What task type should you use?
You are managing a project schedule in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. A scheduled task requires 100 hours of work and has a duration of 10 days. One resource is available to do the work, but you might get another. You need to set up the task so that if you add another resource, the new resource will share the hours with the original resource and the finish date will remain the same.
What task type should you use?
What should you do?
In Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007, you are tracking a project for which the overall duration might change. A resource who works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, spends 2 hours a day creating reports for the project. You need the project schedule to reflect this estimated reporting work. What should you do?
Which view should you use?
You are assigning resources to a project in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. You allocate generic resources to a task and apply a work contour to some of the assignments. You need to view the assignments to verify that the work has been distributed correctly. Which view should you use?
You need to be able to easily search for resources with specific skills
You are working on a project plan in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. Each resource in the resource pool has one primary skill that is used to allocate the resource to appropriate tasks. These primary skills fall into three categories with five skill levels as sub-categories. You need to be able to easily search for resources with specific skills. What should you do first?
How should you assign the resources?
You are developing a project schedule in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. You create a fixed units, effort-driven task that has a duration of 10 days. You will assign two resources to the task. Each resource works 8 hours per day. You need to divide the 160 hours of effort evenly between the resources. How should you assign the resources?
You need to ensure that your resources are not over-allocated regardless of the project end date
You are creating a project schedule in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. You assign multiple resources to each task, and estimate task durations for all project phases. You need to ensure that your resources are not over-allocated regardless of the project end date. What should you do?
you need to resolve as many of the situations creating red-indicated resources as possible
You are managing a project plan in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. Midway through the project, some resource names appear in red in the Resource Usage view. You find that many of these resources have no remaining availability for specific days but are completely available on subsequent days. Your organization has a strict policy that resources can work no more than a total of 115 percent in each period of 20 work days. However, the organization wants resources to be utilized as much as possible. When you level your schedule, you need to resolve as many of the situations creating red-indicated resources as possible. What should you do?
You need to create a multi-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that includes all deliverables and tasks
You are tracking a project in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. The project includes multiple deliverables, each broken down into multiple tasks. You need to create a multi-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that includes all deliverables and tasks. What should you do?
You need to adjust the schedule so that it estimates an accurate finish date
You are creating a project schedule in Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. You enter the task names, start dates, and estimated durations. Except for the first and last tasks, all of the tasks have at least one predecessor and one successor. You learn that all of the Phase 1 tasks can be completed faster than originally estimated. When you shorten the durations of these tasks, the finish date does not change. You need to adjust the schedule so that it estimates an accurate finish date. What should you do?
You need to schedule the task
You are adding a task to an existing project schedule in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. The task should start Tuesday, January 5 and must complete by Friday, January 8. You need to schedule the task. What should you do?