Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Unleashed Book

Introduction to Enterprise Project Management 1

Part I Initiating Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Implementation

1 Enterprise Project Management Overview 13

2 Understanding Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 as an Enterprise Project Management Solution 33

3 Initiating Your EPM Implementation 51

Part II Planning Your Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Implementation

4 Planning the Organizational Processes and Roles 67

5 Understanding Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Architecture 125

6 Designing the Enterprise Project Management Solution Architecture Details 157

Part III Implementing Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

7 Installing Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 179

8 Configuring Your EPM Solution 199

9 Configuring Security Model Settings 213

10 Configuring Enterprise Custom Fields 237

11 Configuring Resource Attributes and Resource Pool 267

12 Configuring Calendars 299

13 Configuring Task and Time Management Settings 315

14 Standardizing Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 Global Settings 345

15 Configuring the Microsoft Office Project Web Access 2007 Interface 369

16 Configuring Operational Policies 387

17 Configuring Reporting and Analysis 405

18 Validating the EPM Configuration and Business Processes 451

Part IV Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

19 Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 467

20 Allocating Resources for Work Assignments in Microsoft Office Project Server 499

21 Creating and Managing Proposals and Activity Plans 539

22 Creating and Managing Projects Using Project Professional 2007 553

23 Creating Project Dependencies Using Master Projects, Deliverables, and Project Workspaces 595

24 Reporting and Approving Time and Task Progress in Project Web Access 621

25 Managing Projects in Project Center Using Project Web Access 665

26 Managing Resources Using Resource Center in Project Web Access 693

27 Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Collaboration 709

28 Modifying Your Project Workspace 743

29 Reporting and Analysis 793

30 Using Microsoft Office 2007 Applications with Microsoft Office Project Server 821

31 Closing Projects in the EPM Solution 847

Part V Project Server Administration Maintenance and Operations

32 Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Administration 861

33 WSS Central Administration 941

34 Queue Management 977

35 Server Maintenance and Configuration Management 999

36 Backup and Recovery 1015

37 Troubleshooting Tools 1045

38 Capacity Planning 1069

Part VI Integration and Customization

39 Integrating the Enterprise with Microsoft Servers 1089

40 Extending WSS 3.0 Project Workspace Through Code 1097

41 Understanding Project Server Interface 1117

42 Using Server-Side Events in Project Server 2007 1125

43 Understanding Workflow 1141

44 Customizing and Creating Web Parts 1179

45 VBA and the Project Guide 1197

46 Reporting Customization 1227

Index 1267