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Project Management Using Microsoft Project
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.
Views (Project 2010)
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Template (Project 2010)
2. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.
'The 100% Rule'
Peak
Timeline (Project 2010)
Bar Style (Project 2010)
3. Add your resources names to critical tasks _______ via bar styles/text.
Manually
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Effort Driven
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
4. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Template (Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
5. Fixed Duration - Fixed Units - or Fixed Work. Described on page 72 of Project 2010 book.
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Timeline (Project 2010)
Work
Task Type
6. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.
Timeline (Project 2010)
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
7. File -> Info -> Organizer. Access global mpt - delete views - etc. (ADD MORE)
Reccuring Tasks
Organizer (Project 2010)
Task Type
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
8. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.
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9. Amendment to task type.
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Effort Driven
10. Appears: day means: day
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Task with first ID
11. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.
'The 100% Rule'
Fixed Duration
Critical Tasks
Default view (Project 2010)
12. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Terminal element
13. Always preserve the number of hours to perform a task. Changing work when fixed will impact duration.
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
Fixed Work
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
14. 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.
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
WBS Code (Project 2010)
PDM
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
15. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
Earned Value
16. Appears: min means: minute
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
17. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.
Peak
GO TO (Project 2010)
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
Duration
18. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.
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19. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.
Actual Cost
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
20. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
PDM
Form (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
21. 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
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
Start to Start
PDM
Start to Finish (SF)
22. 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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23. Always preserve the number of people working on a task. Changing units when fixed will impact duration.
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
Fixed Units
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
24. U = W / D Work divided by duration.
Units
Duration
Do not
Form (Project 2010)
25. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.
Calendars to consider
Default view (Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
26. 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
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
PDM
WBS Code (Project 2010)
27. Gantt Chart with 'Entry' table on left.
Lead
WBS Code (Project 2010)
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
28. 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.
Terminal element
Views (Project 2010)
RAM
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
29. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->
Task with first ID
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
Task Type
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
30. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.
Lead
Views (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Resource types
31. Task ribbon -> 'inspect' button-> Inspect Task. It shows more details about highlighted task - including critical predecessor task. Very useful tool. Especially when resources are over allocated.
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Form (Project 2010)
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
32. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.
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33. Default view in Network Diagram. Without LINK LABELS - you won't see lag time - etc. The term finish to start refers specifically to the logical relationship that exits between the activities that make up he entirety of the project in which it is det
Task Type
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
Finish to Start
34. Work - resource - cost.
Task Type
Fixed Work
Resource types
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
35. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
Start to Finish (SF)
Summary tasks (WBS)
Task with minimum duration
Fixed Work
36. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.
Views (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
37. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?
Manually
Table (Project 2010)
Task with first ID
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
38. A compact - matrix representation of a system or project. The approach can be used to model complex systems in systems engineering or systems analysis - and in project planning and project management.
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
SNET
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Reccuring Tasks
39. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week
Units
Calendars to consider
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
40. The FILE name is what you see at the top of the screen - and is the raw name of the .mpp or .mpt FILE itself. The PROJECT NAME is set in the 'Properties' of the project. The project name will show up in reports - etc.
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
Logical Relationships in PDM
41. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
42. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Timeline (Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
43. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
Lag
44. 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.
Earned Value
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
Summary tasks (WBS)
45. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.
Dialogs (Project 2010)
RAM
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Bar Style (Project 2010)
46. 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.
Start to Start
SNET
Lag
Form (Project 2010)
47. Matches the outline number initially in Project 2010. It is common for work breakdown structure elements to be numbered sequentially to reveal the hierarchical structure. For example 1.3.2 Rear Wheel identifies this item as a Level 3 WBS element - si
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Start to Start
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
48. Tables are made up of fields.
Views (Project 2010)
5 phases of project
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
49. Contains information relative to tasks.
Form (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
50. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.
Earned Value
Template (Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
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