What's New
Microsoft Office Project 2007

PMPs Earn 7 PDUs

Open-enrollment Classes Available

Syllabus in PDF Format

Course Overview

This course focuses entirely on the new features in Microsoft Office Project 2007 and how to use each of these features effectively in a project management environment. What's New includes tips, tricks, and best practices for using these new features.

Target Audience

Everyone who uses a recent version of Microsoft Project (2002 or 2003) and wants to learn how to effectively use the new features of Microsoft Project 2007 should take this course.

Pre-Requisites

The minimum requirement for this course is significant hands-on experience with a recent version of Microsoft Project, preferably either the 2002 or 2003 version. If you have never used Microsoft Project, you should not take this course.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the new features of Microsoft Office Project 2007
• Effectively use the new features in Microsoft Office Project 2007 for defining, planning, and reporting on a project

Topical Outline

What’s New Project Planning

• Using Microsoft Office Project 2007 Templates
• Defining a New Project
• Creating and Editing Base Calendars
• Setting the Daily Working Schedule
• Creating a New Base Calendar
• Setting Project Options

What’s New Task Planning

• Understanding Change Highlighting
• Adding Cell Background Formatting
• Using Multi-Level Undo
• Using the Task Drivers Feature

What’s New Resource & Assignment Planning

• Entering Resource Information
• Changing Working Time
• Using Cost Resources
• Creating a Budget Cost Resource
• Creating an Expense Cost Resource
• Assigning a Budget Cost Resource to a Task
• Assigning an Expense Cost Resource to a Task
• Entering Actuals for Expense Cost Resources

What’s New Project Reporting

• Using Project 2007 Visual Reports
• Creating Visual Reports
• Viewing a Visual Report
• Customizing a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Visual Report
• Customizing a Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Visual Report
• Saving Local OLAP Cube Data for a Visual Report
• Creating Visual Report Templates
• Editing Visual Report Templates
• Managing Your Visual Report Templates
• Using Cell Background and Text Formatting to Highlight Critical Tasks
• Identifying the Critical Path

What’s New Miscellaneous

• Using the Cost Field in the Assign Resources Dialog
• Saving Project Files in Earlier Versions
• Exporting Project Data
• Understanding the New Earned Value Fields

What’s New Macros

• Undoing Macros