Project Black Belt® 2007
Managing Projects and Programs with Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007
This course will address managing complex
projects and programs using Project Server
2007 and Project Professional 2007. It requires
practitioners to apply project management
methodology and experience to the
management of projects and program
schedules in a Microsoft Office Enterprise
Project Management (EPM) 2007 environment.
Prerequisites
A solid understanding of key project
management concepts and terminology
as found in PMI®’s A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®
Guide) is recommended. Extensive hands-on
experience is also recommended in both
Project Professional 2007 and Project Web
Access 2007.
Project Orange Belt® and Project Blue Belt®
courses are required before taking Black Belt.
However, participants may skip these prerequisite courses if they can demonstrate successful
completion of the equivalent Microsoft
certification exam(s).
Course Level
Intermediate/Advanced
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for project managers,
program managers, members of the Project
Management Office as well as those
participating 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. Course participants should be
able to recommend Office EPM environment
configurations to create solutions for business
problems.
What You Will Learn
You’ll learn how to:
Manage enterprise projects, programs and
portfolios
Work with the Microsoft EPM Solution
Define a standardized methodology for
program management
Define and create the enterprise
environment
Set up the program
Plan the program
Manage the program resources
Track timesheets and task progress
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Perform Earned Value Management (EVM)
Report and analyze the program data
Manage project workspaces for programs
and the queue
Close the program and refine the
environment
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Course Overview
How to Manage Enterprise Projects,
Programs and Portfolios
Understanding Program Management
Program management in the organization
Defining the policies and procedures of
program management
Program life cycle process and phases
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Defining and Creating the Enterprise
Environment
Reviewing the default settings of Project
Server 2007
Implementing changes in an enterprise
environment
Working with and setting up a program
Customizing permissions and enterprise
custom fields
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How to Plan the Program
Developing a detailed plan of the program
Establishing project interdependencies in a
program
Finalizing the program plan
Adding and deleting a project and resetting
the baseline
Proposing and implementing updates to
improve the planning process
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How to Manage Enterprise Resources
Updating the enterprise resource pool and
replacing resources
Refining the program plan by identifying
critical resources
Managing and configuring timesheets and
task progress
Proposing improvements to timesheet and
task progress configurations
Reporting time and managing timesheets
and task progress
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How to Perform Earned Value Management
Applying EVM
Using EVM in Microsoft Project 2007
Creating and modifying views and reports
for EVM analysis
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Understanding, Reporting and Analyzing
Program Data
Customizing the enterprise fields and views
to track a program
Proposing changes to the look and feel of a
program
Working with an Online Analytical
Processing (OLAP) Cube and a data analysis
view
Generating and modifying data analysis
views
Configuring a workspace for a project in a
program
Managing the queue
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How to Close the Program and Refine the
Environment
Closing and archiving a program
Refining an enterprise environment
Making changes to an EPM environment
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Summary
What did we learn, and how can we
implement this in our work environments?
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Project Black Belt® 2007
Managing Projects and Programs with Microsoft
Office Project Server 2007
Prepares you for the Microsoft Office Project Server
2007 MCITP certification exam
Project Black Belt 2010 will be available by July 2011.
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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: Dynamic and fully interactive, a live, online version of this course is led by an instructor and conducted in real time.
#8980 / Eight 3-hour sessions
CEU Credits: 2. 4 / PDU Credits: 24
Price: USD 1450
TRADI TIONAL CLASSROOM: Engage with our instructors and a diverse group of peers in a Traditional Classroom version of this course.
#4980 / 4 Days
CEU Credits: 2. 8 / PDU Credits: 28
Price: USD 1895
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CEU Credits: 2. 4 / PDU Credits: 24
Price: USD 1450
IIL/University Price: USD 1850
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