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Microsoft Project Server Administration Series -
Essential Training for the Project Server (EPM) Deployment Team
Detailed Course Descriptions - Please select
a course
EPM Admin #1: Comprehensive Overview
Presentation of a Fully Deployed EPM Solution
EPM Admin #2: Project Server Deployment
& Installation Essentials
EPM Admin #3: Project Server Configuration
& Administration Essentials - (Seven Essential Roles of the Configuration
Administrator)
EPM Admin #4: Project Server Configuration
& Administration Elective - Advanced EPM Portfolio Analysis and configuration
of SQL Analysis Services OLAP Reporting
EPM Admin #1: Overview Presentation of a Fully Deployed
Enterprise Project Management Solution (EPM) based on Microsoft Project
Server and Microsoft Project Professional
Option #1
Microsoft Project Server 2007
Option #2
Microsoft Project Server 2003
Duration One Day
Synopsis
Participants receive a comprehensive overview of a fully deployed Enterprise
Project Management Solution based on Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project
Server. We use a combination of live data, handouts, overheads and lively
Q/A to help participants understand their roles and the overall magnitude
of an EPM deployment. Emphasis is placed on both the Project Management
and IT Organization's roles in a successful EPM deployment. (EPM Admin
#1 is a presentation, the other courses in the series are hands-on.)
Who Should Attend
- Essential Training for the Project Server (EPM) Deployment Team.
- Useful information for anyone who requires a comprehensive understanding
of what Microsoft Project Server based EPM system is all about.
- Beneficial "place to start" for participants of both EPM
Admin #2 and #3.
- Essential for persons who are assigned responsibility for the EPM
Project Server deployment and configuration.
- Everyone in your organization can benefit from a better understanding
of a fully deployed Enterprise Project Management Solution based on
Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server including: Line Managers,
PMO Staff, Project Managers, Project Support Staff, Resource Managers,
IT Managers and IT Staff.
Series
Course 1 of 4 in the Microsoft Project Server Administration Series -
Essential Training for the Project Server (EPM) Deployment Team.
Version
We have versions of this course for all versions of Microsoft Project
Server and Microsoft Project Professional.
• Microsoft Project Server 2007
• Microsoft Project Professional 2007
• Microsoft Project Server 2003
• Microsoft Project Professional 2003
• Microsoft Project Server 2002
• Microsoft Project Professional 2002
Next Steps
This course stands alone or can be provided in conjunction with any course
we offer; also beneficial in conjunction with consulting services.
Detailed Outline
Project Management Organizational Context
Overview of an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution
Four Key Roles in a Project Server EPM Deployment
Role of the Project Manager
- Anticipate best-practices
- Initiate projects of quality
- Manage
- Evaluate progress and success
- Communicate with multiple stakeholders
Role of the Team Member/Resource
- Collect requirements
- Isolate priorities
- Communicate
- Update progress/status
- Participate in threaded project discussions
Role of the Project Server System Administrator
- Planning
- Demonstration/Test installation
- Production installation
Role of the Project Server Configuration Administrator and the Configuration
Team
- Planning
- Coordination
- Settings
- Formatting
- Resources
- Users
Networks and Computer Infrastructure to Support EPM
IT Emphasis: Infrastructure Model
IT Emphasis: Performance
- Database
- Network
- Web Servers
- Security Model
Q/A
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EPM Admin #2: Project Server Deployment & Installation
Essentials
Option #1
Microsoft Project Server 2007
Option #2
Microsoft Project Server 2003
Duration: Five Days
Synopsis:
Our comprehensive five-day workshop provides hands-on experience in
planning and installing Microsoft’s EPM Solution. The objective
is to give participants the background and hands-on skills to properly
plan, scale, deploy, integrate, and configure an integrated EPM infrastructure
by understanding each of the core technologies of a Microsoft Project
Server based EPM deployment:
• Project Server 2003 Front End Services
• Project Server 2003 Back End Services
• Sharepoint Services
• Windows IIS
• Project Professional 2003
• SQL Server
• SQL Server Analysis Services
• Active Directory Integration
This workshop is designed to give participant an in-depth knowledge
of how to scale their deployment to meet the needs of their organization
– one size does not fit all!
Your deployment team needs to know how to right-size the Project Server
deployment for your organization and to integrate Project Server EPM in
with your existing and future IT infrastructure. Participants will be
immersed in both the planning, and implementation options to achieve the
right mix of Project Server environment security, reliability and performance.
Practical tools/take-ways include a Project Schedule template for enterprise-wide
deployment of Project Server EPM.
Hands-on
This course makes extensive use of our hands-on lab; collectively and
individually all participant will have the opportunity to conduct multiple
installations of Project Server appropriate for differing organizational
environments. Each participant is provided with their own Project Server
environment.
Version
We have versions of this course for all versions of Microsoft Project
Server and Microsoft Project Professional.
• Microsoft Project Server 2007
• Microsoft Project Professional 2007
• Microsoft Project Server 2003
• Microsoft Project Professional 2003
• Microsoft Project Server 2002
• Microsoft Project Professional 2002
Who Should Attend
This course is designed to meet the unique needs of persons responsible
for the hands-on implementation and deployment of Project Server EPM,
and for the persons responsible for planning and guiding the overall Project
Server EPM.
This course is appropriate for persons involved in either an evaluation
or production implementation of Project Server 2003 for either department
or Enterprise-wide deployment.
Deployment of Microsoft Project Professional and Microsoft Project Server
requires the collaboration of your IT group, project management group
and functional/client departments. We recommend that you draw members
from these groups to assemble and provide this training to a cross-functional
Enterprise Project Management Infrastructure Deployment Team and to a
designated "EPM Infrastructure Manager".
No Pre-Requisites: Everything you need is included in the course. Participants
will benefit from a previous familiarity with
• Project Management
• Microsoft Project
• Project Server
• IT Systems Administration
• Active Directory
Series
Course 2 of 4 in the Microsoft Project Server Administration Series -
Essential Training for the Project Server (EPM) Deployment Team.
Next Steps
For team members with strict IT role this is the only course you'll need;
our consulting services may provide additional benefits.
For individuals responsible for shaping the Project Server install to
meet the needs of the project management organization you'll benefit from
attending each of the courses in the Administrator Series:
EPM Admin #1: Comprehensive Overview
Presentation of a Fully Deployed EPM Solution
EPM Admin #3: Project Server Configuration
& Administration Essentials - (Seven Essential Roles of the Configuration
Administrator)
EPM Admin #4: Project Server Configuration
& Administration Elective - Advanced EPM Portfolio Analysis and
configuration of SQL Analysis Services OLAP Reporting
About the Class
This course is shaped by our EPM deployment experiences gained from the
pre-release of Project Server back in 1999 to the present. The course
structure follows our planning and deployment methodology and focuses
on the issues, technology, and management considerations we have found
to be essential for a successful EPM deployment.
The singular focus of this workshop is to enable your organization to
correctly deploy Project Server 2003, recognizing that your deployment
will need to change over time to adapt to your changing project management
and IT environments.
Why five-days? This is not a lecture series - popping up the hood and
getting our hands greasy takes time!
Is the training environment for this course difficult to set up? Absolutely!
It has taken us a huge investment to set up a training environment appropriate
for this class. Lack of expertise and lack of an adequate training facility
are the primary reasons that so few training companies can offer courses
of this caliber - we strive to provide each participant with access to
a training environment that mirrors the complexity found in actual IT
environments.
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EPM Admin #3: Project Server Configuration & Administration
Essentials - (Seven Essential Roles of the Configuration Administrator)
Option #1
Microsoft Project Server 2007
Option #2
Microsoft Project Server 2003
Duration: Three Days
Synopsis:
This course provides your team with the skills to configure and administer
Project Server. Seven separate roles (configuration areas) must be mastered
to shape Microsoft Project Server to fit your organization’s needs
and to efficiently administer Project Server over time.
Avoid a failed Project Server implementation - do not rely upon Project
Server’s defaults. Organizations that do not properly understand,
plan and configure Project Server together with Project Professional for
the specific needs of their organization will experience user frustration,
data loss, and probable failure of the entire deployment.
This course equips participants shape Project Server and Microsoft Project
to your organization; it guides them on what to configure, how to do it,
and most important - why.
Participants will be provided with practical tools to assess their organization’s
needs, develop a configuration plan, and to configure the entire Microsoft
Project suite to meet your organization’s specific needs.
Each participant is provided their own Project Server installation to
configure and maintain. For courses at this level this is an absolute
necessity – any training organization that fails to do so is not
really able to provide the training your team requires.
Version:
We have versions of this course for all versions of Microsoft Project
Server and Microsoft Project Professional.
• Microsoft Project Server 2007
• Microsoft Project Professional 2007
• Microsoft Project Server 2003
• Microsoft Project Professional 2003
• Microsoft Project Server 2002
• Microsoft Project Professional 2002
Who Should Attend:
Deployment of Microsoft Project Server requires the collaboration of
your organization’s IT group, project management group, and functional/client
departments. We recommend that you draw members from these groups to assemble
and provide this training to a cross-functional Enterprise Project Configuration
Team and to a designated "Configuration Manager".
This course is essential for anyone assigned responsibility for establishing
and/or maintaining Microsoft Project Server and/or Microsoft Project Professional
configuration and settings.
This course is for anyone who influences or establishes the policies
and procedures of an organization's enterprise deployment of Microsoft
Project Server 2003 or Microsoft Project Server 2002.
This course is for the persons given responsibility for configuring
the Microsoft Project Suite to meet the needs of the organization, teams
and individual users.
Series:
Course 3 of 4 in the Microsoft Project Server Administration Series -
Essential Training for the Project Server (EPM) Deployment Team.
Next Steps:
Many teams benefit from advanced instruction on Portfolio Management
and reporting; they will need EPM Admin #4: Project Server Configuration
& Administration Elective - Advanced EPM Portfolio Analysis and configuration
of SQL Analysis Services OLAP Reporting
For a portion of your team this is the last course they will need. They
are now equipped to administer and manage Project Server.
Others in the team with a Project Management role will benefit from detailed
instruction on Microsoft Project Professional; others on the team with
an IT role will benefit from our EPM Admin #2: Project Server Deployment
& Installation Essentials
Course Outline:
Participants will learn to establish, shape and control the Microsoft
Project Server/Microsoft Project Professional implementation by mastering
the configuration choices including the following:
• Enterprise Codes
• Enterprise Filters & Groups
• Enterprise Views/Tables/Forms
• Enterprise Resource Configuration
• Enterprise Fields
• Enterprise Codes
• Enterprise Task Fields
• Enterprise Project Templates
• Enterprise Filters & Groups
• Enterprise Views/Tables/Forms
• Import Enterprise Projects
• Import/Create Enterprise Resources
• Configure Enterprise Projects
• Configure Enterprise Calendars
• Configure Enterprise Resources
• Configure PWA
• Configure Enterprise Options
• Configure Views
• Configure Portfolio Analyzer Views
• Configure Project Views
• Configure Project Center Views
• Configure Graphical Indicators
• Configure Resource Center Views
• Configure Assignment Views
• Configure PWA for Each Role
• Configure Project Server Security
• Configure Templates
• Configure Categories
• Configure Groups
• Configure Users
• Configure Notifications
More Than Great Instruction - Additional Services: Schedule
Management Corporation trainers are also consultants and implements they
can also assist you:
• Plan your Microsoft Project Server Deployment
• Assist you create and guide your Enterprise Configuration Team
• Assist you create and empower your Configuration Administer
position
• Configure and administer your Project Server
• Optimize your existing Project Server implementation
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EPM Admin #4: Project Server Configuration & Administration
Elective - Advanced EPM Portfolio Analysis plus SQL Server 2005 Reporting
Services
Option #1
Microsoft Project Server 2007
Option #2
Microsoft Project Server 2003
Duration:
Two Days
Synopsis:
This course provides hands-on instruction on how to configure
and use advanced cross-project EPM Portfolio Analysis tools and SQL Servers
Reporting Services built into and integrated with Project Server. We take
apart a complex topic and show how all of the pieces fit together - then
we re-assemble in a way to meet the enterprise wide reporting needs of
your organization.
Emphasis is placed on customizing an interactive interface
and reports that can be accessed and used by others based on a set user
profile.
Who should attend:
Anyone participating in EPM Admin #3: Project Server Configuration
& Administration Essentials - (Seven Essential Roles of the Configuration
Administrator)
Persons responsible for or participating in the production
of reports for multiple teams or organization reporting
No prerequisites required
Version
Course content is dependent on your EPM version - course applies to Microsoft
Project Server 2007, 2003 and 2002
Series:
Course 4 of 4 in the Microsoft Project Server Administration Series -
Essential Training for the Project Server (EPM) Deployment Team.
Course Outline:
- Cross-Project reporting overview
- Analysis Services concepts, examples and practical precepts
- Collective cross-project reporting on tasks and deliverable
- Collective cross-project reporting on status, costs and progress
- Collective cross-project reporting on resources and groups
- Getting the right information to the right persons at the right time
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