5929A: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects and Programs

Please contact us for dates and availability of the 2003 version of this course.

Course Description:
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to use  Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close enterprise programs (aligning with Project Management Institute best practices).  The course also provides students with the knowledge and skills to customize and manage the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise project management (EPM) environment.

Courseware and Certification:
This course uses Microsoft Official Curriculum ("MOC") courseware and prepares students for the Microsoft exam 70-634 PRO: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects and Programs which counts as credit toward the Microsoft certification Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.  This is the third course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series.

PM Resource Group is also an authorized Prometric Testing Center.  So students may take the 70-634 exam immediately following the class.  There is an additional $125 exam fee.

Recommended Prerequisites:

• A solid understanding of the key project management concepts and terminology found in Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
• Extensive hands-on experience in both Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 and Project Web Access 2007
• Course 5927A: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Course 5928A: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 or equivalent knowledge and experience

Intended Audience:
This 3-day course is designed for:

• Individuals who are responsible for managing, analyzing, and reporting on projects, programs or portfolios in an EPM environment
• Project Managers, Program Managers, members of the PMO, and other stakeholders participating in the deployment or refinement of an EPM solution
• Individuals who want to take exam 70-634 PRO: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects and Programs
• Individuals who are required to use Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 and Project Web Access to create, update and manage multiple interdependent project plans

Course Objectives:
In this course, students will learn how to:

• Define project, program, and portfolio management
• Describe the architecture and components of the Microsoft Office EPM solution and navigate the key interfaces of Office Project 2007, Project Server 2007, and Project Web Access
• Define the enterprise environment to support program needs: understand default configuration settings and apply configuration changes
• Understand and update Project Server permissions to support program needs
• Deliver the detailed plan of a program and optimize the program for time, cost, and resources in order to establish a program baseline
• Define program resources and review and update the program plan and baseline
• Manage resource profiles in the enterprise resource pool
• Track the work of resources in timesheets and progress tasks using PWA and Project 2007
• Configure Timesheets and Task Progress settings to support tracking needs
• Define and perform Earned Value Management
• Customize Project Server enterprise fields and OLAP cube settings to achieve program benefits
• Create and use Project Center, Project Detail and Data Analysis (OLAP) views to forecast and report progress on programs
• Configure project workspaces to meet the needs of a program
• Describe the closing process for a program and propose changes to the enterprise environment based on lessons learned from a program life cycle
• Configure Queue, Backup and other Project Server settings necessary to support the enterprise environment
• Apply valuable tips, tricks and best practices for EPM deployment, configuration and support