Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

Course Code

5928

Schedule

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Description:

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close enterprise projects by using the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise tool. This is the second course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and covers the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution.

Syllabus:

Course Outline

Module 1: Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007

This module provides insight into the new features and benefits of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 that are designed to meet enterprise project management (EPM) requirements. Additionally, it explains how to differentiate user interactions and interfaces in Microsoft Project Web Access and how to work with Office Project Server 2007 from Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007.

Lessons

Describing the 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

Lab: Creating and Saving a New Project in Office Project Server 2007

Connecting to Office Project Server 2007
Creating a New Project in Office Project Server 2007
Saving a New Project in Office Project Server 2007

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the enterprise project management context.
Describe Office Project Server 2007.
Identify the users of Office Project Server 2007.
Work with Office Project Professional 2007 within Office Project Server 2007

Module 2: Initiating Projects

Effectively managing the initiating processes includes setting up a central location to store potential and approved projects. In this module, students will become familiar with the project management initiating processes. They will initiate projects in Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Web Access through Office Project Server 2007. Finally, this module will illustrate how they can use Office Project Web Access to centrally store and manage project documents.

Lessons

Understanding 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

Lab: Initiating Projects and Working with Document Files

Creating an Activity Plan
Building a Resource Plan
Creating a Project Workspace
Managing Documents

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the project management initiation processes.
Differentiate the initiating processes between Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Web Access.
Create and manage proposals, activity plans, and resource plans.
Manage documents in Project Web Access 2007

Module 3: Planning Projects—Context and Framework

This module describes the project management plan and then explains how students can effectively use Office Project Web Access and Office Project Professional 2007 to connect to Office Project Server 2007 in their planning processes.

Lessons

Understanding the Project Management Plan
Differentiating the Office Project Server 2007 Client Software

NO LAB

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the project management plan.
Compare the uses of Office Project Web Access and Office Project 2007 in the planning processes.

Module 4: Planning Projects—Scope and Schedule Management

This module explains the scope management plan and the schedule management plan and describes how students can implement these two plans with Office Project Server 2007.

Lessons

Developing Components of the Scope Management and Schedule Management Plans
Working with Deliverables

Lab: Working with Tasks, Milestones, and Deliverables

Entering WBS, Tasks, and Milestones
Creating the Project Schedule
Creating Project Deliverables
Managing Dependencies on Deliverables

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Establish the scope management and schedule management plans.
Work with deliverables.Module 5: Planning Projects—Staffing Management Plan

This module describes the concept of a staffing management plan and how students can implement that plan by using Office Project Server 2007 for different types of organizational structures. This module also identifies the other types of resources available for project teams along with how to manage an organization’s overall resource capacity in Office Project Server 2007.

Lessons

Building a Project Team
Managing Resource Availability

Lab: Managing Enterprise Resources

Building the Project Team

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Build a project team
Manage resource availability.

Module 6: Planning Projects—Resource Assignments

This module explains the new concepts and processes involved in the assignment cycle and shows how to resolve enterprise resource overallocations.

Lessons

Understanding the Assignment Cycle
Resolving Resource Overallocation

Lab: Working with Assignments

Assigning Resources
Self-Assigning to a Team Task
Reassigning Assignments
Leveling Overallocation with Enterprise Resources

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the assignment cycle
Resolve resource overallocation.

Module 7: Planning Projects—Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans

This module begins by describing the concept and implementation of a cost management plan in Office Project Server 2007. Students will learn about the risk management plan and how Office Project Server 2007 supports their need to deal with project risk factors. Additionally, other types of management plans are explained in the context of how they are supported by Office Project Server 2007.

Lessons

Developing Components of the Cost Management Plan
Developing Components of the Risk Management Plan
Linking Planning Documents and Using the Team Discussion Feature

Lab: Planning Projects—Cost, Risks, Issues, and Other Planning Documents

Entering Costs for Resources
Customizing Risk Items
Customizing Issue Items
Uploading Project Documents to the Project Workspace

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Develop components of the cost management plan.
Develop components of the risk management plan.
Link planning documents and use the Team Discussion feature.

Module 8: Executing Projects—Processes, Resources, and Deliverables

In this module, students will learn how Office Project Server 2007 facilitates and expedites the execution of the project management plan through resource assignment, team building, and project deliverable management.

Lessons

Understanding Executing Processes
Managing Resources and Deliverables

Lab: Executing Projects—Processes, Resources and Deliverables

Modifying the Project Team and Managing Deliverables
Managing Deliverables

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the executing processes.
Manage the executing processes by working with various resources

Module 9: Executing Projects—Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings

In this module, students will work with timesheets in the team member, resource manager, and project manager roles. They will learn how administrative time is captured. Finally, they will configure Office Project Web Access to provide personal alerts and reminders to help them keep track of project activities.

Lessons

Working with Timesheets
Reporting Administrative Time
Configuring Personal Settings

Lab: Using Timesheets and Reporting Administrative Time

Using Timesheets
Reporting Non-Project Work

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Work with timesheets.
Report administrative time.
Configure personal settings.

Module 10: Monitoring and Controlling Projects—Tracking Task and Project Progress

In this module students will track task progress and updates in Office Project 2007 and Office Project Web Access 2007. They will also use the Office Outlook 2007 integration as an alternative method to track task progress and submit updates.

Lessons

Understanding 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

Lab: Tracking Task Progress

Tracking Task Progress by Using Office Project 2007
Tracking Task Progress by Using Office Project Web Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the monitoring and controlling processes.
Work with task progress and updates by using Office Project Web Access.
Work with task progress and updates by using Office Project 2007.
Track and view task information by using Office Outlook 2007.

Module 11: Monitoring and Controlling Projects—Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress

Office Project Web Access provides features that help the project manager make informed decisions. In this module students will learn about status reports and their functions, and they will review performance metrics and progress reports.

Lessons

Understanding Status Reports
Reviewing Performance Metrics and Progress Reports

Lab: Preparing Status Reports and Analyzing Progress Reports

Preparing a Status Report
Analyzing Project Progress in Project Center Views
Analyzing Project Progress in Project Report Center

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe status reports and their function.
Review performance metrics and progress reports.

Module 12: Closing Projects

Office Project Server 2007 can also help with the management of closing activities and the storage and disposal of project information. In this module, students will learn about the Closing process and the support provided for it by Office Project Server 2007.

Lessons

Understanding the Closing Process
Supporting The Closing Process

Lab: Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template

Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the closing process.
Support the closing process with Office Project 2007.