Executing Projects with Project Server 2007


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
Successfully executing a project is like mastering an art form of making things happen as planned. Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 can help project managers do that. This course explains how the execution of the project plan through efficient resource management, communicating project information to stakeholders, and quality assurance can be achieved. The course also explores time and timesheets and the concept of administrative time using Office Project Server 2007. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Technology Specialist (TS): Microsoft Office Project Server 2007: Managing Projects 70-633 exam. Passing this exam will earn the learner the MCTS: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 certification. In turn, this certification counts as a credit toward the MCITP: Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 certification.

Target Audience
System administrators, project managers, project support staff, and IT professionals tasked with the responsibility of planning, implementing, and using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 in conjunction with Microsoft Office Project 2007 in a project enterprise environment; learners preparing for the technical support certification exams.

Prerequisites
Familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Office environments; a basic knowledge of project management concepts and terminology found in the Project Management Institute's Book of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide).

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Executing Projects with Project Server 2007

  • use project communication features
  • recognize key techniques for performing quality assurance
  • use PWA for allocating resources
  • use the Resource Substitution Wizard for allocating resources
  • link documents and items in Project Server 2007
  • allocate project resources
  • create links for project documents and items
  • create a timesheet
  • record administrative time using the Enterprise Global Resource Pool calendar
  • set up alerts and reminders
  • create a timesheet
  • enter administrative time
  • create notifications
  • Course Number:
    mo_psmp_a04_dt_enus