MGMT 404 Week 1 ilab

MGMT 404 Week 1 ilab

iLab 1 of 7: Basics of Project Scheduling

iLAB OVERVIEW

General Comments about the Microsoft Project Exercises

A project plan and schedule are extremely important for managing projects. Applications are available as tools to assist defining, managing, controlling, and reporting on project plans and to evaluate how the project is progressing. Microsoft Project is one application that is commonly used for this purpose and will be the application used in this course. It will help you put together a plan of action, define and organize details, track progress, analyze costs and schedule, assess the quality of your project, and report numerous details to interested parties.

Guidelines

iLab Lesson 1A Requirements:

• Complete Lesson 1A.
• Print Project Summary Report.
• Print Unstarted Tasks Report.

iLab Lesson 1B Requirements:

• Complete Lesson 1B.
• Print Entry Table and Gantt Chart (show only columns up to and including the Duration Column.) Printout should be no more than two pages wide.
• Print Project Summary Report.
• Print Unstarted Tasks Report (fit to one page).

Deliverables

All of the following deliverables are required (in a zip file) in order to receive full credit:

• Completed MyLab1B_XXX.mpp
• Completed Review Questions
• Printouts/Screenshots contained in Week_1_Printouts_XXX.docx

When submitting required printouts, if you are not bringing them to class, from the Print Preview Page, take a screen shot (in Windows ) of the report and paste the screen shot to an MS Word document. Make sure to crop the screen to show only the report. After cropping, resize the image appropriately. If the printout is on more than one page, paste each page individually.

Save the Word document containing printouts as Week_1_Printouts_XXX.docx and submit this file to the Week 1 iLab Dropbox in a zip file, along with the MyLab1B_XXX.mpp file and the completed Review Questions at the end of Lesson 1B. Remember to replace “XXX” in the file names with your initials, and ensure that all of your files are all clearly labeled and include your initials in the file name.