Tracking and Reporting Progress with Project 2007

Course details

Project stakeholders have a vested interest in the project's progress so information needs to be tracked, recorded, and reported. A project manager needs to decide on the information to be tracked, and how to track it. Microsoft Office Project 2007 helps a project manager by making this process easy. Baselines and interim plans, for example, create benchmarks for a project's progress. Built-in views and reports helps a project manager to assess a project's progress. Project managers also have the option to customize a new view or report. This course explores these features of Microsoft Office Project 2007 and how a project manager can use them to address a project's tracking and reporting needs.

• create a baseline for a project
• create an interim plan
• clear a baseline
• track project information for a task
• use the correct task tracking method in a given scenario
• recognize the functions of Project 2007's tracking tools
• prepare a project for tracking
• identify the tracking view to use in a given scenario
• check the progress of a project
• display progress lines
• create a baseline for an entire project
• prepare a project for tracking
• track the progress of a project
• identify the available reporting options in Project 2007
• select a view in a given scenario
• select a report in a given scenario
• change the information in a view
• change the appearance of the Gantt chart view
• recognize the reasons for identifying the critical path
• format a report for printing
• set up and print a report or view
• identify the print options available from the Print Current View wizard
• use a filter to change a view
• preview a report
• set up and print a report
• outline the steps and best practices for tracking and reporting on a project