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UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL PROJECT-RELATED SCHEDULES AND FINANCES
Better organize your projects and people with the scheduling power of Office Project 2007. Trace the source of issues Using the Task Drivers feature, you can determine prerequisites and resource constraints that drive the start date of a selected task. With Task Drivers, you can easily trace critical paths in project plans to find the root cause of a particular delay.

Figure 1. The task drivers pane Reverse changes Experiment with what-if scenarios by using Multiple Level Undo. This enables you to undo and redo changes to views, data, and options. You can undo actions or sets of actions from macros or compliant, third-party customizations to fully understand the implications of each change. See the effects of a change Determine the impact of a change on all other dependent tasks with Change Highlights. Project automatically highlights all items that shift as a result of the most recent change you make.

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Figure 2. Green highlights indicate effects of edits Control project finances Assign budgets to projects and programs to allocate funds and track costs. Assign costs to tasks Assign multiple arbitrary costs (not based on work time) with the new Cost resource type. Also, new fields for cost information enable better project accounting. You can more accurately monitor project financials and keep your project in sync with data in your accounting system.

EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE PROJECT-RELATED INFORMATION

Communicate your progress and issues effectively with Office Project 2007. Use predefined reports Select, preview, and print the most frequently used information needed to manage projects, track resources, maintain costs, and communicate progress to your team. You can also adapt these reports to present the specific information you want to display. Use Project views to convey information Updated views and visual capabilities allow for better reports. The Background Cell Highlighting feature enables you to change the color of a cell or row to convey additional meaning.

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Figure 3. Example of Background Cell Highlighting Capitalize on charts and diagrams Easily create charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or 2003 and diagrams in Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 of your project data with the Visual Reports feature. This feature creates report templates that may be reused with different projects. These reports support PivotTable views versus the static snapshots of Project information that the Copy Picture to Office Wizard creates in Excel, Microsoft Office Word, or Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

Figure 4. The Visual Reports window with an Excel report

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GET PRODUCTIVE QUICKLY

Easily assign resources, control finances, and help improve cost estimation. Follow the Project Guide Learn to use Project by following the Project Guide, an interactive step-by-step planning aid that helps you quickly master the project management process.

Figure 5. The Gantt view with the Project Guide task pane Save time with project templates Project provides many out-of-the-box templates to help speed the project creation process. A Project template prepopulates task and resource information, formatting, macros, and other project-specific settings. You can send templates to other users via e-mail to share best practices and create consistency. You can also download additional templates from the evolving Microsoft Office Online gallery. Create your own template Take advantage of your own best practices by creating your own custom templates. This enables you to reuse an existing project as the basis for future projects. Tap Office Online Help and training Get Help quickly while you work. Project provides a wealth of assistance, from a robust Help search engine and wizards to online access to training courses, templates, and more (requires Internet connection).

CHOOSE THE OFFICE PROJECT 2007 EDITION TO MEET YOUR NEEDS

Microsoft Project Professional 2007 can also be used with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, to provide enterprise project management capabilities (EPM) such as centrally tracking

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resource availability and skills across projects and communicating and collaborating across the enterprise. Microsoft Project Standard 2007 gives you the core tools you need to manage schedules and resources independently.

Microsoft Office Project 2007 Top 10 Benefits

Key reasons for using Office Project 2007 include:

EFFECTIVELY MANAGE AND UNDERSTAND PROJECT SCHEDULES

Set realistic expectations with project teams, management, and customers using Office Project 2007 to build schedules, allocate resources, and manage budgets. Understand the schedule with features such as Task Drivers for tracing the source of issues, Multiple Level Undo for testing scenarios, and Visual Cell Highlighting for automatically shading the tasks affected by a change.

GET PRODUCTIVE QUICKLY

The Project Guide, an interactive step-by-step planning aide, helps you quickly master the project management process. Customizable for different methodologies, this tool walks you through creating a project, assigning tasks and resources, tracking and analyzing data, and reporting results. Intuitive toolbars, menus, and other features enable you to quickly master project management fundamentals.

LEVERAGE EXISTING DATA

Office Project 2007 integrates smoothly with other Microsoft Office system programs. Build projects with a few keystrokes by converting existing task lists in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Outlook into project plans. Resources can be added to projects from Microsoft Active Directory or from a Microsoft Exchange Server address book.

BUILD PROFESSIONAL CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS

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Analyze and report Project data in professional reports and charts by using the Visual Reports engine, which generates templates for Visio diagrams and Excel charts based on Project data. You can share templates you build with other users. Or you can choose from a list of customizable, ready-to-use report templates.

EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE INFORMATION

Easily present information in various formats according to the needs of stakeholders. You can format and print one-page schedules or other reports. Use the Copy Picture to Office Wizard to smoothly export Project data into Microsoft Office Word for formal documents, Office Excel 2007 for custom charts or spreadsheets, or Microsoft Office PowerPoint for crisp presentations.

GAIN GREATER CONTROL OF RESOURCES AND FINANCES

With Office Project 2007, you can easily assign resources to tasks and adjust their assignments to resolve conflicts over allocations. Control finances by assigning budgets to projects and programs. Improve your cost estimates with Cost Resources.

QUICKLY ACCESS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED

You can group Project data by any predefined or custom field. This saves you time by consolidating data so you can quickly locate and analyze specific information. Easily identify changes between different versions of a projectthus, efficiently tracking scope and schedule changes.

TRACK PROJECTS ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS

A rich set of predefined or custom metrics helps you track data (percent complete, budget versus actual, earned value, and the like) relevant to your needs. You can track project performance over the project lifespan by saving project snapshots in up to 11 baselines.

CUSTOMIZE OFFICE PROJECT 2007 TO YOUR NEEDS

Tailor Office Project 2007 specifically to your project. Choose custom display fields that integrate with your project schedule. Modify toolbars, formulas, graphical indicators, and reports. XML, Microsoft

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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and Component Object Model (COM) add-ins facilitate data sharing and creation of custom solutions.

GET OFFICE PROJECT 2007 ASSISTANCE WHEN YOU NEED IT

Office Project 2007 provides a wealth of assistance to novice and experienced users. It includes a robust Help search engine, smart tags, and wizards. Further enhancements include online access (requires Internet connection) to training courses, templates, articles, and more. Note Internet service provider fees and connect-time charges may apply.

FAQ
WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS IN THE MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT 2007 FAMILY?
The Office Project 2007 family includes Office Project Standard 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Web Access (a Client Access License for Office Project Server 2007), Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Web Access (a Client Access License for Project Portfolio Server).

HOW DO THE PRODUCTS IN THE OFFICE PROJECT 2007 FAMILY WORK TOGETHER?
Office Project 2007 has two types of offerings designed for different needs: Office Project Standard 2007 is a desktop program for individual users who manage projects independently. The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution combines Office Project Server 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, Office Project Web Access, Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Office Project Portfolio Web Access to form a business solution for organizations, departments, and teams.

WHAT TYPES OF USERS WILL FIND OFFICE PROJECT 2007 HELPFUL?

Office Project 2007 meets different user needs depending on the specific solution: Office Project Standard 2007 is for individual users who manage projects independently.

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The Office EPM Solution addresses the needs for collaborative project and portfolio management in an organization. Executives who allocate funds and oversee projects, programs, and portfolios by providing visibility, decision-making tools, and control. Project managers and staff who create and manage projects. Resource managers who work with staff and assets, by providing rich, Web-based tools for tracking and planning. Team members who work on projects, by providing access in familiar tools to view work and report status. Administrators and IT staff who manage and extend the solution, by realizing decreased license acquisition costs, a flexible platform, and enterprise functionality.

WHAT ARE THE TOP AREAS OF INVESTMENT MICROSOFT MADE FOR OFFICE PROJECT 2007?
Desktop (Office Project Standard 2007 and/or Office Project Professional 2007) Produces great reports. Permits greater financial control and helps understand project schedules. Delivers immediate value with improved ease of use.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TYPICAL SCENARIOS FOR WHICH AN ORGANIZATION MIGHT USE OFFICE PROJECT 2007?
Office Project 2007 is used for a variety of functions and applications in a wide range of industries, which include: IT Governance. Product development. Quality management with Six Sigma. Professional Services Automation. Project, resource, and risk management. Industries such as construction, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, government, retail, financial services, healthcare, and more.

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WILL OFFICE PROJECT 2007 ADD SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES?

Yes. In addition to all the languages supported by Microsoft Office Project 2003, Office Project 2007 adds full support for Arabic and Hebrew. In addition to the client being Unicode enabled, Office Project 2007 supports Unicode for desktop client-to-server communications and delivers full Multilingual User Interface (MUI) compliance.

DOES OFFICE PROJECT 2007 SUPPORT THE MULTILINGUAL USER INTERFACE (MUI) PACK?
Yes, the Office Project 2007 clients (Project Web Access, Professional, and Standard) support MUI.

CAN USERS TRACK RESOURCE AVAILABILITY INCLUDING NON-PROJECT ACTIVITIES?

Yes. Office Project 2007 has enhanced non-project time tracking.

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