Not a “show and tell” – get true takeaway skills you can use immediately.

As a project manager, you have the opportunity to greatly enhance your skills using Microsoft Project Server by working with a true project management expert in this hands-on learning environment.

This course is taught only by a PMP-Certified instructor with years of experience in the trenches of managing major projects. You will learn to coordinate and lead projects following PMI’s best practices as prescribed by PMBOK. It’s 100% real-world, practical application. This is a pragmatic “learn by doing” workshop that will put the finishing touch on your skills, allowing you to use all the Microsoft Project and Microsoft Server tools to their fullest potential, whether a local or global project.

Enhanced abilities that benefit you and your company, saving time, money and stress!

You will have specific quantifiable data to present to management: the status of projects, timelines, resources and scope changes. You and management will no longer have to rely upon antidotal information to make business decisions. Your projects will become more predictable and your resources will be used more effectively.

Use ALL of the tools – even those you didn’t know existed!

You might be using Project and you may have Project Server – but you’re not using all the tools to their fullest potential. The benefits of this workshop will be immediate. You’ll experience better communication between project managers and team members.

You will be better equipped to handle a bigger portfolio of projects. Ultimately, you will deliver better products and services for your organization. The tools are here, you just need to know where to look for them and how to use them to your advantage.

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You’ll Get Right Down To Business — Hands-On!

Step by step, you’ll use the tools available to you and tools that usually go unused in Project and Project Server. All will be relevant and easy to understand for the most sophisticated projects. Guided by an expert instructor, you will:

• Understand the relationship between MS Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 – what does what? Which can do it better?
• Create a Project Team from the Enterprise Resource Pool
• Use Project Web Access (PWA) for update status and resource updates
• Learn to work effectively with PWA Project sites
• Create custom fields with Select Lists
• Create and use Ad Hoc filters
• Build custom formulas, indicators and views
• Create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Apply task relationships using Lag
• Modify resource allocation views and set task deadline dates
• Use Microsoft Project’s Resource Leveling algorithm
• Work with PWA’s Project Center
• Learn to use PWA Data Analysis OLAP Cube views

In this skill-building program, you’ll see what you have been missing, what you’ve underutilized and where those unused tools will help you expand your capabilities as a superior project manager.

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Even experienced Project Managers won’t want to miss this class and its benefits once back on the job!

1. Understand the integration of MS Project Client and Server to help you create role-based Enterprise Project Management
2. Know how to apply best practices using Project and Server when creating real-world enterprise projects
3. Know how to identify and resolve resource allocation issues within a single project or across sophisticated enterprise projects
4. Understand the impact of Task Type such as Fixed Units, Fixed Duration and Fixed Work, how they affect your resource assignments
5. Determine the process and the differences between building a project and communicating the results
6. Learn to control multileveled project work throughout the project lifecycle
7. Know how to create custom fields with select lists, such as group tasks or resources based on your unique identifiers
8. Use PWA’s powerful SharePoint collaboration to share documents and better manage risks and issues
9. Isolate and better focus on the key information you need at the time you need it by creating Ad Hoc filters
10. Incorporate graphically displayed warnings of your status of tasks, resources and personnel
11. Develop your own personal formats to present key performance indicators and data in your enterprise project management
12. Present project status in understandable and easy to follow work packages ranging from a single line to major components or down to the task
13. Create customized work flow logic that reflects the way you will manage your projects
14. Know how to use Critical Path to mange the project time-line, clearly track and manage deliverable dates
15. Understand how to view and modify resource allocation views and set task deadline dates. Better manage your interim deliverables and identify and manage resources issues
16. Know how to effectively use Microsoft’s least understood tools – the Resource Leveling algorithm
17. Analyze projects at top level or drill down to analyze project detail, comparing project performance to planned performance
18. Use PWA’s analytical tools to view time phased data across projects and resources including your custom fields
19. Achieve better communication between teams and project managers – no matter how broad the project scope!
20. Ninety percent of this workshop’s time is spent in labs, giving you hands-on application — the best way to learn!

You may be using only a fraction of your capabilities. Learn how to maximize them in two days!