
Identifying critical tasks
Working with task drivers
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How to Work With Resources and Project
Budgets
Introducing resources, assignments and
budgeting
Adding resources to the resource sheet
Creating and modifying resource
assignments
Entering project budgets
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Understanding Task Types and the Schedule
Formula
Introducing task types and the schedule
formula
Changing variables and predicting behavior
Applying task types to produce predictable
behavior
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How to Analyze Resource Utilization and
Track Project Progress
Introducing resource utilization concepts
Viewing resource assignments, allocation
and utilization
Managing resource availability
Optimizing and leveling resource
assignments
Working with baselines
Entering duration, work and cost updates
Discovering variances
Troubleshooting and getting back on track
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How to Create, Customize and Format
Reports
Selecting, editing and creating basic reports
Configuring print and page setup options
Setting options to correct printing issues
Exporting reporting data
Creating and modifying visual reports
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Formatting screen elements
Creating and modifying templates,
calendars, fields, tables, formulas, filters,
groups and custom views
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How to Manage Multiple Projects
Introducing management of multiple
projects
Creating consolidated views and master
projects
Creating links between projects
Calculating single or multiple critical paths
Saving and opening multiple projects
Sharing resources and analyzing resource
utilization across multiple projects
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To attend this course, you will need to bring a laptop with
Microsoft Office Project 2007 Standard or Professional edition with
the latest service packs. You may obtain a trial version of this software from Microsoft. You will also need a CD-ROM drive and the
power supply for your laptop.
Project Orange Belt® 2007
Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project
2007
Prepares you for the Microsoft Office Project
2007 MCTS certification exam
Project Orange Belt 2010 is also available.
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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: Dynamic and fully interactive, a live, online version of this course is led by an instructor and conducted in real time.
#8960 / Six 3-hour sessions
CEU Credits: 1.8 / PDU Credits: 18
Price: USD 1250
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#4960 / 3 Days
CEU Credits: 2.1 / PDU Credits: 21
Price: USD 1695
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CEU Credits: 1.8 / PDU Credits: 18
Price: USD 1250
