Microsoft Project 2021 From Beginners to Advanced - Exercise 08-2

This video tutorial guides viewers through updating a project based on a website project exercise. It covers setting a new status date on a Gantt chart, adjusting task assignments, reducing lag time, and marking tasks as complete. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of working through instructions step-by-step and provides specific guidance on handling project warnings and reviewing the earned value report to assess schedule improvements.

What is the first step in updating the project status according to the instructions?

• Set a new status date two weeks after the previous update.

• Memorize all instructions before proceeding.

• Change the color of the Gantt chart lines.

• Start from Exercise 1.

How should you handle the warning message when doubling the units of assignments?

• Increase the amount of work.

• Change the task type to non-effort driven.

• Change the duration but keep the amount of work the same.

• Ignore the warning and proceed.

Which tasks are identified as milestone tasks that require no changes?

• Tasks 19 and 20

• Tasks 14 and 15

• Tasks 11 and 22

• Tasks 10 and 11

What should be done if a task has a non-zero lag?

• Increase the lag by 5 days.

• Reduce the lag by 5 days.

• Remove the lag completely.

• Double the lag time.

What is the final step after marking tasks as 100% complete?

• Delete the tasks from the project.

• Change the project deadline.

• Review the earned value report to compare with the baseline.

• Add more resources to the tasks.