Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Boot Camp

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Who Needs to Attend

Associate project managers, project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, program managers, project team members, stakeholders, and senior managers who want to use Microsoft Project Server 2007 and certify that they can create and monitor excellent project plans.

Prerequisites

Experience using Microsoft Office Project to create project schedules
Fundamental knowledge of project management
Experience with the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system
Experience with Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Familiarity with the key project management concepts and terminology found in the PMI PMBOK Guide
Recommended:
- Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007
- or
- Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 Boot Camp

Follow-On Courses

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

MCTS: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

Earn the MCTS: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 certification that provides industry recognition to Project Managers and other professionals.

Learn the key techniques to effectively manage projects using Microsoft Project Server 2007. In this hands-on course with intensive skills training and test-preparation exercises, you'll learn to create project calendars and resources; appropriately identify, enter, organize, and relate project tasks; assign resources and costs; baseline your project; use different views within the software to understand budget, status, and allocations; and run standard and customized reports.

Pass the exam on the last day and earn the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 certification.

This course incorporates material from the following Official Microsoft Learning Product (OMLP):
Course 5928: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects

What You'll Learn

Get started with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
Initiate projects
Understand the project planning processes
Plan projects through scope and schedule management
Plan projects through staffing management plans
Plan resource assignments for projects
Plan projects through cost, risk, and other planning documents
Execute projects through processes, resources, and deliverables
Execute projects by managing timesheets and personal settings
Monitor and control projects by tracking task and project progress
Monitor and control projects through measuring project performance and reporting progress
Close projects

Course Outline

1. Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007

Enterprise Project Management Context
Discovering Office Project Server 2007
Differentiating the Users of Office Project Server 2007
Working with Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Server 2007

2. Initiating Projects

Initiating Processes
Differentiating the Initiating Processes in Project Professional 2007 and Project Web Access
Managing Initiating Processes by Using Project Web Access
Managing Documents in Office Project Web Access

3. Planning Projects-Context and Framework

The Project Management Plan
Differentiating the Office Project Server 2007 Client Software

4. Planning Projects-Scope and Schedule Management

Developing Components of the Scope Management and Schedule Management Plans
Working with Deliverables

5. Planning Projects-Staffing Management Plan

Building a Project Team
Managing Resource Availability

6. Planning Projects-Resource Assignments

Understanding the Assignment Cycle
Resolving Resource Overallocation

7. Planning Projects-Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans

Developing Components of the Cost Management Plan
Developing Components of the Risk Management Plan
Linking Planning Documents and Using the Team Discussion Feature

8. Executing Projects-Processes, Resources, and Deliverables

Executing Processes
Managing Resources and Deliverables

9. Executing Projects-Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings

Working with Timesheets
Reporting Administrative Time
Configuring Personal Settings

10. Monitoring and Controlling Projects-Tracking Task and Project Progress

The Monitoring and Controlling Processes
Working with Task Progress and Updates in Project Web Access
Working with Task Progress by Using Office Project 2007
Tracking and Viewing Task Information by Using Outlook 2007

11. Monitoring and Controlling Projects-Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress

Status Reports
Reviewing Performance Metrics and Progress Reports

12. Closing Projects

The Closing Process
Supporting The Closing Process

Labs

Lab - Course Topic 1: Creating and Saving a New Project in Office Project Server 2007

Connect to Office Project Server 2007
Create a New Project in Office Project Server 2007
Save a New Project in Office Project Server 2007

Lab - Course Topic 2: Initiating Projects and Working with Document Files

Create an Activity Plan
Build a Resource Plan
Create a Project Workspace
Manage Documents

Lab - Course Topic 4: Working with Tasks, Milestones, and Deliverables

Enter WBS, Tasks, and Milestones
Create the Project Schedule
Create Project Deliverables
Manage Dependencies on Deliverables

Lab - Course Topic 5: Managing Enterprise Resources

Build the Project Team

Lab - Course Topic 6: Working with Assignments

Assign Resources
Self-Assign to a Team Task
Reassign Assignments
Level Overallocation with Enterprise Resources

Lab - Course Topic 7: Planning Projects-Cost, Risks, Issues, and Other Planning Documents

Enter Costs for Resources
Customize Risk Items
Customize Issue Items
Upload Project Documents to the Project Workspace

Lab - Course Topic 8: Executing Projects-Processes, Resources and Deliverables

Modify the Project Team and Managing Deliverables
Manage Deliverables

Lab - Course Topic 9: Using Timesheets and Reporting Administrative Time

Use Timesheets
Report Non-Project Work

Lab - Course Topic 10: Tracking Task Progress

Track Task Progress by Using Office Project 2007
Track Task Progress by Using Office Project Web Access

Lab - Course Topic 11: Preparing Status Reports and Analyzing Progress Reports

Prepare a Status Report
Analyze Project Progress in Project Center Views
Analyze Project Progress in Project Report Center

Lab - Course Topic 12: Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template\

Create an Enterprise Template
Save an Enterprise Template

Classroom Dates and Locations

Date	Location Details
Mar 16 - 19, 2010	Atlanta, GA	Register
Apr 6 - 9, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register
Apr 13 - 16, 2010	Chicago (Schaumburg), IL	Register
May 25 - 28, 2010	San Jose, CA	Register
Jun 15 - 18, 2010	Morristown, NJ	Register
Sep 21 - 24, 2010	Atlanta, GA	Register