Project Mentor isn’t just about teaching you new skills and being tested on what you’ve learnt, it provides authoritative reference information as well.
Containing over one hundred reference pages, each made up of several distinct topics; everything you need to know about Microsoft Project is readily available.
Use Planning Primers for background project management
disciplines and best practices.
Detailed references provide concise and factual information
and advice.
Use keyword definitions to understand in detail the workings
of Microsoft Project.
The Terminology Index provides an invaluable reference that
you can use 24/7.
Project Mentor's hierarchical
structure provides detailed technical references to
complement learning and testing content. You can also
use references as an invaluable post-learning resource;
providing dependable assistance whenever you need it.
Listed below
you'll see various reference-level options within
Project Mentor. You can also
show and print each screen image in a larger format if
you wish. If you have any specific questions, please use the 'contact' button at the base of this page.
Use the Planning Primer to relate Microsoft Project to the real world
Learning about Microsoft Project isn’t always
enough. Always on hand are Planning Primers;
illustrating specific principles or discussing
particular techniques. When you use Microsoft
Project, you can be confident that you are using it
applying best-practice project management
principles.
The image to the right
shows a Planning Primer that relates to Module D of
Project Mentor. The reference topics within
this primer are designed to complement the lessons
and references within the module; relating theory to
practice.
Use references to gain a deeper
technical understanding
To help you really understand how Microsoft Project works, concise references provide detailed explanations; with as much information as you should ever require.
You can access reference mode directly, or for a background to
a lesson, just follow links into any one of its related reference
pages.
The image to the right shows Reference
D1.4.
This
particular reference provides additional
explanations about how Cost Resources can be used to
manage expenditure within Microsoft Project.
Within Project Mentor
you will find a comprehensive terminology listing.
Comprising of almost 600 definitions, each of
which are themselves interlinked, the terminology
page provides a detailed glossary of keywords and
their meanings. Context-sensitive terminology
links are also found throughout the lesson and
reference pages so that you can immediately find out
what you need to know.
The image to the right shows the Terminology Index.
In this case, terminology definitions have been
accessed by clicking on a context-sensitive keyword
from within Reference C2.1. Related keyword
definitions can be found by clicking on keyword
links. Returning to the reference topic D1.4
is achieved by clicking on the R button on the title
bar.
Use the Terminology Index as an invaluable reference
Whenever you need to know how to do something or you can’t remember exactly how a particular Microsoft Project function or process works, just use the Terminology Index. Accessed by a simple menu command, keywords are listed in alphabetical sequence. Simply choose a particular keyword, then just follow links to related primers, references or lessons , remembering that you can switch to and from Microsoft Project at any time, with Project Mentor taking you back to exactly where you were.
The image to the right
shows the Terminology Index within Project Mentor.
A click on a keyword hyperlink opens up a lesson,
reference or primer that teaches skills or provides
background knowledge related to the chosen keyword.
That the keyword definitions within Project Mentor (and
within Project Companion) are so comprehensive and
authoritative, we've even
licensed them to Microsoft Corporation for inclusion
within a Project resource kit? To view the
resource kit in a new window, just follow the link below:
