Microsoft Software 2007
Calendars and Scheduling exercise
Average difficulty

This Microsoft Software 2007 CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl MICROSOFT PROJECT 2007 course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: Part Time - creating new calendar

A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!

1)	Create a new blank project file and schedule it to start on 11 March 2008.  This project should be based upon the Standard calendar.
2)	A part-time worker will be used on this project.  Go to the Change Working Time dialog box and create a new copy of the Standard calendar, calling it "Part Timer".
3)	Amend the working time of your new calendar so that: Mondays and Fridays are nonworking time (wouldn't that be nice?); and The remaining three weekdays have working time of 10:00 to 15:00 (with no breaks)
4)	As if life wasn't easy enough, our part timer has also booked a holiday to Greece from 2 to 11 September (inclusive).  Create an Exception to their calendar with a sensible name and model these days as nonworking.
	The calendar being edited is shown at the top of the dialog box. Make sure it's the right one!
5)	Although the overall project will be based upon the Standard calendar (as per the Project Information dialog box), feel free to format the Gantt Chart to show the nonworking time for your new Part Timer calendar.  There won't be much white working time left if you do!
6)	Save your file with the name Cushy Number.mpp and close it down.

Thank you for showing an interest in this Microsoft Project 2007 training course! As mentioned above, full answers to this and other exercises are provided on the course. On all Wise Owl scheduled courses delegates can take away these model answers (together with their own efforts!) on a free USB stick.

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