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• 20 years on and off as a Project and Programme Manager
• Leading Project, Programme & Portfolio consulting engagements to quite a number of organisations in NZ
• Currently doing a number of Project Rescues for organisations in NZ
• Provide Project Management training and consultancy to various organisations in New Zealand
• I’m a recovering IT guy
• I’ve been using Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server for over 20 years in a number of countries
• Led some of NZ’s largest EPM implementations
• Experienced Microsoft Project contractor, consultant and trainer • Experienced Project Management contractor, consultant and trainer • Microsoft MVP for Project since 1997 • VBA Developer of custom solutions for Microsoft Project and Excel • Presents a Master Class on Scheduling with Microsoft Project • Wrote THE book on Project VBA: VBA Programming for Microsoft Office Project • Advanced scheduler – Recently spent 11 months helping to schedule the Marsden Point Oil Refinery upgrade (1.2 million hours of work)
Strategic
Optimise investment decisions based on
objectives, capability and constraints
Program
Management
Portfolio
Optimisation
Manage project inter-dependencies,
resources, benefits & change
management
Project
Delivery
Manage time, resource &
scope
Program
Management
Setting of Strategic Goals
Define objectives from strategic goals
Prioritising delivery of Objectives
Integrated Delivery
Microsoft Project
Professional
Microsoft
Project
Server
SharePoint
2010
The potential benefit
of both better
selection of
projects/investments
(‘Doing the right
things’) and better
execution (‘Doing
things right’) is plain
to see
Effective EPM
(combining both
portfolio and
project/programme
management)
addresses both these
issues
Primary Source: Standish Group, 2006
Microsoft EPM’s History
DESKTOP SERVER Project
Project 3
Project 4 WIN 95
Project 95 (4.1)
Project 98
Project 2000 Project Central WIN XP
Project 2002 Standard
WIN Vista
Project Server 2002
Project Server 2007
Project Server 2003 Project 2003 Standard
Project 2002 (XP) Professional
Project 2003 Professional
Project 2007 Standard
Project 2007 Professional
WIN 7 Project 2010 Standard
Project 2010 Professional
Project Server 2010
Portfolio Server 2007
Portfolio Server 2006
MS Project
Std
Project Professional
Portfolio Manager
Project Professional
Project Manager
PWA
(CAL)
Resource Managers
PWA
(CAL)
Executives
PWA
(CAL)
Team Leader
PWA
(CAL)
Team Member
PWA
(CAL)
Administrator
IDC
MS P
roject
Pro
fessional
MS P
WA
MS P
roject S
tandard
•Enterprise Resource Pool •Enterprise Global Template •Risks, Issues, Documents •Project Centre •Workspaces (unique websites) •Task Update and Timesheets •Status Reports
Stakeholders (MIE)
Demo
Demo
Demo Communicating Essentials
Demo Tracking Essentials
PROJECT SERVICES
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Merger & Acquisition
Integration
Business Transformation
Technology
Supply Chain
New products & services
Mandatory Change
Relocation
Outsourcing
Rod Gill, MVP, Founder, Ace Project Systems
Two vital documents for every project Business Case
Schedule
Obviously most projects have other supporting documents (user guide, design etc)
Business Case Justifies Project and states what will make the project successful
Should provide list of all deliverables so scope and what has to be completed are clear
Lists Constraints and Priorities
Lists all Risks from which Contingency can be calculated
Shows how project will be successfully completed
Must include all deliverables, constraints, priorities and contingency defined in Business Case
Provides a vital communication tool on what will make the project successful
When updated regularly supports good governance and tracking of your project
Should be source of automated reports (up to 80% of all reporting needs)
Added Value scheduling with Microsoft Project 2010
Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Project 2010
Project Newsgroups now gone
New Project Forums at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
For all versions of Project, different forums for Project Client, Development and Server
Great online support for all Microsoft products, see you there!
Last Conference was Phoenix 2009
Next Conference likely to be 2011 (2 year cycle) – not official, my best guess
See Rod Gill’s presentation at last year’s Microsoft Project Conference in Phoenix: http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/d7141a18-ee7b-4e67-8893-209d2b546ce0
