Included with your course you will receive:
A Comprehensive Training Manual
Step By Step Exercises
Skills Sharpener Assignments
Case Study Exercises
CD Rom Containing All Practical Exersise Course Files
Review Questions
Certificate of Completion - Presented upon successful completion of post course assessment.

Project Level 1 Instructor Note: There are two editions of Microsoft Project: Standard and Professional. For this manual, we will be using the Professional edition. Students using the Standard edition will not have all the commands available to them shown in some of the images.

Project Level 1 Instructor Note: While no special knowledge of the Project program is required for this course, we do presume that the user has basic Windows knowledge, including how to use the Start menu, how to use the mouse, and how to use the keyboard.

 

Excel 2007 Level 1 - Learning Outcomes:

 

Section 1: Getting Started

In this section you will learn:
What Project 2007 is
What is new in Project 2007
How to open Project 2007
How to use the Project Guide panes
About the Project 2007 interface
How to use menus and toolbars
How to open Project files
How to save Project files
How to switch between open projects
How to close Project files
How to use the Help menu
How to use the Help window
How to get help in a dialog box

Section 2: Starting a Project

In this section you will learn how to:
Plan a project
Create a project
Enter project information
Set the working time
Enter tasks
Change a task’s duration
Move a task
Insert a task
Delete a task
Open the Task Information dialog
Set milestones
Create recurring tasks
Create sub tasks
Create summary tasks
Set constraints
Set deadlines

 

Section 3: Scheduling a Project

In this section you will learn how to:
Use calendar types
Set up a calendar
Create a new calendar
Change calendar views
Adjust the time scale
Save a baseline
View a baseline
Clear a baseline
Save an interim plan
Clear an interim plan
Use critical paths
Find, view, and shorten the critical path

 

Section 4: Printing and Viewing a Project

In this section you will learn how to:
Check spelling
Select text
Use cut, copy, and paste
Use Undo and Redo
Insert page breaks
Use Zoom
Use the View bar
Use basic views
Use advanced views
Use the Find dialog
Set page options
Set margins
Set headers
Set footers
Modify the legend
Change the view settings
Open Print Preview
Use Print Preview
Use Print commands
Use the Print dialog

 

Who should do this course?

 

Microsoft Project 2007 is aimed towards project management, which is the art of aligning resources and schedules to accomplish all of the various tasks that comprise a project.

 

Microsoft Project 2007 has a specific focus. This program is designed as a tracking and planning tool for large (or small) endeavours that involve sub tasks, multiple resources, and various scheduling goals and priorities. This does not mean that Project lacks versatility.

 

In our Microsoft Project 2007 Training Course we can help train you to use Project 2007 to help plan and organize anything from a software development process, to a major construction job, to the expansion of a company.

 

Let’s say you’re the head writer for the Acme Widget Company. You have to prepare the company’s annual report, which has a big budget, requires co-operation from many departments, and is going to take about six months to plan. You can use Project to manage all the tasks that must be performed to make sure they are assigned, completed, and stay on budget. You can also use Project to generate reports and calendars for others, to demonstrate the current level of progress, and to provide informative projections as to the completion of the project’s stages.

 

There are a number of good reasons to use Project 2007. For one, you will probably find its interface very familiar. The menus, toolbars, and general interface structure follow the familiar design concepts seen in many other popular Microsoft applications.

 

Another reason is that it is designed specifically for project management. Whether you’re undertaking a two-week project or a major company reorganization that will take years, you will find all the resources that you need within Project 2007.

 

Having all these resources in one place will also help you stay organized. This is especially important in a long-term project; if someone else has to take over project management, they will appreciate being handed a single file with all the information, rather than multiple file folders full of disorganized paper. Managing the project digitally also makes it easy to back the project up, assign tasks to other people, and print reports.

 

Finally, very few major projects come to completion without a hitch. The larger your project is, the more variables you will have to account for. A dynamic management tool like Project makes it easier to readjust if problems arise, like the unforeseen loss of a resource, or a scheduling delay due to factors beyond your control.

 

While no special knowledge of the Project program is required for this course, we do presume that the user has basic Windows knowledge, including how to use the Start menu, how to use the mouse, and how to use the keyboard.

Units Covered in the Microsoft Project 2007 - Level 1 Training Course: