Celebrating Project 2010 in 2010

Meredith YoungbloodEPM Solution Specialist404-735-2270

AgendaIntroductionsWho’s using Project 2010Why Project 2010Who is moving to 2010Things to come in 2011

Microsoft Project EvolutionFrom desktop scheduling to project and portfolio management

2010

SchedulingSimple reportingTask managementPrint Resource tracking

1987 Program

Management

Portfolio Management

Reporting

Project Collaboration

ResourceManagemen

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FinancialManagement

Who’s using Project 2010Everyone!Financial ServicesHealthcareManufacturingRetailEtc

Why Project 20102010 is MUCH Easier for the average PM to use…

User Controlled SchedulingTask AnalyzerInactive Tasks

‘Out of the Box’ integration with SharePoint and ExchangeSelf administered reports and dashboards – no reporting specialist neededMore Visual & Intuitive

Team PlannerTimeline ViewRibbon

Manually Scheduled task mode

Active and Inactive task modes

Lightweight project visibility and tracking using a SharePoint task list

Team Planner view

Timeline view

Web Based Ribbon

Why Project 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/2010-videos.aspx

Why Project Server 2010Portfolio Management

Flexible Project Capture and InitiationEnhanced Governance through WorkflowPowerful Portfolio Selection Analytics

Built on SharePoint 2010Better reportingConnectible Platform

Proposal Request Form

Cost Constraint Analysis view

Resource Constraint Analysis view

Easily create reports and build powerful dashboards

Why Project Server 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/98a1bc93-661f-4c90-bfa0-0a4919379ccd 

What to expect in 2011More Companies moving to Project 2010 because SharePoint 2010 now in PlaceProject in Innovation ManagementProject 2010 & Team Foundation Server 2010 connector availableMore Microsoft events, webcasts, lunches, free Tips and Tricks trainings on Project 2010And the Cloud???

Questions?