Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed

Microsoft® Office Project Server 2003 UnleashedAbout the Authors Unlike most books, this one was not written by an individual or a group of two or three experts. Instead, it was written by a large and diverse group of people from QuantumPM, LLC (QPM). The authors are undeniable experts; they have used this software within our organization and have helped hundreds of customers install and configure the software for their organizations. In addition, the QPM team works closely with the Microsoft team to support the rollout of the product and to provide input for future versions. QuantumPM, LLC is a consulting firm specializing in strategic and tactical project management services. The company's focus is improvement of organizational bottom lines through effective project and portfolio management, targeting a balance of philosophy and tools. To this end, QuantumPM works closely with Microsoft, Inc. as a Premier Project Partner and with the Project Management Institute as a Registered Education Provider and active participant in standards development and various local chapter activities. These partnerships allow QuantumPM to provide state-of-the-art products and services to our customers. The authors of the book include people from a variety of roles within the organization. They brought their unique perspectives to this effort and hope to have provided you with a great balance of technical and operational material based on many years of practical application of the product. Following are the QuantumPM team members who worked many long hours to develop the contents of this book: Our project manager and miracle worker who managed to get us all to deliver our work as promised: Genie Peshkova. Members of our sales and marketing teams who help our customers understand the capabilities of the software as a part of a complete solution for their needs: Greg Bailey, Karla Ferguson, Jim Patterson, and Crystal Trevino. Members of our operations staff who manage our internal administrative projects and keep things running smoothly: Laurie Dawkins and Jennifer Rollins. Members of our technical staff who help customers with system architecture, scalability and capacity planning, and other system administration decisions. They also keep this software running smoothly in our customer-hosted environment as well as our own internal environment: Tony Blackburn and Katie Stewart. Members of our project management consulting team who work together to provide solutions for our customers: Claudia Baca, Boris Bazant, Robert Bowman, Steve Drevon, Cristian Filip, Scott Footlik, Herman Gaines, Patti Jansen, Brian Musgrave, and Russ Young. Members of our development team who create custom solutions to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management software: Danny Allen, Adam Berle, Bruce Johnson, and Ethan Young. The project sponsors and founders of QPM: Kris Athey and Rose Blackburn. © Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

Introduction to Enterprise Project Management

I. ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

1. Enterprise Project Management-The Philosophy

2. Using Microsoft Office Project 2003 As an Enterprise Project Management Solution

3. Knowing Product Limits and Overcoming Them

II. PLANNING YOUR ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION

4. Planning the Organizational Processes

5. Understanding Project Server Architecture

6. Designing the Enterprise Project Management Solution Architecture Details

III. IMPLEMENTING MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT SERVER

7. Enterprise Project Management System Deployment Considerations

8. Establishing Security Model Settings

9. Enterprise Global Codes

10. Creating Project Web Access Project and Resource Views

11. Completing the Implementation and Configuration

IV. VALIDATING THE MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT SERVER 2003 IMPLEMENTATION

12. Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Validation

13. Troubleshooting Business Process Implementation in the Application

V. USING MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT WEB ACCESS

14. Project Web Access Collaboration

15. Time Tracking in Project Web Access

16. Using Project and Resource Centers

17. Portfolio Management Using Portfolio Analyzer and Portfolio Modeler

18. Risks, Issues, and Documents Using Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)

19. Using the Project Web Access Admin Menu Tab

VI. USING MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT PROFESSIONAL 2003 ENTERPRISE FEATURES

20. Building Custom Enterprise Configuration

21. Building Project Team and Resource Substitution

22. Project Team Collaboration

VII. ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS

23. Project Web Access and Project Professional Integration with Office

24. Project Workspace Integration with Office

VIII. SERVER MAINTENANCE AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

25. Server Maintenance and Configuration Management

26. Capacity Planning

IX. INDUSTRY CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES

27. Industry Examples for Microsoft Office Project 2003 Configuration

X. CUSTOMIZING MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT SERVER

28. Enterprise Project Management Customization

29. Extending Enterprise Project Management Through Customization Overview

Index