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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.






2. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be






3. ______ link Summary Tasks.






4. It is NOT an exhaustive list of work. It is instead a comprehensive classification of project scope. Contains Sub-components - work packages (child of sub-component). Further work packages can be children of other work packages. Summary tasks are the






5. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






6. Gantt Chart with 'Entry' table on left.






7. A terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a WBS; it is not further subdivided. Sometimes called a 'work package' - but NOT synonymous.






8. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.






9. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






10. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week






11. Add your resources names to critical tasks _______ via bar styles/text.






12. Appears: hr means: hour






13. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






14. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.






15. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.






16. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.






17. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.






18. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.






19. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.






20. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day






21. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






22. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






23. W = D + U Duration plus available resource units






24. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.






25. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.






26. Appears: wk means: week






27. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U






28. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.






29. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.






30. Their purpose is to ORGANIZE. Summary tasks have work packages or other summary tasks which comprise the parent summary task. Summary tasks are NOT scheduled. The children tasks are what need to be scheduled.






31. The WBS contains 100% of the work defined by the project scope and captures all deliverables - internal - external - interim - in terms of the work to be completed - including project management.

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32. Shows logical relationship between tasks. View tab -> 'split view' section -> details checked -> More views -> Select there.






33. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour






34. Contains information relative to tasks.






35. Time delay. Sometimes - it's preferred to have lag shown as a task. You can assign costs to it - that way. Style sheets will indicate this.






36. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that






37. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.






38. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.

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39. Appears: min means: minute






40. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.

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41. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.






42. Fixed Duration - Fixed Units - or Fixed Work. Described on page 72 of Project 2010 book.






43. Changing the working time in the 'details' section of the working time dialog won't change the default start time in the options -> scheduling settings. Try to keep these in sync.

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44. Project Tab -> Change Working time. Define the actual 'hours' of work - which days work happens (weekends grayed out by default) - and 'exceptions' to standard work times. Work weeks tab present too.






45. A logical relationship that states that for one project to begin - another must also be underway. For example - the writing of a business proposal must have begun in order for editing of the proposal to take place.






46. Appears: day means: day






47. File -> Info -> Organizer. Access global mpt - delete views - etc. (ADD MORE)






48. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.






49. Amendment to task type.






50. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.