Microsoft® Project Server 2007 for Enterprise Project Management: Hands-On

You Will Learn How To

• Build an Enterprise Project Management Solution with Microsoft Project Server 2007
• Create new and existing project plans using proposals, activity plans and Microsoft Project Professional
• Plan, manage and optimise project resources across the enterprise
• Collaborate with geographically distributed project team members using Project Web Access
• Track project progress, monitor project performance and analyse trends of projects in the enterprise
• Establish a historical archive for future projects

Project leaders face critical project management challenges including geographically dispersed teams, decentralised information and diverse practices. Coordinating these distinct elements is key for project success. In this course, you gain the skills and knowledge to leverage Project Server 2007 to achieve organisation, centralisation and consistency for simple to complex projects across the entire project life cycle.

Who Should Attend

Project managers, programme managers and team members who create, plan and monitor projects. Participants should understand project management concepts. Experience with Microsoft Project at the level of Course 299, "Microsoft Project Comprehensive Introduction", is helpful but not required.

Hands-on Training
Exercises, performed on Microsoft Project Server and Project Professional, reinforce the concepts and skills you are learning, including:

• Creating, tracking and updating multiple project plans with Microsoft EPMS
• Working with project proposals and activity plans
• Migrating project plans from Project Professional 2007
• Implementing enterprise custom fields, outline codes, calendars and resources for use across all projects
• Connecting Project Professional, Project Server and Outlook
• Populating the Enterprise Resource Pool and resourcing tasks

• 299 Microsoft Project Comprehensive Introduction
• 296 Project Management: Skills for Success
• 340 Project Management for Software Development
• 921 Recovering Troubled Projects
• 287 Strategic Project Management
• 286 Project Risk Management
• 538 SharePoint Technologies Comprehensive Introduction
• 346 Project Team Leadership
• 294 Influence Skills
• 315 Developing User Requirements