MS-5928 - Managing Projects
Table of Contents
Introduction
Audience
At Course Completion
Prerequisites
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
Student Materials
Course Outline
Introduction
Note: You are viewing a Preliminary Course Syllabus. This course is not yet
available. Because some parts of the course are currently in development, some
elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and
skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close enterprise
projects by using the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise tool.
This is the second course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official
Curriculum series and covers the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)
Solution.
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Audience
This course is intended for experienced project managers and schedulers.
These individuals are capable of managing projects in the Microsoft Office
Project 2007 EPM environment, including project and non-project efforts, risks,
issues, documents, task progress, and timesheets. These individuals should be
familiar with key project management concepts and terminology found in Project
Management Institute (PMI), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK Guide) – Third Edition, and advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft
Office Project 2007.
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At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Get started with Microsoft Office Project 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.
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
- 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.
- Recommended attendance of MOC course 5927, Microsoft Office Project 2007,
Managing Projects
- Familiarity with the key project management concepts and terminology found
in the PMI PMBOK Guide –Third Edition
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Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
This will prepare the student for exam 70-634 Pro: Microsoft Office Project
Server 2007, Managing Projects and Programs.
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Student Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary
materials for this class.
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Course Outline
Module 1: Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007
This
module provides insight into the new features and benefits of Microsoft Office
Project Server 2007 that are designed to meet enterprise project management
(EPM) requirements. Additionally, it explains how to differentiate user
interactions and interfaces in Microsoft Project Web Access and how to work with
Office Project Server 2007 from Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007.
Lessons
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• | Describing the Enterprise Project Management
Context |
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Discovering Office Project Server 2007 |
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• | Differentiating the Users of Office
Project Server 2007 |
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• | Working with Office Project Professional
2007 and Office Project Server 2007 |
Lab:
Creating and Saving a New Project in Office Project Server 2007
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• | Connecting to Office Project Server 2007 |
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• | Creating a New Project in Office Project
Server 2007 |
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Saving a New Project in Office Project Server 2007 |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe the enterprise project management
context. |
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Describe Office Project Server 2007. |
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• | Identify the users of Office Project
Server 2007. |
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Work with Office Project Professional 2007 within Office Project Server
2007. |
Module 2: Initiating Projects
Effectively managing the initiating processes includes setting up a central
location to store potential and approved projects. In this module, students will
become familiar with the project management initiating processes. They will
initiate projects in Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Web
Access through Office Project Server 2007. Finally, this module will illustrate
how they can use Office Project Web Access to centrally store and manage project
documents.
Lessons
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• | Understanding Initiating Processes |
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• | Differentiating the Initiating Processes
in Project Professional 2007 and Project Web Access |
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• | Managing Initiating Processes by Using
Project Web Access |
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• | Managing Documents in Office Project Web
Access |
Lab: Initiating Projects and Working
with Document Files
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• | Creating an Activity Plan |
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• | Building a Resource Plan |
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• | Creating a Project Workspace |
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• | Managing Documents |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe the project management initiation
processes. |
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Differentiate the initiating processes between Office Project
Professional 2007 and Office Project Web Access. |
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• | Create and manage proposals, activity
plans, and resource plans. |
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• | Manage documents in Project Web Access
2007 |
Module 3: Planning
Projects—Context and Framework
This module describes the project
management plan and then explains how students can effectively use Office
Project Web Access and Office Project Professional 2007 to connect to Office
Project Server 2007 in their planning processes.
Lessons
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• | Understanding the Project Management Plan |
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• | Differentiating the Office Project Server
2007 Client Software |
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After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe the project management plan. |
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• | Compare the uses of Office Project Web
Access and Office Project 2007 in the planning processes. |
Module 4: Planning Projects—Scope and Schedule Management
This module
explains the scope management plan and the schedule management plan and
describes how students can implement these two plans with Office Project Server
2007.
Lessons
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• | Developing Components of the Scope Management
and Schedule Management Plans |
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• | Working with Deliverables |
Lab: Working with Tasks, Milestones, and Deliverables
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• | Entering WBS, Tasks, and Milestones |
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• | Creating the Project Schedule |
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• | Creating Project Deliverables |
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• | Managing Dependencies on Deliverables |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Establish the scope management and schedule
management plans. |
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Work with deliverables. |
Module 5:
Planning Projects—Staffing Management Plan
This module describes the
concept of a staffing management plan and how students can implement that plan
by using Office Project Server 2007 for different types of organizational
structures. This module also identifies the other types of resources available
for project teams along with how to manage an organization’s overall resource
capacity in Office Project Server 2007.
Lessons
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• | Building a Project Team |
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• | Managing Resource Availability |
Lab: Managing Enterprise Resources
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• | Building the Project Team |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Build a project team |
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• | Manage resource availability. |
Module 6: Planning Projects—Resource Assignments
This module explains
the new concepts and processes involved in the assignment cycle and shows how to
resolve enterprise resource overallocations.
Lessons
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• | Understanding the Assignment Cycle |
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• | Resolving Resource Overallocation |
Lab: Working with Assignments
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• | Assigning Resources |
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• | Self-Assigning to a Team Task |
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• | Reassigning Assignments |
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• | Leveling Overallocation with Enterprise
Resources |
After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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• | Describe the assignment cycle |
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• | Resolve resource overallocation. |
Module 7: Planning Projects—Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans
This module begins by describing the concept and implementation of a cost
management plan in Office Project Server 2007. Students will learn about the
risk management plan and how Office Project Server 2007 supports their need to
deal with project risk factors. Additionally, other types of management plans
are explained in the context of how they are supported by Office Project Server
2007.
Lessons
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• | Developing Components of the Cost Management
Plan |
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Developing Components of the Risk Management Plan |
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• | Linking Planning Documents and Using the
Team Discussion Feature |
Lab: Planning
Projects—Cost, Risks, Issues, and Other Planning Documents
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• | Entering Costs for Resources |
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• | Customizing Risk Items |
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• | Customizing Issue Items |
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• | Uploading Project Documents to the Project
Workspace |
After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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• | Develop components of the cost management
plan. |
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Develop components of the risk management plan. |
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• | Link planning documents and use the Team
Discussion feature. |
Module 8:
Executing Projects—Processes, Resources, and Deliverables
In this
module, students will learn how Office Project Server 2007 facilitates and
expedites the execution of the project management plan through resource
assignment, team building, and project deliverable management.
Lessons
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• | Understanding Executing Processes |
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• | Managing Resources and Deliverables |
Lab: Executing Projects—Processes, Resources and Deliverables
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• | Modifying the Project Team and Managing
Deliverables |
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Managing Deliverables |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe the executing processes. |
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• | Manage the executing processes by working
with various resources |
Module 9:
Executing Projects—Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings
In this
module, students will work with timesheets in the team member, resource manager,
and project manager roles. They will learn how administrative time is captured.
Finally, they will configure Office Project Web Access to provide personal
alerts and reminders to help them keep track of project activities.
Lessons
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• | Working with Timesheets |
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• | Reporting Administrative Time |
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• | Configuring Personal Settings |
Lab: Using Timesheets and Reporting Administrative Time
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• | Using Timesheets |
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• | Reporting Non-Project Work |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Work with timesheets. |
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• | Report administrative time. |
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• | Configure personal settings. |
Module 10: Monitoring and Controlling Projects—Tracking Task and Project
Progress
In this module students will track task progress and updates
in Office Project 2007 and Office Project Web Access 2007. They will also use
the Office Outlook 2007 integration as an alternative method to track task
progress and submit updates.
Lessons
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• | Understanding the Monitoring and Controlling
Processes |
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Working with Task Progress and Updates in Project Web Access |
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• | Working with Task Progress by Using Office
Project 2007 |
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Tracking and Viewing Task Information by Using Outlook 2007 |
Lab: Tracking Task Progress
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• | Tracking Task Progress by Using Office Project
2007 |
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Tracking Task Progress by Using Office Project Web Access |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe the monitoring and controlling
processes. |
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Work with task progress and updates by using Office Project Web Access. |
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• | Work with task progress and updates by
using Office Project 2007. |
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• | Track and view task information by using
Office Outlook 2007. |
Module 11:
Monitoring and Controlling Projects—Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress
Office Project Web Access provides features that help the project manager make
informed decisions. In this module students will learn about status reports and
their functions, and they will review performance metrics and progress reports.
Lessons
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• | Understanding Status Reports |
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• | Reviewing Performance Metrics and Progress
Reports |
Lab: Preparing Status Reports and
Analyzing Progress Reports
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• | Preparing a Status Report |
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• | Analyzing Project Progress in Project
Center Views |
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Analyzing Project Progress in Project Report Center |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe status reports and their function. |
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• | Review performance metrics and progress
reports. |
Module 12: Closing Projects
Office Project Server 2007 can also help with the management of closing
activities and the storage and disposal of project information. In this module,
students will learn about the Closing process and the support provided for it by
Office Project Server 2007.
Lessons
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• | Understanding the Closing Process |
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• | Supporting The Closing Process |
Lab: Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template
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• | Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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• | Describe the closing process. |
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• | Support the closing process with Office
Project 2007. |
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