Creating and Defining a Project


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number



Overview/Description
To discuss the basics of project management and to begin creating a new project using Project Professional 2003

Target Audience
Business managers, project managers, planners, and team members who want to track and manage project tasks, costs, and resources; candidates for Microsoft User Specialist certification; anyone wishing to gain a basic understanding of Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003; end users seeking competence in Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003

Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of standard project methodology; familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Office environments; a knowledge of previous versions of Project is preferred Additionally, as this path is primarily concerned with familiarizing the learner with Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 application, we recommend that for those who wish to learn specifically about project management, that they consult Business Skills for our project management curricula

Expected Duration (hours)
4.0

Lesson Objectives

Creating and Defining a Project

  • identify the basic concepts involved in project management.
  • identify the functions that a project manager can carry out with Project 2003.
  • recognize the project management features associated with Project Professional 2003.
  • identify the Help features in Project Professional 2003.
  • create and save a project in Project 2003.
  • set up a new project in Project Professional 2003.
  • create a project in Project Professional 2003.
  • outline tasks for a project in Project Professional 2003.
  • organize tasks in Project 2003.
  • sequence project tasks for a given scenario.
  • outline suitable task information and constraints for a project in a given scenario.
  • create task dependencies and constraints in a project schedule.
  • Course Number:
    132490_eng