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5928: Microsoft Project Server 2007, Managing Projects

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
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 Project Server 2007 enterprise tool. This is the second course in the Microsoft Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and covers the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution.

Prerequisites:
Experience using Microsoft Project to create project schedules
Fundamental knowledge of project management
Experience with the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system
Experience with Microsoft Excel 2003
Familiarity with the key project management concepts and terminology found in the PMI PMBOK Guide -Third Edition
Course 5927 (recommended but not required)

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Get started with Project Server 2007
Initiate projects
Understand the project planning processes
Plan projects through scope and schedule management
Plan projects through staffing management plans
Plan resource assignments for projects
Plan projects through cost, risk, and other planning documents
Execute projects through processes, resources, and deliverables
Execute projects by managing timesheets and personal settings
Monitor and control projects by tracking task and project progress
Monitor and control projects through measuring project performance and reporting progress
Close projects

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Project Server 2007

Describing the Enterprise Project Management Context
Discovering Project Server 2007
Differentiating the Users of Project Server 2007
Working with Project Professional 2007 and Project Server 2007
Lab: Creating and Saving a New Project in Project Server 2007

Lesson 2: Initiating Projects

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 Project Web Access
Lab: Initiating Projects and Working with Document Files

Lesson 3: Planning Projects-Context and Framework

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

Lesson 4: Planning Projects-Scope and Schedule Management

Developing Components of the Scope Management and Schedule Management Plans
Working with Deliverables
Lab: Working with Tasks, Milestones, and Deliverables

Lesson 5: Planning Projects-Staffing Management Plan

Building a Project Team
Managing Resource Availability
Lab: Managing Enterprise Resources

Lesson 6: Planning Projects-Resource Assignments

Understanding the Assignment Cycle
Resolving Resource Overallocation
Lab: Working with Assignments

Lesson 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
Lab: Planning Projects-Cost, Risks, Issues, and Other Planning Documents

Lesson 8: Executing Projects-Processes, Resources, and Deliverables

Understanding Executing Processes
Managing Resources and Deliverables
Lab: Modifying the Project Team and Managing Deliverables

Lesson 9: Executing Projects-Managing Timesheets and Personal Settings

Working with Timesheets
Reporting Administrative Time
Configuring Personal Settings
Lab: Using Timesheets and Reporting Administrative Time

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Projects-Tracking Task and Project Progress

Understanding the Monitoring and Controlling Processes
Working with Task Progress and Updates in Project Web Access
Working with Task Progress by Using Project 2007
Tracking and Viewing Task Information by Using Outlook 2007
Lab: Tracking Task Progress

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Projects-Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress

Understanding Status Reports
Reviewing Performance Metrics and Progress Reports
Lab: Preparing Status Reports and Analyzing Progress Reports

Lesson 12: Closing Projects

Understanding the Closing Process
Supporting The Closing Process
Lab: Creating and Saving an Enterprise Template

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