Microsoft Project Server

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 helps team members manage and co-ordinate projects more effectively as a single unit. Project Server provides a bridge for all concurrent projects to enable efficient allocation of resources with the whole company being able to react to a single resource change on any given project.

Any business will benefit from the resource management and scheduling that Project Server offers, here are our top 10 benefits of implementing Microsoft Office Project Server 2007:


  1. Improve Business Awareness - Office Project Server 2007 helps you keep an eye on performance, trends and financial budgets. Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the Reporting Data Services you can share information common business reports. Pre-built "data cubes" allow rapid building of dashboards for your project managers to monitor important activities.
  2. Share Information and Co-Ordinate Teams - As a company grows, it is hard to retain goal focus throughout project teams. Project Web Access provides internet based access to up to date project information orchestrated through Office Project Server 2007. This allows teams to share their knowledge, work together on tasks, work towards milestone deliverables and respond to new activities and project updates.
  3. Efficient Resource Management - Projects can all too easily be delayed due to poor resource management; the bigger the project or portfolio, the harder it is to manage the resources. However, with Office Project Server 2007, you can monitor needs to redeploy resources and instantly understand how these will affect all projects across your business. Timesheets help you to track team members' time and availability, helping you instantly re-align resources across the project portfolio.
  4. Progressive Workflow Designs - Repetitive processes or complete projects can be made in to templates. As each project is refined, and key tasks ammended, the template in turn is adjusted, improving efficientcy for the next project. As the template becomes more stable, certain tasks can be automated and offer increased tracking and alerts.
  5. Manage Projects throughout the Lifecycle - Project proposals can be built in Project Web Access and, once approved, can be promoted to live. Operational projects can then be alined with all other projects to balance resources and budgets throughout the lifecycle.
  6. Utilise Existing Technologies - Microsft Office Project Server uses Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Sharepoint Services, allowing further value to be sourced by users with skills on this technology. The Microsft Office Project Server 2007 has connectors for integration with and the Microsft Office application suite, as well as Portfolio Server 2007 and API integration.
  7. Basic or Complex Projects - Simple one off projects can be run through Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services or Project Web Access. Once the importance, level of budgets or complexity warrants, the once simple project can be promoted to Office Project Server 2007. More complex programs which include other sub-projects can be managed with a combined overview of the parrallel activities.
  8. Timely Recruitment and Outsourcing - Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, project teams can be balanced using all staff registered from the company, ensuring management understand when teams will be running low on manpower. This enables better planning for recruitment and outsourcing arrangements, before the projects teams become overworked.
  9. Office EPM Solution Framework - Additonal Portfolio management can be gained through the duplex workflow features of the Project Gateway. This allows you to use Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 to complement Office Project Server 2007. Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 provides information beyond the management, for board level strategies and investment decision making.
  10. Fast Return on Investment - By allowing staff to understand, and therefore concentrate on, the task at hand, Office Project Server 2007 and the MS Project family provide a fast return on your initial investment, with increasing benefits though increases in project efficiencies.

VEN Systems can integrate Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 in to your other back end business systems, allowing timesheet billing and other resources to be automatically invoiced (through Sage Line50 or Microsoft Dynamics GP), and clients kept up to date through Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Sharepoint. Fully integrating your sales, marketing, accounts and operations.

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