6740MPS: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects & Programs: Review Course for Exam 70-634

Course Description:
Students use Microsoft Office Project Server in this advanced workshop to review 70-634 exam topics with emphasis on advanced capabilities and features new to Project Server 2007. Students should have prior experience managing programs in a Project Server 2003 or 2007 environment; including the ability to create and manage master plans, and efficiently utilize enterprise resources to achieve program goals.  Students should also have prior experience configuring and supporting a Project Server 2003 or 2007 environment; including the ability to modify the security model, create new fields and views, define financial and timesheet periods, manage administrative categories, and update the OLAP cube. A course manual will be provided.  The course also includes an overview of the exam process and sample exam questions.

Students will have the opportunity to take the 70-634 exam onsite immediately after the review. The exam is a separate fee of $125 that must be paid onsite the day of the exam.  As a Prometric testing center, we can get you registered for the exam, accept payment and discount vouchers, and sign you up for a free retake if the offer is currently available from Microsoft.

Related Certification:
This course prepares the student for the 70-634 Microsoft exam and certification titled Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects & Programs

Prerequisites:
5927A: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007, 5928A: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, 5929A: Managing Projects & Programs with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, or similar experience.

Intended Audience:
This 1-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 plan 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 review Project Server capabilities within the following topic areas:

• Review the Microsoft Project Server solution architecture and navigate key interfaces
• Understand default Project Server configuration settings
• Review the Project Server security model
• Define a program in Project Server
• Define program resources and review and update program plans
• Update enterprise resource pool profiles
• Optimize a program for time, cost and resources and set a program baseline
• Configure Timesheets and Task Progress settings and track the work of resources
• Perform Earned Value Management
• Update approved baseline changes into an existing program
• Customize Project Server enterprise fields and OLAP cube settings
• Update Project Center, Project Detail and Data Analysis views
• Modify project workspaces
• Configure Queue, Backup and other Project Server settings

At the end of this review course, you are ready to take the exam:

• As a Prometric Testing Center, PM Resource Group can get you registered for the Microsoft 70-634 exam and deliver the exam onsite immediately after the review
• Additional $125 exam fee (must be paid onsite with a credit card)
• Occasionally Microsoft offers free retakes on exams. If one is being offered, we will register you for it before you take the exam.