Table of Contents

   

   
SECTION 1: Customizing Project
Lesson 1.1 Using Advanced Views
Using the Gantt Chart view
Using the Tracking Gantt view
Using the Network Diagram View
Adjusting Timescales
Changing Your Font
Practice Exercise
Lesson 1.2 Formatting the Gantt Chart
Formatting Individual Bars
Formatting Categories
Adding Text to Bars
Adding Text Boxes to a Chart
Practice Exercise
Lesson 1.3 Customizing how Project Looks
Adding Menus
Customizing Menus
Showing and Hiding Toolbars
Customizing Toolbars
Creating Toolbars
Practice Exercise
Lesson 1.4 Setting Project’s Options
Setting General, View, and Editing options
Setting Schedule and Calendar options
Setting Spelling and Calculation options
Setting Save and Security options
Setting Interface options
Practice Exercise
  Review Questions
   
SECTION 2: Advanced Topics
Lesson 2.1 Tasks
Setting Fixed Duration Tasks
Modifying Fixed Tasks
Adding Hyperlinks
Using the Tracking Toolbar
Practice Exercise
Lesson 2.2 Work Breakdown Structure Code
Understanding the Work Breakdown Structure Code
Assigning the WBS Value to Tasks
Creating a Custom WBS Code
Viewing WBS of a Project
Practice Exercise
Lesson 2.3  Importing and Exporting Files
Importing a File
Exporting a File
Using Custom Maps
Exporting a Gantt chart
Practice Exercise

Lesson 2.4

Project and Other Applications
Inserting Objects
Importing data from Outlook
Exporting data to Outlook
Saving a Project as a Web Page
Practice Exercise
  Review Questions
   
SECTION 3: Analyzing Your Project
Lesson 3.1  Using PERT Analysis
Scenario Types
Using the PERT Toolbar
Entering PERT Values
Entering PERT Weights
Calculating PERT
Viewing Scenarios
Practice Exercise
Lesson 3.2  Earned Value Analysis
About EVA
Viewing EVA tables
About EVA fields
Reporting EVA
Practice Exercise
Lesson 3.3  Creating Progress Lines
Displaying A Progress Line
Interpreting A Progress Line
Editing Or Removing the Progress Line
Formatting the Progress Line
Practice Exercise
Lesson 3.4  Tracking A Project’s Progress
Using the Project Guide to Track Progress
About Status Indicators
Using Filters to Track Tasks
Using Groups to Track Tasks
Practice Exercise
  Review Questions
   
SECTION 4: Working With Multiple Projects
Lesson 4.1  Microsoft Project Versions
Description of Microsoft Project 2003 Professional
Description of Microsoft Project Server 2003
Version Comparison
Practice Exercise
Lesson 4.2  Using Resource Pools
What is a Resource Pool?
Creating a Resource Pool
Linking a Project to a Resource Pool
Viewing Resource Pool Availability
Updating a Resource Pool
Unlinking a Project From the Resource Pool
Practice Exercise
Lesson 4.3 

Working With Multiple Projects
Types of Multiple Projects
Inserting Subprojects
Unlinking or Removing Subprojects
Consolidating Projects
Consolidating Projects Using the New Window Command
Using Project Workspaces
Practice Exercise

Lesson 4.4  Working With Multiple Projects, Part 2
Viewing the Critical Path of a Master Project
Saving Baselines for a Master Project
Saving Baselines for a Consolidated Project
Viewing Subproject Information
Practice Exercise
  Review Questions