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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: ehr means: Elapsed hour






2. Appears: hr means: hour






3. Appears: wk means: week






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






5. Appears: min means: minute






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






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






8. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?






9. 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.


10. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing






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






12. Contains information relative to tasks.






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






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






15. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.






16. 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.


17. efines units.






18. 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






19. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.






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






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






22. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.






23. 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






24. 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.






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


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






27. 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.






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






29. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.






30. 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.






31. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






32. 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.






33. Task ribbon -> 'task' -> recurring task. An easy way to schedule reccuring meetings.






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






35. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






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






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






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






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






40. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.






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






42. Tables are made up of fields.






43. ______ link Summary Tasks.






44. 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






45. 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






46. Amendment to task type.






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


48. U = W / D Work divided by duration.






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






50. Work - resource - cost.