Project Management Concept

• What is a project?
• Project management
• Project management objectives
• Project strategy
• People who should use MS Project 2007
• How to start managing projects

Using Microsoft Project

• Working with the program interface
• Dealing with toolbars & the Task Pane
• Using Help

Working with Project Files

• Opening and saving files
• Using templates
• Using a blank project
• Closing files

Time Management

• Inserting the project basic information
• Getting familiar with calendar types
• Changing working times
• Creating a new calendar
• Using the project calendar
• Dealing with the calendar properties

Task Management

• Inserting project tasks
• Inserting milestones
• Inserting summary tasks
• Getting familiar with tasks dependencies
• Inserting lag time

Resource Management

• Getting familiar with resource types
• Inserting resources
• Assigning resources
• Getting to know the Task Usage view
• Getting to know the Resource Usage view
• Getting to know the Resource Graph view

Tracking

• Saving & deleting baselines
• Inserting progress lines
• Inserting the status date
• Tracking toolbars
• Project statistics
• Tracking progress lines

Editing Tasks

• Copying, cutting, pasting & deleting tasks
• Spelling check
• Grouping, filtering & sorting tasks

Different Kinds of Tasks

• Learning how to split tasks
• Getting familiar with recurring tasks
• Getting to know the critical path
• Inserting notes & hyperlinks

Formatting

• Using the Gantt Chart Wizard
• Formatting the Gantt Chart
• Formatting the timescale
• Formatting bars
• Formatting fonts
• Formatting gridlines

Customization

• Working with toolbars
• Creating new toolbars
• Getting to know toolbars options

Reports

• Getting familiar with different views
• Getting to know reports' types
• Selecting a report type
• Performing the printing process