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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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1. 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.
Reccuring Tasks
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
2. Always preserve the number of hours to perform a task. Changing work when fixed will impact duration.
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
5 phases of project
Form (Project 2010)
Fixed Work
3. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.
Template (Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Finish to Start
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
4. 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.
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Lead
5. 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
Fixed Work
Finish to Start
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
6. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.
SNET
Actual Cost
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Organizer (Project 2010)
7. Contains information relative to tasks.
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Form (Project 2010)
Peak
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
8. Appears: min means: minute
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
9. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Template (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
10. efines units.
Project Files (Project 2010)
Material resource
Terminal element
Effort Driven
11. W = D + U Duration plus available resource units
Work
DSM Design Structure Matrix
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
Logical Relationships in PDM
12. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing
Units
5 phases of project
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
13. 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.
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Organizer (Project 2010)
Start to Start
Finish to Start
14. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.
Project Files (Project 2010)
Fixed Duration
Table (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
15. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.
Remaining Duration
Views (Project 2010)
Material resource
Summary tasks (WBS)
16. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?
Fixed Work
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Task with first ID
Fixed Units
17. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.
Timeline (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Box Styles (Project 2010)
18. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.
Critical Tasks
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
RAM
19. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
Peak
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Do not
20. 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
DSM Design Structure Matrix
PDM
Work Package (WBS)
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
21. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
Summary tasks (WBS)
Task with minimum duration
22. Work - resource - cost.
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
Template (Project 2010)
Resource types
23. 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.
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Start to Start
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
24. Tables are made up of fields.
Table (Project 2010)
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
SNET
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
25. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.
Summary tasks (WBS)
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Remaining Duration
26. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.
Work Package (WBS)
Start to Start
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
27. Hiding does not delete data. If you hide a column - data maintains - but to get it back - you'll need to right click - insert column.
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28. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Units
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
29. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.
Actual Cost
Fixed Units
Network Diagram best practices
Work
30. Appears: wk means: week
Task with minimum duration
Resource types
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
31. ______ link Summary Tasks.
Do not
Lead
Units
Effort Driven
32. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.
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33. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.
Fixed Units
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Reccuring Tasks
34. 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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35. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.
Network Diagram best practices
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
36. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.
Work Package (WBS)
Start to Start
Timeline (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
37. 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.
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
Terminal element
Start to Start
Lead
38. Fixed Duration - Fixed Units - or Fixed Work. Described on page 72 of Project 2010 book.
Terminal element
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Task Type
Project Files (Project 2010)
39. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
Team Planner (Project 2010)
PDM
Finish to Start
40. 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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41. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day
5 phases of project
WBS Code (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
42. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.
5 phases of project
Organizer (Project 2010)
Fixed Duration
Fixed Work
43. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.
WBS Code (Project 2010)
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
GO TO (Project 2010)
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
44. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.
Resource types
Bar Style (Project 2010)
PDM
RAM
45. Always preserve the number of people working on a task. Changing units when fixed will impact duration.
Fixed Units
Manually
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
46. 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.
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
Material resource
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
47. U = W / D Work divided by duration.
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Units
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
48. Amendment to task type.
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Effort Driven
49. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U
GO TO (Project 2010)
Duration
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Actual Cost
50. 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.
Timeline (Project 2010)
Summary tasks (WBS)
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
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