Microsoft Project 2007, Standard Edition Software Included 820 » 60 hours

Upon successful completion of this program, you'll be able to:

• Demonstrate your understanding of project management scheduling terminology and concepts
• Set up a project file with the appropriate default settings for your type of project and industry
• Describe the four different types of calendars used in Project and how each is utilized during the planning and tracking of projects
• Describe the five most common task types and how each is modeled in Project
• Demonstrate how to assign the three resource types to specific tasks effectively and efficiently
• Perform a "sanity check" to validate that the planned schedule is correct and make adjustments as required
• Use Project to manage and track the project’s performance including the use of Earned Value statusing and forecasting calculations
• Use both the tabular as well as graphical reports available
• Customize Project's look and feel and adapt it to meet your own company's formats and standards
• Create macros for repetitive project management tasks and save some keystrokes
• Use Project to develop recovery scenarios to get a project back on track