This five-day hands-on workshop was developed specifically for people who will be involved in the implementation of Microsoft Office Project 2007 enterprise implementations. The material in this workshop addresses enterprise-wide project planning and management based on Microsoft Office Project 2007 and it supporting technologies.

Who Benefits from this Training?
This workshop addresses the needs of both the Business Analyst / Planner and the IT Professional / Administrator.
Specifically:
Business Analyst / Planner — the person with the overall responsibility of implementing the Microsoft EPM solution; furthermore, they are the person responsible for working with the stakeholders to define and document the Enterprise Standards. For Business Analysts / Planners, the learning objectives are:

Understanding the architecture of the EPM Solution, as well as how the components work together to deliver enterprise-wide project planning and management.
Understanding how to gather and document the data necessary to establish the Enterprise Options.

IT Professional / Administrator — this person takes the information gathered by the Business Analyst / Planner and implements the Enterprise Standards. They are also responsible for defining the Enterprise Architecture. For the IT Professional / Administrator, the learning objectives are:

Understanding the architecture of the Microsoft Office Project 2007 EPM Solution; to the point of being able to define the required Enterprise Architecture.
Understanding how to translate the Enterprise Options into Enterprise Standards.

For both the Business Analyst / Planner and IT Professional /Administrator, the workshop has the following learning objectives:

The role of Microsoft’s Accelerator for EPM Deployment in getting organizations prepared for the implementation of enterprise-wide project planning and management.
The Enterprise Project Management process and environment.
The role of the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Administrator in this environment.
The Project Manager’s roles and responsibilities when planning and managing projects. The role of Users in updating project tasks.
The system’s ability to support both project and resource management.