Exam 70 178 - microsoft project 2010

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Exam 70-178: Microsoft Project 2010

Objective:
The exam covers features of Microsoft Project 2010 to manage a project schedule and communicate the
project to the stakeholders. Some of the features include implementing a project plan with schedule,
resource, budget and milestones.
Candidate should have prior experience in scheduling, collaborating delivering a project using Project
2010 standard or professional. Candidate should also know the project life cycle and key project
management concepts.
When you pass Exam 70-178: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects, you receive a certificate from
Microsoft in Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Managing Projects with Microsoft Project
2010.
Related Microsoft Courses:
 Course 50413A: Mastering Microsoft Project 2010 ( 3 days) – classroom training
 Visit www.nrclc.com/Project2010 to view the list of Microsoft Project 2010 hands-on classroom
training provided at NR Computer Learning Center in Orange California.

Topics in the Exam:
Initializing Project 2010
 Create a new project.
 creating a template from a completed
project
 creating a project from an existing
template
 Create a project from an existing
project
 Create a project from a Microsoft
SharePoint task list
 Create a project from a Microsoft
Office Excel workbook
 Create and maintain calendars.
 setting working or non-working
hours and days (exceptions and work
weeks) for calendars
 setting base calendar
 setting resource calendar
 setting hours per day
 applying calendars at the project
 task
 and resource levels
 Create custom fields.
 Creating basic formulas
 Create a graphical indicator criteria
 Create a lookup table
 Create a task and resource custom
fields
 Customize option settings.
 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.
 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.
 creating and modifying summary tasks
and subtasks
 rearranging tasks
 creating milestones
 manually scheduled tasks
 outlining
 Build a logical schedule model.
 Specifying date constraints

 Specifying deadlines
 setting or changing the task mode
(manual or auto)
 dependencies (links)
 Create a user-controlled schedule.
 entering duration
 estimated durations
 user-controlled summary tasks
 Manage multiple projects.
 shared resource pool
 links between projects
 inserting sub-projects

Managing Resources and Assignments
 Enter and edit resource information.
 max units
 resource types
 cost rate table
 cost per use
 availability
 resource group
 generic
 Apply task types and scheduling calculations.
 effort-driven tasks
 formula (work = duration x
units)
 choosing a task type
 Assign resources.
 assigning multiple resources
 assigning resources to tasks
 using units that represent part-
time work
 Edit assignments.
 task usage
 resource usage
 task forms
 editing assignments by setting
the task type in preparation for
assignment editing
 Manage resource allocation.
 viewing availability across
multiple projects
 changing assignment
information
 leveling and replacing resources
 Manage resource allocations by using Team
Planner.
 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.
 resource-based costs (work,
material, cost)
 cost per use
 fixed costs
 accrual method
Tracking and Analyzing a Project
 Set and maintain baselines.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 Task Inspector warnings and
suggestions
 identifying resource
overallocations
 Display Critical Path information.
 single or master projects
 viewing total slack
 displaying progress against
baseline or deadlines

Communicating Project Information
 Apply views.
 applying views
 grouping
 filtering and highlighting
 auto-filter
 sorting
 tables
 Customize views.
 customizing views
 grouping
 filtering and highlighting
 sorting
 tables
 sharing a view (Organizer)
 Format views.
 gridlines
 bar styles
 Gantt chart styles
 text styles
 timeline
 cell formatting
 Share data with external sources.
 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.
 reporting progress status
 saving to PDF or XPS
 printing Gantt information
 schedule
 or timeline
 printing based on date range

Basic Terminologies
Acceptance criteria
Actual Duration
Actual Effort
Activity
Activity Duration
Activity Duration Estimating
Activity List
Activity Sequence
Actual Cost
Baseline
Budget
Budget at Completion (BAC)
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP)
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCSSW)
Business Requirements
Change Request
Communications
Consensus
Constraint
Contract
Cost Estimating
Cost Performance Index (CPI)
Cost Variance (CV)
Crashing
Critical Path
Critical Path Method
Customer
Deliverable
Dependency
Duration
Duration Compression
Early Finish Date
Early Start Date
Earned Value (EV)
Estimate at Completion (EAC)
Estimate to Complete (ETC)
Fast Tracking
Finish-to-Finish Dependency
Finish-to-Start Dependency
Float
Free Float
Forecast
Gantt chart
Historical Information
Lag
Late Finish Date
Late Start Date
Milestone
Negative Variance
Network Diagram
Planned Value (PV)
Positive Variance
Precedence Diagramming Method (OPDM)
Predecessor
Program Evaluation and Review Techniques
(PERT)
Project
Project Life Cycle
Project Management
Project Manager
Project Scope
Project team Members
Resource
Resource Leveling
Schedule
Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
Schedule Variance (SV)
Start-to-finish dependency
Start-to-start dependency
Successor
Task
Time Estimate
Variance
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Cost Calculation Formulas
Terms Formulas
Cost Variance (CV) CV = EV-AC
Earned Value (EV) EV = BCWP
Estimate at Completion (EAC) EAC = AC + ETC
Estimate to Complete (ETC)
Program Evalaution and Review
Techniques (PERT)
PERT = Optimistic (O) + Pessimistic (P) + 4 * Most Likely (ML)
Schedule Variance (SV) SV = EV-PV
SV = Planned Date – Actual Date
Cost Performance Index (CPI) CPI = EV/AC
Schedule Performance Index
(SPI)
SPI = EV - PV
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