MicroKnowledge Project 2003/2007 Basic

Project 2007/2003 Basic

Explore the Project environment, create and schedule tasks, create a Work Breakdown Structure, manage resources, work with views and filters, finalize the task plan.

Recommended Preparation: Welcome to Windows XP, Welcome to Windows Vista or equivalent knowledge. Understanding of basic project management principles is very helpful. See Getting Efficient with Project Management Basic for more details.

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Project management concepts
Exploring the Project 2007 window
Using Help
Working with project files
Closing project files and closing Project 2007

Lesson 2: Working with tasks

Creating a task list
Modifying a task list
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

Lesson 3: Scheduling tasks

Setting up task links
Working in Network Diagram view
Working with advanced task options

Lesson 4: Managing resources

Creating base calendars
Working with resources and calendars
Working with resource costs

Lesson 5: Working with views and tables

Working with views
Working with tables

Lesson 6: Filtering, grouping and sorting

Working with filters
Working with groups
Sorting tasks and resources

Lesson 7: Finalizing the task plan

Finalizing schedules
Resolving resource conflicts