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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






2. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day






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


7. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.






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






9. ______ link Summary Tasks.






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.






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






16. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






17. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.






18. 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.


19. 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.






20. Amendment to task type.






21. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.






22. Appears: hr means: hour






23. Appears: day means: day






24. Work - resource - cost.






25. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






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






27. Always preserve the number of people working on a task. Changing units when fixed will impact duration.






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






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






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






31. Tables are made up of fields.






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






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






34. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.






35. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.






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


37. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.






38. Start date - Current date - finish date - status date - schedule from - calendar - & priority (with project pro). Enterprise custom fields here too - if you're hooked into enterprise.






39. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value






40. efines units.






41. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.


46. Appears: wk means: week






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






48. 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.


49. 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






50. Always preserve the number of hours to perform a task. Changing work when fixed will impact duration.