Managing Projects
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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.
 
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Sandra Batakis    A+ Trainer, MCT, MCSE, CIW
Sandra is a Senior Microsoft Certified Instructor with over 10 years in the IT certification training and courseware development field. She has offered a wide variety of IT training and high level consulting projects for Fortune 500 companies. She possesses extensive hands-on IT experience including working with building computer networking infrastructure, configuring LAN, WAN and Internet security gateways, Implementing and migrating to Microsoft Exchange 5, 2000,2003 and the new Exchange 2007. She has delivered numerous Microsoft, CompTIA and Adobe classroom-based as well as online Boot Camps and Seminars across the United States.
 
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Course Outline
Module 01 - Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007
Getting Started with Office Project Server 2007
Project Management Components
What Is Project Management?
What Is Program Management?
Project Management Process Groups
What Is Portfolio Management?
What Is Enterprise Project Management?
What Is a Project Management Office?
Project Management Architecture - Front End Applications
Server Platforms
Database Storage - Three Sets of Databases
Project Management Solution 2007 Architecture
New and Enhanced Features: Office Project 2007
New and Enhanced Features: Office Project Server 2007
What Are the Project Center and Resource Center?
Who Are the Different Users of Office Project Server 2007?
Review of the Default Groups
Demo - Project Web Access Homepage
Review of the Default Categories
What Is the Software Required for Various Users?
Authentication Methods - Windows Authentication
Authentication Methods - Forms Authentication
Demo - Project Server Account
Adding a Connection to Office Project Server 2007
Setting Up a New Project
Demo - New Project
Saving, Publishing, and Opening Projects in Office Project Server 2007
Demo - Open a Published Project
Module 1 Review
Module 02 - Initiating Projects
Initiating Projects
What Are the Initiating Processes?
Demo - Initiating Projects
What Is a Project Charter?
What Is the Preliminary Scope Statement?
What Is a Project Workspace?
Importing a Project from Project Professional 2007 into Project Server 2007
Browsing Project Server 2007 from Project Professional 2007
Working with Proposals in Project Web Access
What Is an Activity Plan?
Working with Resource Plans
Demo - Import a Project
Working with Document Files
Module 02 - Review
Module 03 - Planning Projects - Context and Framework
Planning Projects - Context and Framework What Is the Project Management Plan?
Subsidiary Plans
Office Project Server 2007 Client Software
Project 2007 Comparisons
Project 2007 Comparisons - Scope Management Plan
Project 2007 Comparisons - Schedule Management Plan
Project 2007 Comparisons - Staffing Management Plan
Project 2007 Comparisons - Cost Management Plan
Project 2007 Comparisons - Risk Management Plan
Project 2007 Comparisons - Communications Management Plan
Demo - Enterprise Fields
Module 03 - Review
Module 04 - Planning Projects - Scope and Schedule Management
Planning Projects - Scope and Schedule Management
Creating the Work Breakdown Structure, Tasks, and Milestones
Scope
WBS, Tasks and Deadlines, and Estimates…
Scheduling Process
Scheduling Process Office Project 2007
Scheduling Process - Project Web Access
Demo - WBS Schedule
Demo - Schedule Management
Deliverable
How Deliverables Are Created
Creating a Deliverable
Demo - Deliverables
Module 04 - Review
Module 05 - Planning Projects - Staffing Management Plan
Planning Projects - Staffing Management Plan
What Are Enterprise Resources?
Budget Resources
Create and Use Project Budget with Budget Resources
Enterprise Resource Pools
Three Types of Organizations
Functional Organization
Matrix Organizations
Projectized Organizations
Building a Project Team in Different Organizational Structures
Considerations for Building a Project Team
Viewing Resource Assignments and Availability
Considerations That Affect Resource Availability
Demo - Staffing Management
Demo - Resource Availability
Module 5 Review
Module 06 - Planning Projects - Resource Assignments
Planning Projects - Resource Assignments
The Assignment Cycle
Project Team Dependence
Assignment Owner
Demo - Assignements
Status Manager
Collaboration Sequences
Update Requests
Leveling - Proactive Approach
Leveling Resources - Reactive Approach
Task Drivers
Module 06 - Review
Module 07 - Planning Projects - Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans
Planning Projects - Cost, Risk, and Other Management Plans
Working with Costs
Fixed and Variable Costs
Dynamic Vs. Static Cost Values
Options for Cost Estimates - Fixed
Options for Cost Estimates - Variable
Establishing the Cost Budget
Budget Features
Setting the Baseline
Demo - Resource Costs
What Are Components of a Risk Management Plan?
Working with Risk Items in Office Project Web Access
Working with Issue Items in Office Project Web Access
Risk Management Methodologies
Creating a Risk Item
Default Risk Item Properties
Issue Management
Create an Issue Item
Linking Documents to Different Items
Using the Team Discussion Feature
Module 07 - Review
Module 08 - Executing Projects - Processes, Resources, and Deliverables
Executing Projects - Processes, Resources, and Deliverables
What Are the Executing Processes?
Project Execution Process Management
Matching and Replacing Resources
Resource Substitution Wizard
Resource Substitution Wizard Options
Build Team from Enterprise
Managing Project Deliverables
Demo - Deliverables
Module 08 - Review
Module 09 - Executing Projects - Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings
Executing Projects - Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings
The Timesheet Cycle
Demo - Timesheets
Demo - Timesheet Approval
What Is Administrative Time?
Overview of Personal Settings in Project Web Access
Module 09 - Review
Module 10 - Monitoring & Controlling Projects -Tracking Task & Project Progress
Monitoring and Controlling Projects - Tracking Task and Project Progress
How the Monitoring and Controlling Processes Work
Baselines
Task Progress by Using Project Web Access
Demo - Task Progress
Overview of Tracking Progress and Updates by Using Outlook 2007
Synchronize Tasks with Outlook
Module 10 - Review

Module 11 - Monitoring and Controlling Projects - Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress
Monitoring and Controlling Projects - Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress
Working with Status Reports in Office Project Web Access
Status Reports
Status Reports Process
Responding to Status Report Request
Demo - Status Reports
Project Performance Metrics and Progress Reports
Demo - Analyze Performance
Project Center Views
Excel Project Summary Report
Module 11 - Review
Module 12 - Closing Projects
Closing Projects
Project Closing Processes
Closing Process
Analysis of Project Performance
Project Information Storage and Disposal
Office Project Server 2007 Database Administration
Demo - Enterprise Template
Demo - Enterprise Objects
Server Settings - Database Administration
Retiring Enterprise Projects
Module 12 - Review
Course Closure