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What is Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist?
This is the official Microsoft Certification for Project 2007. This certification is designed to validate your skills in Project 2007 and is recognised worldwide.
How this Course works
This comprehensive elearning course prepares students for the Project 2007 certification. The course is completed online, at your own time, at a location that suits you. You progress through the course materials and complete the online lessons and tests.
Students are provided with Flash-based instructional demonstrations, Instructional audio with graphics highlighting key points. Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises. Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment. Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied. The course challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank, and a skill assessment generates a customised learning path based on the results of a pre-test. Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.
This course will prepare you to create, manage, and report on projects. Practice exams are also included, which will allow you to answer questions in the same format that the test will use on exam day, and will provide in-depth instructional feedback on each question to thoroughly cover every subject you'll need to master.
Topics Covered in this Course
Configuring Tools and Options
- This course covers setting up a variety of basic features
- General, Security, View, Interface, Schedule, Calendar, and Calculations options
Setting Up a Project
- This course covers creating, modifying, and selecting templates
- It also covers entering project information, managing calendars, as well as importing and exporting data
Estimating, Scheduling, and Budgeting Tasks
- This course covers creating a WBS, creating and modifying tasks
- Estimating and budgeting tasks
- Identifying and analyzing critical tasks and paths
Resourcing Project Plans
- This course covers forecasting, working with resource pools and assignments
- Predicting duration and work calculations, and optimizing resource utilization
Updating and Reporting on project Performance
- This course covers working with baselines, entering task updates
- Rescheduling incomplete work, tracking project progress
- Analyzing variance, as well as creating objects and reports
Practice Exams
Who should complete this course?
- Project Managers or those considering a career in Project Management.
- Project Administrators and Planners who are involved in scheduling or resource planning.
- Anyone who uses Microsoft Office Project 2007 in their work.
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites
- Access to Microsoft Office Project 2007 software.
- Candidates should have experience scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeting, and staffing projects.
Assessment
- Once you successfully pass the programme, you will receive a Certificate of Completion.
- To receive full Project 2007 Certification you must complete the Microsoft exam. This course is assessed through a computer-based multiple choice exam (MCTS 70-632) which may be sat when students have completed the course. Exam fees are not included in the course price.
- The exam may be completed at an Assessment Centre near where you live. Assessment centres are located in the following counties: Dublin, Cork, Galway and Westmeath.
Technical Requirements
- The following technical requirements apply: 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.
Accreditation
- Following completion of the online assessments, you will receive an "Advanced Certificate in Microsoft Project 2007" from College of Management and IT.
- Following successful completion of exams you will receive a certificate to confirm that you are certified as a "Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Managing Projects with Project 2007"
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