Microsoft Office Project 2007: Level 1

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. 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.

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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
Harvard Manage Mentor: Project Management
A basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

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

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

Outline Tasks
Topic 3B: Add a Recurring Task
Topic 3C: Link Dependant Tasks
Topic 3D: Set a Constraint to a Task
Topic 3E: Set a Task Deadline
Topic 3F: Add Notes to a Task

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

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