Тест №70-178: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects
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Audience Profile This exam covers features of Microsoft Project 2010
such as how to build, maintain, and control well-formed project plans as well as
how to schedule, estimate, coordinate, control, budget, and staff projects and
support other users of Project.
Candidates for this exam use Project
Standard 2010 and Project Professional 2010 desktop features (excluding Project
Server features) to manage a project schedule and communicate the project to
individuals, teams, and the enterprise.
Candidates should have
experience effectively scheduling, communicating, collaborating on, and
delivering projects using Project Standard 2010 and Project Professional 2010.
Candidates should know key project management concepts and terminology as
related to scheduling. Credit Toward Certification When you pass Exam
70-178: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects, you complete the requirements
for the following certification(s): Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
(MCTS): Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010
Skills Being Measured This exam measures your ability to accomplish the
technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of
each major topic area on the exam.The higher the percentage, the more questions
you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.
The information
after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further
define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that
may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills
and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be
tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not
explicitly listed here.
Initializing Project 2010 •Create a new
project. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: creating a
template from a completed project, creating a project from an existing template,
an existing project, a Microsoft SharePoint task list, or a Microsoft Office
Excel workbook •Create and maintain calendars. ◦This objective may include
but is not limited to: setting working or non-working hours and days (exceptions
and work weeks) for calendars, setting base calendar, resource calendar, hours
per day, applying calendars at the project, task, and resource levels •Create
custom fields. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: creating
basic formulas, graphical indicator criteria, lookup table, task and resource
custom fields •Customize option settings. ◦This objective may include but
is not limited to: default task types, manual vs. auto-scheduling, project
options, calendar options (for example, working hours per day and hours per
week), customized ribbon and quick access toolbar (for example, settings to
share with others) Creating a Task-Based Schedule •Set up project
information. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: defining
project start date, applying calendars and current date, entering project
properties, displaying the project summary task on a new project •Create and
modify a project task structure. ◦This objective may include but is not
limited to: creating and modifying summary tasks and subtasks, rearranging
tasks, creating milestones, manually scheduled tasks, outlining •Build a
logical schedule model. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to:
date constraints, deadlines, setting or changing the task mode (manual or auto),
dependencies (links) •Create a user-controlled schedule. ◦This objective
may include but is not limited to: entering duration, estimated durations,
user-controlled summary tasks •Manage multiple projects. ◦This objective
may include but is not limited to: shared resource pool, links between projects,
inserting sub-projects Managing Resources and Assignments •Enter and edit
resource information. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: max
units, resource types, cost rate table, cost per use, availability, resource
group, generic •Apply task types and scheduling calculations. ◦This
objective may include but is not limited to: effort-driven tasks, formula (work
= duration x units), choosing a task type •Assign resources. ◦This
objective may include but is not limited to: assigning multiple resources,
assigning resources to tasks, using units that represent part-time work •Edit
assignments. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: task usage,
resource usage, task forms, editing assignments by setting the task type in
preparation for assignment editing •Manage resource allocation. ◦This
objective may include but is not limited to: viewing availability across
multiple projects, changing assignment information, leveling, replacing
resources (for example, resolve overallocation, replace generics with specifics)
•Manage resource allocations by using Team Planner. ◦This objective may
include but is not limited to: displaying current resource allocations and
assignments, managing unassigned tasks, resolving resource conflicts, level
resource overallocations, substituting resources (moving task assignments from
one resource to another) •Model project costs. ◦This objective may include
but is not limited to: resource-based costs (work, material, cost), cost per
use, fixed costs, accrual method Tracking and Analyzing a Project •Set and
maintain baselines. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to:
baselining an entire project, baselining selected tasks, multiple baselines,
updating a baseline (for example, rolling up to summary tasks, resetting the
baseline) •Update actual progress. ◦This objective may include but is not
limited to: percentage completion, actual or remaining duration, actual work,
remaining work, status date, current date, rescheduling uncompleted work, actual
start and actual finish, actual work and usage views, cancelling an unneeded
task (for example, inactivate a task, set active flag or zero out remaining
work) •Compare progress against a baseline. ◦This objective may include
but is not limited to: date variance, work variance, cost variance, showing
variance of the current plan against baseline (tracking Gantt), task slippage,
selecting a view to display variance •Resolve potential schedule problems by
using the Task Inspector. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to:
Task Inspector warnings and suggestions, identifying resource overallocations
•Display Critical Path information. ◦This objective may include but is not
limited to: single or master projects, viewing total slack, displaying progress
against baseline or deadlines Communicating Project Information •Apply
views. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: applying views,
grouping, filtering and highlighting, auto-filter, sorting, tables •Customize
views. ◦This objective may include but is not limited to: customizing views,
grouping, filtering and highlighting, sorting, tables, sharing a view
(Organizer) •Format views. ◦This objective may include but is not limited
to: gridlines, bar styles, Gantt chart styles, text styles, timeline, cell
formatting •Share data with external sources. ◦This objective may include
but is not limited to: visual reports, enhanced copy and paste, copy picture,
sync to SharePoint (for example, upload schedule, sync with SharePoint list,
e-mail timeline), attaching documents or linking hyperlinks to supporting
information, exporting data to Excel •Print schedules and reports. ◦This
objective may include but is not limited to: reporting progress status, saving
to PDF or XPS, printing Gantt information, schedule, or timeline, printing based
on date range
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