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Managing Projects and Programs (Premium Series)

Type of course: Classroom | Premium series

Course details

Fee	£1500
Days	5
Course code	MS5929

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Overview

Note: You are viewing a Preliminary Course Syllabus. This course is not yet available. Because some parts of the course are currently in development, some elements of this syllabus are subject to change. This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to use the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise tool to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close enterprise programs and to customize the enterprise environment.

This is the third course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and addresses the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution.

This course is intended for project managers, program managers, members of the project management office, or participants in the deployment of an EPM solution, who are responsible for managing, analyzing, and reporting on projects and programs in the Microsoft Office EPM environment. Further, these individuals are able to refine the Office EPM environment to create solutions to business problems. A solid understanding of key project management concepts and terminology as found in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Third Edition, and in PMI’s The Standard for Program Management is recommended. Additionally, substantial hands-on experience is recommended in Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Project Server 2007, and Project Web Access prior to attending the course.

Prerequisites

• Fundamental knowledge of project management.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Project tcreate project schedules.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Project Web Access.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Project Server, preferably Office Project Server 2007.
• Experience with the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or 2007.

In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have:

• Familiarity with the key project management concepts and terminology found in the PMBOK Guide – Third Edition.
• Familiarity with the key program management concepts and terminology found in PMI’s The Standard for Program Management.
• Completed MS5927: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects.
• Completed MS5928: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects.

 

Delegates will learn how to

• Define project, program, and portfolimanagement and explain their interrelationships in an enterprise environment.
• Describe the architecture and components of the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution and navigate the key interfaces of Office Project 2007, Project Server 2007, and Project Web Access.
• Define a standardized methodology for program governance.
• Propose and apply updates to an enterprise environment.
• Define a program by establishing its characteristics and parameters and delineate program benefits.
• Deliver the detailed plan of a program and optimize the program for time, cost, and resources in order testablish a program baseline.
• Define program resources, and after identifying the critical resources, review and update the program plan and baseline.
• Track the work of the program resources in timesheets and the task progress of the program in Project Web Access and Project 2007.
• Define Earned Value Management (EVM) and perform EVM, including metrics, variances, and performance indexes, in order to create forecasts and make effective adjustments to the program.
• Use Project Center and the Data Analysis (OLAP Cube) feature to view and report the status of a program and to make forecasts.
• Configure project workspaces to meet the needs of a program.
• Describe the closing process for a program and propose changes to the enterprise environment based on the lessons learned through a program life cycle.

Course outline

Module 1: Managing Enterprise Projects, Programs, and Portfolios

• This module defines and explains project, program, and portfolio management, their interrelationships, and how they work and are managed in an enterprise. Participants will be able to describe general program management standards and define general program management terminology.

Module 2: Working with the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution

• This module describes the architecture and components of the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution and explains how o tnavigate the key interfaces of Office Project 2007, Project Server 2007, and Project Web Access.

Module 3: Establishing Program Governance

• This module explains how to define a standardized methodology for program governance.

Module 4: Defining and Creating the Enterprise Environment

• This module explains how to propose and apply configuration changes to an enterprise environment as they pertain to program management activities.

Module 5: Setting Up the Program

• This module explains how to establish the characteristics and parameters of a program and define the program benefits in the context of Office Project Server 2007.

Module 6: Planning the Program

• This module explains how to deliver the detailed plan of a program and optimize the program for time, cost, and resources in order to establish a program baseline in the context of Office Project Server 2007.

Module 7: Establishing Components of the Program Infrastructure and Managing the Resources

• This module explains how to define program resources and, after identifying the critical resources, review and update the program plan and baseline.

Module 8: Tracking Timesheets and Task Progress

• This module explains how to track the work of program resources in timesheets and the task progress of a program in Office Project Web Access and Office Project 2007.

Module 9: Performing Earned Value Management

• This module explains how to define Earned Value Management (EVM) and use EVM, including metrics, variances, and performance indexes, to create forecasts and make effective adjustments to a program.

Module 10: Reporting and Analyzing the Program Data

• This module explains how to use Project Center and the Data Analysis (OLAP Cube) features to view and report the status of a program and to make forecasts.

Module 11: Managing Project Workspaces for Programs

• This module explains how to configure project workspaces to meet the needs of a program.

Module 12: Closing the Program and Refining the Environment

• This module explains how to describe the closing process for a program and propose and apply changes to the enterprise environment based on the lessons learned through a program life cycle.

Related Certifications

This course forms part of the following certification track(s):

• MCITP Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007