Tracking and Reporting Progress with Project 2007

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