Microsoft Project Server 2007 PM

Microsoft Project Server 2007 PM Introduction This 3 day course provides project managers with the knowledge and skills necessary to create and maintain projects with Project Professional 2007 and Project Server 2007. Objectives

• Understand the Project Server environment
• Use project the web access interface
• Create and edit project proposals
• Create and manage projects
• Manage resources
• Track and manage task progress
• Use project workspace and functions
• Manage status reports
• Manage alerts and reminders

Content INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT SERVER 2007

Microsoft project server overview
Understand project server terminology
Using enterprise resource management tools understanding windows sharepoint services understanding project server databases
Understanding project server data analysis
Understanding enterprise global concepts
Understanding custom fields

PREPARING TO USE PROJECT SERVER

Using the project web access user interface creating a login account in project professional 2007

WORKING WITH PROPOSALS

Working with proposals
Creating a proposal
Building a team on a proposal
Publishing a proposal

CREATING AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT

Converting a proposal to an enterprise project creating an enterprise project using project professional 2007
Understanding the local cache
Opening and closing projects
Working with offline projects
Importing projects

TASK PLANNING

Understanding change highlighting
Planning project tasks
Using task dependencies
Setting task constraints and deadline dates

RESOURCE AND ASSIGNMENT PLANNING

Understand enterprise resources
Building a project team
Assigning resources
Using the resource substitution wizard
Levelling over allocated resources

PROJECT EXECUTION

Analyzing the critical path
Understanding task drivers
Working with project baselines
Understanding publishing

TRACKING TIME AND PROGRESS

Tracking time in project web access
Tracking task progress in project web access using the task center
Publishing a proposal

APPROVING TASK PROGRESS SUBMISSIONS

Viewing timesheets
Approving timesheets
Approving administrative time requests
Viewing task updates
Approving task updates
Viewing the task updates history
Creating rules for accepting task updates

WORKING WITH THE PROJECT WORKSPACE

Understanding the project workspace
Managing risks
Managing issues
Managing project documents
Working with existing documents in a documents library
Using team discussions
Using calendars
Setting alerts
Editing in datasheet
Viewing as rss feeds
Creating columns
Creating views
Managing the project workspace

WORKING WITH STATUS REPORTS

Requesting a status report
Responding to a status report request
Viewing status report response

WORKING IN THE RESOURCE CENTER

Using the resource center
Viewing resource availability
Viewing resource assignments
Editing resource details

WORKING WITH DATA ANALYSIS

Understanding data analysis views
Using data analysis toolbars

MANAGING PERSONAL SETTINGS

Personal settings overview
Managing alerts and reminders for yourself
Managing alerts and reminders for your resources
Managing my queued jobs