Micro

soft O

ffice

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007 (PrS

rv2007)

Scenarios and U

se Cases

Micro

soft O

ffice

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007 (PrS

rv2007)

Scenarios and U

se Cases

Jose Levy

Managing Consultant

QuantumPM

About Quantu

mPM

About Quantu

mPM

QuantumPM provides project management services and

QuantumPM provides project management services and

alignment of an organization

alignment of an organization’’ s project portfolio to its

s project portfolio to its

business drivers.

business drivers.

PROJECT KNOW

LEDGE

•Project, Program and

Portfolio Management

•Enterprise Project

Management (EPM)

•Earned Value

Management (EVM)

•PM Best Practice

Consulting

•Training

•Project, Program and

Portfolio Management

•Enterprise Project

Management (EPM)

•Earned Value

Management (EVM)

•PM Best Practice

Consulting

•Training

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

BUSINESS &

GUID

ANCE

•Hosting

•Software Integration

and Development

•Custom and Tailored

Solutions

•Digital Dashboards

•Project Management

Tools and

Technologies

•Strategic Alignment

•Governance &

Compliance

•PMO Development

•Balanced

Scorecards

•Project Audits

About Quantu

mPM

About Quantu

mPM

About Quantu

mPM

About Quantu

mPM

•Experts in Project, Program and Portfolio Management

–Provides EPM solutions built especially for your organization

–Female-owned business status (WBENC)

•Aligned closely with Microsoft

–Microsoft®Gold Certified Partner

•Registered Education Provider for PMI

•GSA Schedule –

Schedule 70, Contract GS-35F-0665R

Look for the new QuantumPM authored book,

Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed,

available today!

Disclaim

er

Disclaim

er

•This presentation uses Beta software. Specific features and

functions may be different in the final released version.

•Some features, architecture, and functions are still under non-

disclosure and will not be presented.

Disclaimer

This presentation contains preliminary information that may be changed substantially prior to final commercial

release of the software described herein.

The information contained in this presentation represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the

issues discussed as of the date of the presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market

conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot

guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of the presentation.

This presentation is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFTMAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS,

IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights

covering subject matter in this presentation. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement

from Microsoft, the furnishing of this information does not giveyou any license to these patents, trademarks,

copyrights, or other intellectual property.

©2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Q4 CY 2005

Q4 CY 2005

Tech Beta

Tech Beta

October 2003

October 2003

Office 2003

Office 2003

Project 2003

Project 2003

Inside the M

icro

soft O

ffice

Syste

m D

evelopment Cycle

Inside the M

icro

soft O

ffice

Syste

m D

evelopment Cycle

Q4 CY 2006

Q4 CY 2006

Customer

Customer

Availability

Availability

May 2006

May 2006

Broad Beta2

Broad Beta2

January 2006

January 2006

Project

Project

Conference

Conference

•This is a major product release

–Information has been shared with the Project

Technical Briefing in Redmond

–For more information see:

www.m

spro

jectconfere

nce.com

Next Genera

tion EPM Platform

Next Genera

tion EPM Platform

•Mobile/remote use on WANs without TS

•Concurrency for greater scalability

•Support real-world business processes and

workflow for approvals and routings

•Add functionality for specific needs

•Create UIs to meet your needs

•Connect with LOB systems

Scenario Examples

Scenario Examples

Performance

•Active cache

•Queuing service

•Server-side scheduling & updates

Extensible

•ASP.NET

•Project Server Interface

•Eventing

•Windows Workflow Foundation

•Web Parts

•Robust manager and executive

level reporting

•Ability to analyze and easily display custom

business metrics

Unlimited reporting

•Server-side custom fields

•Reporting Data Service

•Cube Building Service

Investm

ent Areas

Investm

ent Areas

EPM Solution Featu

res

EPM Solution Featu

res

Scenario Examples

Scenario Examples

Beyond Business Intelligence

•Cost budgeting and resources

•Resource plans

•Create simple projects on the web

•Time sheet

Collaboration

•Collaborative workspaces

•Task management

•Tighter integration with WSS and Outlook

•VSTS

•Support decision making on portfolios for better IT

governance

•Manage financial and staff resources

•Product development across functional silos

•Capture data where people work in other applications

•Running large projects with central PMO

coordination

Investm

ent Areas

Investm

ent Areas

Support for Inter-related Projects

•Program management

•Commitments

•Program-level reports on tasks, issues and risks

Resource Plans

Resource Plans

•Placeholder for resource time’s future project

work

•Reduces from resource summary resource

availability

•Attached to a published project from Project

Professional or from Activity Plans

•Uses Build Team to select desired resources

Resource Plans

Resource Plans

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Pro

gra

m Featu

res

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Pro

gra

m Featu

res

•Server custom fields

•Local Cache

•Master projects

•Project Center enhancements

•Project workspace site hierarchy

•Deliverables

•Program-level reporting

–Project hierarchy dimension in cubes

–Task dimensions

–Issues, Risks reporting

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007 Tim

esheet

Principles

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007 Tim

esheet

Principles

•Can be used by all employees (internal / external)

•Accessible to organization immediately as part of a

production base system

•Full support for accounting integration

•Timesheet submittal/approval separate from Task

Management (task status)

•Capture 100% of all work performed by employees

(including non-working time)

Tim

esheet Capabilities

Tim

esheet Capabilities

•Example of Billable Timesheet

Tim

esheets Are

For…

Tim

esheets Are

For…

•Tracking exact time spent on project work, non-project

work and non-working time

•An approval process for time spent on tasks within a

project (separate from Timesheet approvals)

•Integration of working and non-working time with

accounting systems for expense tracking and billing

purposes

•The use of EPM as their sole financial time tracking

system for billing

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Task M

anagement

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Task M

anagement

Pro

posals and Activity Plans

Pro

posals and Activity Plans

•Server side features to request projects and

plan and track lightweight projects

•Proposals will have “light up”workflow scenario

(with Office Server)

•Activity Plans provide ability to plan and track

projects (limited scheduling) with resource

assignments and custom fields

•Published Proposals and Activity Plans report

through Project Center Views

Pro

posals and Activity Plans

Pro

posals and Activity Plans

Reporting in Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Reporting in Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

•Reporting Database

•Views (generally the same)

•Data Analysis (Portfolio Analyzer enhanced with

more cubes and configuration)

•Enterprise Reports (SQL Reporting Services

integration in PWA)

•Visual Reports (in Pro)

•More Microsoft Office Integration

•Easier methods for third-party

solutions/customization

Serv

er Side Administration

An Enterprise Solution…

Tim

esheet

Reporting

Resource Plans

Data W

arehouse

Security

Event/Notifications

Task Assignment

Scheduling

Budgeting

Capabilities

Portfolio Selection

Portfolio Gov

LOB:

•ERP

•CRM

Platform

Front-

end

Services

Capabilities

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Pro

ject Serv

er 2007

Pro

ject Serv

er

Pro

ject Serv

er

Server

Server

Eventing

Eventing

System

System

Server

Server

Queuing

Queuing

System

System

Draft

Published

Reporting

Archive

Project

Server Platform

PSI

Project

Project

Professional

Professional

Internet

Internet

Explorer 6

Explorer 6

Web

Web

Services

Services

UI Tier

UI Tier

HTTP/SOAP

HTTP/SOAP

SOAP

SOAP

Cache

Project Web Access

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Questions?

Questions?

Pro

ject Community R

esources

Pro

ject Community R

esources

oNew book: “Microsoft Office Project Server 2003

Unleashed”http://www.amazon.com or http://www.bn.com

oMicrosoft Project Association (MPA)

http://www.mympa.org/default.aspx

oMicrosoft W

ork Essentials Site

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010931361033.aspx

oMicrosoft Events

http://www.microsoft.com/events/default.mspx

oMicrosoft Deep Dive Session

ohttp://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/southcentral

/downloads.mspx