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Microsoft Project 2010 Training Getting started with Project 2010

Course contents Overview: Learn Project basics Lesson: Includes four instructional movies Suggested practice tasks Test Quick Reference Card Getting started with Project 2010

Course goals Create a new project quickly and efficiently. Create a new task and change task from manual to automatic scheduling. Create relationships, or links, between tasks. Outline tasks to add structure to your project. Getting started with Project 2010

Create a new project Point to the bottom of the video to see the video controls. Drag or point along the progress bar to move forward or go back. Getting started with Project 2010

Add tasks to your project Point to the bottom of the video to see the video controls. Drag or point along the progress bar to move forward or go back. Getting started with Project 2010

Add links between tasks in your project Point to the bottom of the video to see the video controls. Drag or point along the progress bar to move forward or go back. Getting started with Project 2010

Create an outline for tasks in your project Point to the bottom of the video to see the video controls. Drag or point along the progress bar to move forward or go back. Getting started with Project 2010

Suggestions for practice 1. Create a few tasks. 2. Create relationships by linking tasks. 3. Outline tasks. Online practice (requires Project 2010) Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 1 If you enter durations for manually scheduled tasks, start and end dates are automatically created by Project. (Pick one answer.) 1. True. 2. False. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 1 If you enter durations for manually scheduled tasks, start and end dates are automatically created by Project. Answer: 2. False. Entering durations for manually scheduled tasks does not automatically create start and finish dates for tasks. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 2 Manually scheduled tasks have durations as well as start dates and finish dates. (Pick one answer.) 1. True. 2. False. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 2 Manually scheduled tasks have durations as well as start dates and finish dates. Answer: 2. False. Manually scheduled tasks dont require durations or dates. They can exist as tasks without any scheduling information. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 3 Summary tasks always roll up the total duration lengths of their subtasks. (Pick one answer.) 1. False. 2. True. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 3 Summary tasks always roll up the total duration lengths of their subtasks. Answer: 1. False. Only summary tasks that are set to automatically scheduled will roll up the total durations of their subtasks. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 4 Which of the following duration values are allowed automatically scheduled tasks? (Pick one answer.) 1. 4. 2. Four days. 3. Soon. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 4 Which of the following duration values are allowed automatically scheduled tasks? Answer: 1. 4. Automatically scheduled tasks use numeric values. In this case, you can type either 4d or 4. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 5 Manually scheduled tasks can have a start date of Soon. (Pick one answer.) 1. True. 2. False. Getting started with Project 2010

Test question 5 Manually scheduled tasks can have a start date of Soon. Answer: 1. True. Manually scheduled tasks can have a date values of words, dates, or numbers. Getting started with Project 2010

Quick Reference Card For a summary of the tasks covered in this course, view the Quick Reference Card. Getting started with Project 2010