Project 2007 Training

Summary:

Get projects under control with Microsoft Project's latest version, 2007. Build schedules, communicate effectively with everyone involved, chart your progress, and keep track of budget and project materials. This online training series will show you how to use this complex tool to save time and maximize your projects success.

This Project 2007 online training series provides 16 hours of self-paced courseware. This web-based training provides 1 year of unlimited access to all of the following lessons:

1 . Getting Started with Project 2007
2 . Building a Project
3 . Setting Up Resources and Establishing Costs
4 . Viewing Projects
5 . Resolving Scheduling and Resource Conflicts
6 . Tracking the Progress of Projects
7 . Creating Reports and Calculating Earned Values
8 . Consolidating Projects

Lesson Detail:

Getting Started with Project 2007
This course explains the fundamentals of tasks and how to customize them to effectively utilize Project 2007.

Concepts of Project Management
Project Management Terminology
Introducing Project 2007
Setting Calendar Options
Working with Tasks

Building a Project
This course explains the fundamentals of tasks and how to customize them to effectively utilize Project 2007.

Entering Tasks
Establishing Timing
Performing Other Task Operations
Creating Dependencies
Modifying Dependencies
Establishing Task Constraints

Setting Up Resources and Establishing Costs
This course explains how to use Project 2007 to assign people and materials as resources to project tasks, manage the work hours of those resources, and configure and monitor project costs.

Creating a List of Resources
Establishing Resource Availability
Assigning and Removing Resources
Estimating Project Costs
Handling Resource Rate Changes

Viewing Projects
This course explains how to use views, tables, filters, and groups to focus on various sections of projects in Project 2007.

Using views
Working with combination views
Changing and printing views
Using tables
Adjusting tables
Sorting and filtering tasks
Creating filters
Grouping information

Resolving Scheduling and Resource Conflicts
This course explains various techniques used to adjust a project's schedule and resolve conflicts caused by the overallocation of project resources.

Resolving scheduling conflicts
Adjusting project schedules
Adjusting the critical path
Identifying resource conflicts
Adjusting resources
Adjusting resource calendars
Using other time strategies
Leveling resource assignments
Contouring resource work patterns

Tracking the Progress of Projects
In this course, you'll learn how to set a project baseline, enter tracking information, and calculate costs.

Tracking progress with a baseline
Working with an interim plan
Recording actual start and finish dates
Recording actual and remaining durations
Recording work completed and updating tasks
Timephased fields and rescheduling remaining work
Tracking cost information
Overriding resource cost valuations

Creating Reports and Calculating Earned Values
This course explains the reporting features of Microsoft Office Project 2007 and describes the use and calculation of earned values.

Viewing the Progress of a Project
Printing and Customizing Reports
Calculating Earned Values
Using Excel to Evaluate Earned Value

Consolidating Projects
This course explains how to work with subprojects, how to create consolidated projects, and how to share resources between projects.

Using subprojects
Creating a consolidated project
Working with consolidated projects
Sharing resources across projects

Certification:
Project 2007

Audience:
This online training series is for anyone who wants to learn the most commonly used features of Microsoft Office Project 2007.

Features:

Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
Show Me Hows allow learners to access instructional demonstrations from all courses in the series.
Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
Full-page images allow learners to experience an application as if it were open on their computer.
Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

Technical Requirements:

Internet connection
Browser: Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera or any standards compliant browser.
Authorware and Macromedia Flash player recommended but not required.
JavaScript must be enabled.

What You Get:

You will receive Unlimited Access to all of the Project 2007 training tutorials listed above. Your online training courses will be available from anywhere you have internet access.This e-learning series includes all of the online training tutorials listed and is provided in an interactive, self-paced format. Retake any or all of our computer training as often as you want. Our online tutorials allow you to learn anywhere, anytime from any computer with internet access. All courses allow for 1 year unlimited access (1 user), include a variety of features and qualify for Continuing Education Unit credit.

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Web-Based Training Products:

Project 2007 Online Training Series

Only $29.95

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