Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Training Class

Course ID: 20850

Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Training Seminar

Learn the key techniques to effectively manage projects using Microsoft Project Server 2007. In this hands-on course with intensive skills training, you'll learn to create project calendars and resources; appropriately identify, enter, organize, and relate project tasks; assign resources and costs; baseline your project; use different views within the software to understand budget, status, and allocations; and run standard and customized reports. This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 5928: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects.


	Agenda
	1. Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007 Enterprise Project Management Context Discovering Office Project Server 2007 Differentiating the Users of Office Project Server 2007 Working with Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Server 2007 2. Initiating Projects Initiating Processes Differentiating the Initiating Processes in Project Professional 2007 and Project Web Access Managing Initiating Processes by Using Project Web Access Managing Documents in Office Project Web Access 3. Planning Projects-Context and Framework The Project Management Plan Differentiating the Office Project Server 2007 Client Software 4. Planning Projects-Scope and Schedule Management Developing Components of the Scope Management and Schedule Management Plans Working with Deliverables 5. Planning Projects-Staffing Management Plan Building a Project Team Managing Resource Availability 6. Planning Projects-Resource Assignments The Assignment Cycle Resolving Resource Overallocation 7. Planning Projects-Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans Developing Components of the Cost Management Plan Developing Components of the Risk Management Plan Linking Planning Documents and Using the Team Discussion Feature 8. Executing Projects-Processes, Resources, and Deliverables Executing Processes Managing Resources and Deliverables 9. Executing Projects-Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings Working with Timesheets Reporting Administrative Time Configuring Personal Settings 10. Monitoring and Controlling Projects-Tracking Task and Project Progress The Monitoring and Controlling Processes Working with Task Progress and Updates in Project Web Access Working with Task Progress by Using Office Project 2007 Tracking and Viewing Task Information by Using Outlook 2007 11. Monitoring and Controlling Projects-Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress Status Reports Reviewing Performance Metrics and Progress Reports 12. Closing Projects The Closing Process Supporting The Closing Process


	Audience
	Associate project managers, project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, program managers, project team members, stakeholders, and senior managers who want to use Microsoft Project Server 2007 to create and monitor excellent project plans.