Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsof Microsoft Project

Tim Runcie is an industry-recognized technology and methodology expert. His twenty-plus year career has helped organizations leverage technologies (including Project, Project Server, and SharePoint) to achieve better ROI and cultural maturity in project, program, and portfolio management.Mark 'Doc' Dochtermann has spent more than thirty years working in almost every major corporation: from IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Xerox, and in organizations that are focused on project and portfolio management.ADVISICON is a consulting firm that delivers strategic project control solutions using advanced project and portfolio management methodologies, custom application development, and consultative training. Their clients throughout North America and Latin America have realized quantifiable results through a unique approach of combining knowledge transfer, optimization and sustainability of processes, and technology while increasing stakeholder competencies. Advisicon's team of professionals includes PMI-certified Project Management Professionals(R) (PMPs), Microsoft Certified Professionals(R), and Microsoft MVPs.

Chapter 1 Business Intelligence: Knowledge of Key Success Ingredients for Project Server 2010 In This Chapter Maximizing PPM Ingredients, Culture and Technology for Business Success What is the Project Management Lifecycle? Information: What Fuels a PMO's Success? Stakeholders in a Project Management environment Technology Meets Strategy: Welcome to the Business User Network Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter References Chapter 2 Value proposition by role of Project Server 2010 In This Chapter Clairvoyance with Project / Server 2010: Forecast Future Results Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter References Chapter 3 MEETING CFO NEEDS WITH PROJECT / SERVER 2010 In This Chapter How the CFO Gets the Attention of the PMO What & Why is Work Management critical to organizational success? Synchronization of Strategic Objectives to Actual Effort Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter References Chapter 4 The business shakes hands with the microsoft project 2010 platform In This Chapter The Logical Architecture is More Natural for the Business Users Microsoft Project 2010 Platform is Highly Extensible Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter References Chapter 5 The End Users' Critical Success Factors: Using MS Project 2010 In This Chapter Project Management in Small Business and the Enterprise Initiating and Managing Projects Using the Microsoft Project Desktop Client Being an Effective Enterprise Project Manager Using Microsoft Project Server Fluent Project Management Using the Fluent UI: Introducing the Ribbon Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter References Chapter 6 Thinking Local, Going Social: Project Teams Can Thrive Using Microsoft Project Server 2010 In This Chapter Project Management Looking Ahead PPM Lifecycle Important Concepts of This Chapter Chapter 7 Better together: microsoft project 2010 worksites using sharepoint server 2010 In This Chapter Integration of Collaboration, Social Media and Project Related Information SharePoint Server 2010 Offers Critical Business Capabilities Being Social in a Project Environment Important Concepts of This Chapter Chapter 8 Effective transition of strategy and execution: Program Management using Microsoft Project Server 2010 In This Chapter Projects are the "How," Programs are the "Why" Important Concepts of This Chapter Chapter 9 Intelligent business planning and controlling using Microsoft project 2010 In This Chapter Understanding Strategic Planning with Project Server Creating and Managing Portfolio Lifecycle for Project Server Understanding and Building Business Drivers Using Project Server to Master Demand Management Building Project Selection Criteria What the Efficient Frontier is and How to Use it Working with Constraints in Portfolio Planning Creating and Running Multiple Scenarios for Portfolio Planning Applying Strategic Analysis for Corporate to Departmental Needs Committing New Work Portfolios and Measuring for ROI Project Server Optimizing Governance for PMOs Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter References Chapter 10 Intelligent Business Planning and Reporting Using Microsoft Project 2010 In This Chapter What is Dynamic Reporting... Creating Easy to Access Reporting in Project Server/SharePoint BI Important Concepts Covered in This Chapter