Advanced Microsoft Project 2007

Course Description

Microsoft Office Project 2007 Standard enables you to create and manage your projects in a standalone desktop environment. But to analyze projects, optimize resources, and prioritize work in a way that meets an organization's overall business objectives, you need to use a more encompassing project management solution. In this course, you will use Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 to create, coordinate, and communicate project information in a consistent and efficient manner within the framework of an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) environment.

Course Objective: You will use Microsoft Project Professional 2007 to create, coordinate, and communicate project information in a consistent and efficient manner within the framework of an existing EPM environment.

Target Student: This course is designed for a person who needs to create and manage projects in an existing enterprise environment to optimize resources, analyze projects, and prioritize work to meet overall business objectives.

Prerequisites: Students enrolling in this class should have an understanding of project management concepts and knowledge of a Windows operating system and a Web browser. They should also have taken the following  courses (or possess equivalent knowledge): Microsoft Office Project 2007 Basic and Microsoft Office Project 2007 Intermediate.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

• create a new enterprise project on the Project Server.
• add resources to an enterprise project.
• establish a project baseline within the EPM solution.
• manage project updates.
• manage a project.
• manage project-related information.
• analyze a project within the context of the enterprise.

Course Content - Microsoft Project 2007 - Advanced Level

Lesson 1: Creating a New Enterprise Project on the Project Server

Topic 1A: Establish Access to the Project Server

Topic 1B: Open an Existing Enterprise Project

Topic 1C: Create a New Enterprise Project Based on an Enterprise Template

Topic 1D: Save a New Project to the Project Server

Lesson 2: Resourcing an Enterprise Project

Topic 2A: Substitute Enterprise Resources Automatically

Topic 2B: Build a Team from the Enterprise Resource Pool

Topic 2C: Add Local Resources to Tasks

Lesson 3: Establishing the Project Baseline

Topic 3A: Publish an Enterprise Project to the Team

Topic 3B: Save a Baseline Version

Lesson 4: Managing Project Updates

Topic 4A: Update a Project

Topic 4B: Update Task Progress

Topic 4C: View Update History

Topic 4D: Request Progress Information for Selected Tasks

Topic 4E: Mark Task Updates Submitted by Enterprise Resources

Topic 4F: Adjust Updates from Resources

Lesson 5: Managing a Project

Topic 5A: Manage Costs

Topic 5B: Manage Issues

Topic 5C: Mitigate Risks

Lesson 6: Managing Project-Related Information

Topic 6A: Change Managers for Assignments

Topic 6B: Request Periodic Status Reports

Topic 6C: View Responses

Topic 6D: Upload a Document

Topic 6E: AutoFilter Project-Related Files

Lesson 7: Analyzing Enterprise Project Information

Topic 7A: Compare Versions of an Enterprise Project

Topic 7B: View Projects in the Project Center