Course Overview
The goal of this three-day, instructor-led course is to provide program managers, project managers, project planners with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively to create, update & maintain projects with Project Professional and Project Server.
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should have:
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Completed Project Fundamentals class or equivalent experience. |
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A working knowledge of basic project management concepts. |
Audience
Candidates for this course are project management professionals with at least one year experience using Project 2000/2002/2003.
Benefits to You
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Open and save a project to Project Server |
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Assign enterprise resources to a project |
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Add & view documents to the document repository |
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Add & view issues to projects and tasks |
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Request and view status reports |
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Manage team member notifications |
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Approve or reject team member time tracking |
Registration and Discounts
Classes are limited size to ensure maximum personal attention and interaction. Register Now to secure your seat. To receive early bird rate, register three weeks in advance.
Our Gift to You
Attend our Public Training and receive a 7- days free use of Hands-on Lab for post-training practice. This is full featured, live Project Server brought to you by EPM Solutions’onDemand Service.
Your Course Tuition Entitles You to...
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Class participation |
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7-days use of hands-on lab for post training practices, a fully deployed Microsoft Project Server environment |
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Use of in-class hands-on equipment. Computer lab is fully set up with Microsoft Project Server, Project Professional and SharePoint integrated |
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Course material |
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Hot breakfast, lunch, afternoon refreshments and all day beverages |
Hotel Accommodations
Airport
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San Francisco International Airport (13 miles to Marriott Fairfield Inn) |
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San Jose International Airport (22 miles to Marriott Fairfield Inn) |
Training Center
Seaport Conference Center
459 Seaport Court, Redwood City, CA 94063, phone: (650) 482-350
Ways to Save
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Get a 3rd attends HALF the price when 2 enroll our pubic training from your organization or get a 4th attends FREE when 3 enroll from your organization. |
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For six or more students in the same class, an onsite training course, at your location or ours, can save you even more. |
Course Outline / last updated: March 03, 2007
Managing Enterprise Projects
Using Microsoft Project Server 2007
Module 1: Introducing Microsoft Project Server 2007
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What Is Microsoft Office Project Server? |
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Understand Project Management Theory |
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Understand Project Server Terminology |
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Using Enterprise Resource Management Tools |
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Understanding the Communications Life Cycle |
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Understanding Windows SharePoint Services |
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Understanding Project Server Databases |
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Understanding Project Server Data Analysis |
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Understanding Enterprise Global Concepts |
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Understanding Custom Fields |
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Understanding Tracking Methods |
Module 2: Preparing to Use Project Server
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Using the Project Web Access User Interface |
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Creating a Login Account in Project Professional 2007 |
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Working with Proposals and Activity Plans |
Module 3: Working with Proposals and activity Plans
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Understanding Proposals and Activity Plan |
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Creating a Proposal |
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Creating an Activity Plan |
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Creating a Resource Plan |
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Building a Team on a Proposal or Activity Plan |
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Publishing a Proposal or Activity Plan |
Module 4: Creating Enterprise Project
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Converting a Proposal to an Enterprise Project |
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Creating an Enterprise Project Using Project Professional 2007 |
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Defining an Enterprise Project |
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Understanding the Local Cache |
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Opening and Closing Projects |
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Working with Offline Projects |
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Importing Projects |
Module 05: Task Planning
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Using a Task Planning Process |
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Understanding Change Highlighting |
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Planning Project Tasks |
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Using Task Dependencies |
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Setting Task Constraints and Deadline Dates |
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Assigning Task Calendars |
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Estimating Task Durations |
Module 06: Resource and Assignment Planning
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Understand Enterprise Resources |
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Building a Project Team |
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Assigning Resources Using the Task Entry View |
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Assigning Resources Using the Assign Resources Dialog |
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Assigning Cost Resources |
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Using the Resource Substitution Wizard |
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Leveling Overallocated Resources |
Module 07: Project Execution
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Analyzing the Critical Path |
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Understanding Task Drivers |
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Working with Project Baselines |
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Understanding Publishing |
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Managing Project Deliverables |
Module 08: Tracking Time and Task Progress
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Tracking Time in Project Web Access |
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Tracking Task Progress in Project Web Access |
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Using Other Task Activities |
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Using the Task Center |
Module 09: Working with Outlook
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Installing the Outlook Add-in |
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Using the Outlook Add-in |
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Managing Project Tasks in the Outlook Calendar |
Module 10: Approving Time and Task Progress
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Viewing Unsubmitted Timesheet |
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Viewing the Adjusting Submitted timesheets |
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Approving Timesheets |
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Approving Administrative Time Requests |
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Viewing Task Updates |
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Approving Task updates |
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Viewing the Task Updates History |
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Creating Rules for Accepting Task Updates |
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Closing Tasks to Update |
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Axioms for Success with Tracking Progress |
Module 11: Variance Analysis and Plan Revision
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Understanding Variance |
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Analyzing Project Variance |
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Revising a Project Plan |
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Using a Change control Process |
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Rebaselining Your Project |
Module 12: Managing Personal Settings
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Personal Settings Overview |
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Changing Your Password |
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Managing Alerts and reminders for Yourself |
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Managing Alerts and Reminders for Your resources |
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Managing My Queued Jobs |
Module 13: Working with the Project Workspace
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Understanding the Project Workspace |
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Managing Risks |
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Managing Issues |
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Viewing Your Assigned Issues and Risks |
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Managing Project Documents |
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Working with Existing Documents in a Documents Library |
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Accessing the Public Documents Library |
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Managing Tasks |
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Using Calendars |
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Using Team Discussions |
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Accessing the Project Workspace from Project Professional 2007 |
Module 14: Project Workspace Advanced Features
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Using Project Workspace Advanced Features |
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Editing in a Datasheet |
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Opening Document Libraries with Windows Explorer |
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Exporting to a Spreadsheet |
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Opening with Access |
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Creating a Visio Diagram |
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Connecting to Outlook |
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Viewing and RSS Feed |
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Setting Alerts |
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Creating a Column |
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Managing Project Workspace Views |
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Modifying List Settings |
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Managing the Project Workspace |
Module 15: Working with Status Report
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Requesting a Status Report |
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Responding to a Status Report Request |
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Viewing Status Report Response |
Module 16: Working in the Resource Center
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Using the Resource Center |
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Viewing Resource Availability |
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Viewing Resource Assignments |
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Editing Resource Details |
Module 17: Working in the Project Center
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Using the Project Center |
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Staffing a Project From the Project Center |
Module 18: Working with Data Analysis
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Understanding Data Analysis Views |
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Using Data Analysis Toolbars |
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