1 - Managing Enterprise Projects, Programs, and Portfolios
- Managing Projects, Programs, and Portfolios in an Enterprise.
- Understanding Program Management Standards and Terminology.
- Define projects, programs, and portfolios and how they are managed in an enterprise.
- Explain program management standards and terminology.
2 - Working with the Enterprise Project Management Solution 2007
- Understanding the EPM t Solution 2007.
- Navigating the EPM Solution Interfaces.
- Reviewing the Project Center.
- Reviewing Project Details.
- Reviewing the Resource Center.
- Reviewing Project Workspaces.
- Describe the architecture and components of the Office EPM Solution 2007.
- Navigate the key interfaces of Microsoft Office Project 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access.
3 - Program Management
- Understanding Program Management.
- Program Management in the Organization.
- Defining Policies and Procedures for Program Management.
- Program Life Cycle Process and Phases.
- Define program management.
- Describe program management in the organization.
- Define the policies and procedures for program management.
- Describe the program life cycle process and phases.
4 - Defining and Creating the Enterprise Environment
- Reviewing the Default Settings of Office Project Server 2007.
- Implementing Changes in an Enterprise Environment.
- Describe the default settings for an enterprise environment in Project Server 2007.
- Implement a proposed change in an enterprise environment.
5 - Setting Up the Program
- Working with a Program.
- Customizing Permissions and Enterprise Fields.
- Proposing Changes to the Enterprise Environment.
- Updating the Definition of a Program in Office Project Server.
- Create, save, and publish a program.
- Customize permissions and enterprise fields in an enterprise environment.
6 - Planning the Program
- Developing a Detailed Plan of the Program.
- Establishing Project Interdependencies in a Program.
- Finalizing the Program Plan.
- Removing a Project from the Program Plan.
- Adding a New Project to the Program Plan and Creating Appropriate Interdependencies in the Program Plan.
- Resetting the Baseline.
- Proposing Changes to the Enterprise Environment to Improve the Planning Process.
- Implementing Changes to Views and Enterprise Fields.
- Develop a detailed plan of a program in Office Project Server 2007.
- Establish the interdependencies for cross-project deliverables and resource assignments in a program.
- Optimize a program for time, cost, and resources and reset the baseline.
7 - Managing the Resources
- Updating the Enterprise Resource Pool and Replacing Resources.
- Refining the Program Plan by Identifying Critical Resources.
- Incorporating New Resources into the Enterprise Resource Pool.
- Updating the Attributes of Enterprise Resources.
- Replacing Generic Resources with Named Resources.
- Update the enterprise resource pool and replace resources in the program plan.
- Refine the program plan by identifying critical resources and applying necessary changes.
8 - Tracking Timesheets and Task Progress
- Managing Timesheets and Task Progress.
- Configuring Timesheets and Task Progress.
- Proposing Improvements to the Timesheet Configuration.
- Proposing Improvements to the Task Progress Configuration.
- Reporting Time as a Team Member.
- Approving, Rejecting, and Changing Timesheets.
- Reviewing and Approving, Rejecting, and Changing Task Progress as a Project Manager.
- Reviewing the Project Progress Reports as a Program Manager.
- Manage the reporting of work and task progress and identify any timesheet and task progress configuration issues.
- Configure timesheets and task progress in Office Project 2007.
9 - Performing Earned Value Management
- Applying Earned Value Management.
- Using Earned Value Management in Office Project 2007.
- Creating and Modifying Views and Reports for EVM Analysis.
- Establishing a Plan to Develop Earned Value Management in a Project by Hand.
- Calculating Progress Up to a Specific Status Date and the EVM Data Points, Variances, and Indexes.
- Calculating Forecasts.
- Reviewing the Project Plan and Setting Earned Value Options.
- Creating PV, EV, and AC Graphics of the Program.
- Manually apply EVM.
- Establish the settings for EVM to track the progress of a program in Office Project 2007.
- Create and modify views and reports for EVM analysis.
10 - Reporting and Analyzing the Program Data
- Customizing the Enterprise Fields and Views to Track a Program.
- Working with an OLAP Cube and a Data Analysis View.
- Identifying Needed Changes to the Default Views Used for Task and Project Tracking
- Proposing Changes to the Project Center, Project Details, and Enterprise Global Template Views.
- Proposing OLAP Cube Configurations.
- Generating a Data Analysis View.
- Modifying a Data Analysis View.
- Customize the enterprise fields and views in Project Center, Project Details, and Office Project 2007 to track a program.
- Work with a Data Analysis view and create, configure, and build an underlying OLAP cube.
11 - Managing Project Workspaces for Programs and the Queue
- Configuring a Workspace for a Project in a Program.
- Managing the Queue.
- Planning Configuration Changes to a Workspace.
- Applying Configuration Changes to a Workspace.
- Reviewing Configuration Changes to a Workspace.
- Configure a workspace for a project in a program.
- Describe and configure the Queue.
12 - Closing the Program and Refining the Environment
- Closing and Archiving a Program.
- Refining an Enterprise Environment.
- Determining the Gaps Between a Current EPM Environment and a Required One.
- Determining the Necessary Modifications to an EPM Environment.
- Creating and Presenting the Proposal Detailing the Necessary Modifications to the EPM Environment to the Administrator.
- Negotiating Changes Between a Project Server Administrator and a Member of the PMO.
- Applying Necessary Changes to the EPM Environment as a Project Server Administrator.
- Testing Changes to the New Environment.
- Describe the process of closing and archiving a program.
- Refine an enterprise environment.
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