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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. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Organizer (Project 2010)
2. Gantt Chart with 'Entry' table on left.
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
3. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.
Effort Driven
Work
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
SNET
4. 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
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Finish to Start
Start to Finish (SF)
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
5. Appears: min means: minute
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
Fixed Work
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
6. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
'80 hour rule'
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
7. ______ link Summary Tasks.
Task with minimum duration
Network Diagram best practices
Do not
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
8. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing
Earned Value
5 phases of project
Units
Start to Finish (SF)
9. Always preserve the number of people working on a task. Changing units when fixed will impact duration.
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Fixed Units
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Duration
10. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.
Work Package (WBS)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
SNET
11. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.
5 phases of project
Form (Project 2010)
Actual Cost
Start to Finish (SF)
12. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.
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13. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute
Earned Value
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Start to Start
14. 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.
Material resource
Lag
5 phases of project
DSM Design Structure Matrix
15. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.
Remaining Duration
Lead
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Units
16. 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.
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Lag
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Work Package (WBS)
17. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.
'80 hour rule'
Logical Relationships in PDM
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
18. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.
Template (Project 2010)
Material resource
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Actual Cost
19. Always preserve the number of hours to perform a task. Changing work when fixed will impact duration.
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Fixed Work
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
PDM
20. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
DSM Design Structure Matrix
'The 100% Rule'
Earned Value
21. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Effort Driven
Timeline (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
22. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
23. 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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24. The acceloration of the successor task. 'Negative lag'
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Material resource
Lead
25. 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
Finish to Start
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
26. 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.
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
PDM
27. 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)
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
28. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Peak
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
29. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
RAM
30. U = W / D Work divided by duration.
Material resource
Units
Actual Cost
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
31. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Work
RAM
Organizer (Project 2010)
32. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day
Earned Value
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Form (Project 2010)
Manually
33. 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.
Work Package (WBS)
Task with minimum duration
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
34. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Timeline (Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
35. Tables are made up of fields.
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Form (Project 2010)
Fixed Duration
Table (Project 2010)
36. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.
Reccuring Tasks
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
Finish to Start
Start to Start
37. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.
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38. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.
Finish to Start
GO TO (Project 2010)
5 phases of project
Reccuring Tasks
39. Appears: day means: day
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
Logical Relationships in PDM
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Earned Value
40. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
41. 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
Fixed Units
'80 hour rule'
PDM
Network Diagram best practices
42. Work - resource - cost.
5 phases of project
Resource types
Work
Timeline (Project 2010)
43. Shows logical relationship between tasks. View tab -> 'split view' section -> details checked -> More views -> Select there.
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
SNET
Do not
44. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->
Fixed Duration
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
RAM
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
45. Appears: hr means: hour
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
Organizer (Project 2010)
46. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.
Logical Relationships in PDM
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
47. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
'80 hour rule'
Bar Style (Project 2010)
48. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?
Template (Project 2010)
Task with first ID
Lag
RAM
49. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
Box Styles (Project 2010)
SNET
50. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Units
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