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2. Agenda MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Highlight Features Beneficial to everyone Integration with other systems Q&A Softvative, Inc.

3. MS Project Server 2003 (MSPS 03) Issues / Limitations Limited out of box reports Growing Problem Project Update Process Single level of undo Task Change Tracking in Project View Processing / Notification Service (VNS) OLAP Cube process & single cube ODBC Connectivity (client - Server) Single DB model ASP Architecture Clumsy Web Interface # of resources & tasks in a project Citrix Dependency & its Issues Miscellaneous Issues (Deleted Task, Renaming project etc) Softvative, Inc.

4. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Highlights *Portfolio Builder *Portfolio Governance Workflow Engine *Portfolio Prioritization *Portfolio Optimization *Advanced Portfolio Analytics *Portfolio Dashboard *Business Alignment Framework Proposal Management (Initiate projects from web) Activity Plans (for O&M tasks) Resource Plans (for forecasting resource availability) Administrative Time (Global configuration on server, appears on all timesheets) * Features of Portfolio Server 2007. Requires additional licensing. Softvative, Inc.

5. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Highlights (contd.) Visual Reports (Using Excel / Visio 2007 for charts, graphs) Budget (define it at program / project level then PM can allocate funds) Reporting Data Service (data warehouse that is updated in real time) Cube Building Service Server Side Queuing Service (VNS in MSPS03, single consolidated update) Cost Resources (planned & actual cost for a task, support integration with accounting systems) Task Status (also enables comments to be exchanged, export to timesheet) Multiple Currency Proposed Resource Assignment Build Team & assign tasks in PWA Desktop OLAP Cube (Reports / archive data in Access 2007 & OLAP cubes, 5 cubes) Softvative, Inc.

6. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Highlights (contd.) Task Driver Pane (shows dependencies & resource constraints that drive a task) Background Cell highlighting Change Highlighting User friendly PWA (WSS 3.0 based) Auto-accept Rules Task Updates using PWA Project Guide Active Cache (efficient data transfer to server, better offline experience) Programs (hierarchy of master project. KPI & analysis at program level) Deliverables (Use MOSS to create & manage across project dependencies) Softvative, Inc.

7. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Highlights (contd.) Team Resources Assignment Owner Multiple level Undo Baseline Lockdown Flexible MSPS Administration (Delegation) Safe Mode Project Server Interface (PSI – for easier integration with LOB applications) Server Side Events (200+ events that can be used with Windows workflow Foundation) Server-side scheduling (in MSPS03 scheduling was on client side) ASP .Net architecture Softvative, Inc.

8. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Highlights (contd.) Outlook 2007 Integration (PWA Tasks added to Outlooks tasks, not to Calendar) Excel 2007 Integration (import / export) Forms Authentication (Project Authenticated users in MSPS03) VBA, COM add-ins, OLE DB, XML file format Uses SQL 2005 as backend database Rename project from MS Project Professional Improved Performance & Scalability ( Test showed MSPS07 is 6x faster than MSPS03 when saving / publishing projects) Softvative, Inc.

9. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Beneficial to Everyone Server Side Scheduling Multiple Undo Task Driver Pane Change Highlighting Active Cache Programs (Hierarchy of master projects) Task Updates (no round trip required) Auto Accept Rules Multiple Database (as oppose to single DB in MSPS03) Softvative, Inc.

10. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Beneficial to Everyone (contd.) *Portfolio Builder (Build repository quickly to consolidate all business and IT investments entities (i.e. projects, programs and applications)) *Portfolio Governance Workflow Engine (Define multiple workflows to standardize, communicate and enforce the portfolio governance framework across organization) *Portfolio Prioritization (Use best practice techniques to prioritize and evaluate competing investments within the portfolio.) *Portfolio Optimization * Advanced Portfolio Analytics *Portfolio dashboard (analyze the investments from varying dimensions) Softvative, Inc.

11. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Features Beneficial to Everyone (contd.) Admin & O&M Actuals Processing (Automatic Approval of actual hours, Activity & resource plans reduce RM effort to create and manage O&M plans) Improved Performance (With improved communication between server & client & other features, there is no need to use of Citrix for MSPS07) Softvative, Inc.

12. Integration with other Systems MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Softvative, Inc.

13. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Integrations with Microsoft Systems SharePoint (WSS 3 / MOSS) Active Directory SQL Server 2005 SQL Analysis Services SQL Reporting Services Portfolio Server 2007 MS Office 2007 System (Project, Excel, Access, Visio) MS Operations Managers (MOM) Exchange Server MS Team Foundation Server MS GreatPlains Softvative, Inc.

14. MS Project Server 2007 (MSPS 07) Integrations with LOB Systems Softvative, Inc.

15. Q&A Contact Softvative Inc for services on MS Project Server & MS Portfolio Server 2007. Email marketing@softvative.com website http://www.softvative.com/ Learn http://Learn.softvative.com/ Hello 952-466-6048 Softvative, Inc.