Microsoft Project Server Training

What courses do you offer for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server?
Do you have onsite training?
Do you have public course training?
What type of training material is included?
Do you offer a complete administration course for Microsoft Project Server?
Do you provide “Role Based” training?
Do you provide any “FREE” software in your training materials?

Microsoft Project Server Consulting
Do you provide onsite consulting?
What type of consulting can you provide for installation and configuration of software?
Do you provide Enterprise Project Management consulting?
Do you provide business process consulting?
Do you provide system integration consulting?
Do you offer report and graphics development with Microsoft Project Server?

Microsoft Project Server and Professional Features

What is Microsoft Project Server 2003?
What is Microsoft Project Web Access?
What is Windows SharePoint Services?
What is enterprise project management (EPM)?
What are some of the MS Project Professional Enterprise Features?
What is the difference between MS Project Standard and MS Project Professional?

System Requirements for Microsoft Project
What computer hardware and software will I require to operate Microsoft Project 2003 or
Microsoft Project Server?
What are the user roles and Microsoft Project Server products used?
Who are Executives, Portfolio Managers and Resource Managers?  
Who are Project Managers?
Who are Team Members?
Who are Project Administrators?
 

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Microsoft Project Server Training

What courses do you offer for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server?

Do you have onsite training?
Yes, PSSI is always available to provide onsite training.  We will even customize the training session as well as customize the training materials for your organization.   

Do you have public course training?
Yes, please visit our training page for schedule and additional information.  

What type of training material is included?
We have five training material kits.  Administrators, Project Managers, Resource Managers, Executives and Team Members.  Each kit contains the appropriate workbook for their role in the organization, worksheets for the course and a copy of Process Bridge.  Process Bridge is an add-in to Microsoft Project and provides the bridge between industry-accepted management tools and techniques as outlined by the Project Management Institute in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and Microsoft Project. 

We can also provide your organization with customized and tailored training materials.  These are designed to meet your project management requirements as well as meeting your unique process and methodologies.

Do you offer a complete administration course for Microsoft Project Server?
Yes we do offer a complete administration course for Microsoft Project Server.  We have a 3 day administrators course or a full 5 day Bootcamp.    

Do you provide “Role Based” training?
Yes we do provide for role based training.  We can provide specific training for Executives, Directors, Project Managers, Resource Managers, Team Members and Administrators.

Do you provide any “FREE” software in your training materials?
Each student will receive in their training kit a workbook, worksheets and a copy of Process Bridge.  Process Bridge is an add-in to Microsoft Project and provides the bridge between industry-accepted management tools and techniques as outlined by the Project Management Institute in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and Microsoft Project.  For more information visit our products page here.

Microsoft Project Server Consulting

Do you provide onsite consulting?
Yes we do provide onsite consulting.  Our consulting philosophy is to provide customers the utmost quality and comfort in planning and the physical implementation of all their project management needs. Our consultants are recognized the World over in their field and have contributed significantly to the field of Enterprise Project Management. We offer the most competitive rates of any top tier consultancy and stand by our work. 
  
What type of consulting can you provide for installation and configuration of software?
We offer complete support to assist your organization to plan, implement and guide your effective implementation and use of the Microsoft Project Server.  We can assist your organization as well as augment your implementation team, or perform the entire implementation.

Do you provide Enterprise Project Management consulting?
Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Pilot: This involves all activities involved with setting up the Microsoft Project Server 2003 on a company server. Customization includes custom templates, security settings, share point services settings, and project professional settings as per company requirements. The EPM pilot is designed to run a select portfolio of projects to infer the quality and quantity of information gathered from the system and to evaluate the effectiveness of an EPM application.

Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Rollout: EPM rollout is the next step after the successful implementation of EPM pilot. It involves training, server modifications, standardization of procedures, cross complexities of resources and management and a strict code of enterprise functioning within the project management domain.

Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Audit: Our Project Server System Audit is a technical and functional review of your implementation. Our technical audit ensures all Project Server functionality is operational. During our functional audit we review your Project Server configuration and provide recommendations to improve and mature your system. We also guide you in the proper use of the Project Server Enterprise software.

Do you provide business process consulting?
Business Process Consulting: This involves using industry best practices to generate a host of business processes aimed at resource management, project management, cost analysis, portfolio analysis and if applicable six sigma analysis.

Do you provide system integration consulting?
Our Technical Team has many years of experience exchanging Microsoft Project data with other systems.  

Do you offer report and graphics development with Microsoft Project Server?
Our Technical Team has many years of experience configuring and developing all types of reports and graphics with Microsoft Project Server.

Microsoft Project Server and Professional Features

What is Microsoft Project Server 2003?
Project Server 2003 is the flexible platform that supports the portfolio management, resource management, and collaboration capabilities in the EPM Solution. Project Server 2003 enables organizations to store project and resource information centrally and consistently. It also integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services for file management and collaboration capabilities, helping team members to work together more effectively.

Users can connect to Project Server 2003 using Project Professional 2003 (desktop program) or Project Web Access (Web portal) to save, retrieve, and interact with Project Server data. Users can also use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to download their tasks from Project Server 2003 and view and report progress on their project tasks from Outlook.

What is Microsoft Project Web Access?
Project Web Access is the Web portal that enables you to connect to the project and resource information that is stored in Project Server and collaborate on projects. Team members, executives, and resource managers—in other words, anyone who needs access to Project Server 2003 information but does not require the scheduling capabilities of Project Professional—can use Project Web Access through a Web browser to view, update, and analyze information.  Please note that Project Web Access is not a separate product. Rather, it is enabled by Project Server 2003 and acts as the Web portal in the EPM Solution. You must have a Project Server 2003 Client Access License (CAL) to use Project Web Access.  

What is Windows SharePoint Services?
Windows SharePoint Services, a component technology of Windows Server 2003, enables users to create Web sites for information-sharing and file collaboration. Project Server 2003 integrates with Windows SharePoint Services for file management and project-related issue and risk tracking.  To enable Windows SharePoint Services capabilities—including file versioning and check-in/check-out—Project Server 2003 requires Windows Server 2003.  

What is enterprise project management?
The EPM Solution brings together client, server, and Web-based technologies to enable your organization, department, or team to manage company-wide projects and align business initiatives for better results. Project Professional 2003, Project Server 2003, and Project Web Access are designed to work together to make up the EPM Solution.  Check out the EPM Solution overview to learn more.

What are some of the MS Project Professional Enterprise Features?
Some new features in the EPM Solution include:

Outlook integration. Integrate with Outlook to enable project tasks to appear in Outlook calendars alongside appointments. Team members can view and update progress on their project assignments from within the Outlook messaging and collaboration client. Without any additional training, team members can stay up-to-date on their deliverables and keep managers informed of their progress.

Better document management. Support check-in/check-out functionality for files in Project Web Access using Windows SharePoint Services.

Risk tracking. Provide a central location for teams to record and track risks associated with projects.

Staffing projects in Project Web Access. The Build Team feature provides resource managers with an easy-to-use tool for finding and assigning enterprise resources to selected projects. Staff projects from any computer, without needing to run Project Professional 2003.

Project Web Access Grid Printing. Create and print formatted reports of selected Project Web Access views such as Project Center, Resource Center, and Timesheet, from a browser. Such formatted data can also be quickly exported to Microsoft Excel.

Extensive enhancements to Project Server APIs: Various existing PDS methods are now enhanced to support the functionality of new application programming interfaces (APIs).

Active Directory synchronization: Project Server 2003 can synchronize with an organization's Microsoft Active Directory service so that enterprise resources are updated regularly.

What is the difference between Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project Professional (Pro)?
Microsoft Project Server is the base server product, used along with Microsoft Professional and or along side as an option, Project Web Access.  PWA is used for team and individual collaboration and reporting.  This forms the Microsoft Project Server solution. 

Microsoft Standard provides all the core tools necessary to create projects and allocate resources and costs, but does not have the powerful enterprise project management capabilities.  Microsoft Project Standard is still the project management program of choice for project managers and planners who want to plan and manage projects from their personal computers.

System Requirements

What computer hardware and software will I require to operate Microsoft Project 2003 or Microsoft Project Server?
For all the details, visit Microsoft’s System Requirement Page.  http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/prodinfo/sysre mspx

What are the user roles and Microsoft Project Server products used?
Each user in an Enterprise Project Management solution has a different role.  Each role is assigned specific functions and features he or she can have access to in the solution. 

Who are Executives, Portfolio Managers and Resource Managers?
Executives, Portfolio Managers and Resource Managers are members of the Enterprise who are responsible for programs, projects and resource requirements to fulfill project execution.

Who are Project Managers?
Project Managers are provided with a role as a Project Manager in Project Web Access and will also use all the Enterprise based features in the Project Professional version. 

Who are Team Members?
Team members are individuals that work on projects and can have access to Project Web Access and the associated features via a browser based solution, internet or intranet.

Who are Project Administrators?
Administrators are provided full access to all aspects of the Enterprise solution via a login to the Project Server.  They are responsible for governing all Server configurations, reporting structures, security, logins and passwords as well as arranging for role development.  This is done using Project Web Access to the Project Server.  This user can access administrator functions from the Internet or Intranet.

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