Still Using Microsoft Project Server 2003 and not 2007?

Project Server 2007 represents a significant change to Project Server 2003 and provides many improvements, both in terms of server performance and usability.

Equally the latest version of Microsoft Project Professional 2007 introduces a number of much anticipated improvements, including multi level undo and task highlighting (shows which tasks have been impacted by a change).

The full list of improvements and functionality changes are too numerous to mention here, but as a taster include:

Improve Productivity –Project Server 2007 architecture changes provide dramatic improvements for end-users in remote locations.
Windows SharePoint Services – Version 3.0 of Windows SharePoint Services is the backbone of Project Server 2007 thereby giving you a robust environment to customise the user interface. You can customise Project Web Access appearance, improving usability.
Enhanced Cost Planning and Tracking – Improvements allow project managers to plan and track project-related costs like: travel expenses, contractor invoices, and other non-labour metrics.
Logical Workflow – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 have robust customisable workflow structures to guide people through the process steps required by your business requirements, helping ensure people are taking the right actions.
Webparts – are powerful webpage applications that connect to and present data from various system databases. Office SharePoint Server, Windows SharePoint Services, and Project Server 2007 provide a robust extended set of application functions to present EPM data.
Advanced Reporting – PWA views and customisable options allow managers to get better information about projects and resources. Office SharePoint Server extensions also enable convenient reporting tools like Excel Services.
Productivity Automation – is dramatically enhanced through Project Server Interface (PSI) software functions that allow you to leverage logical workflows that were very difficult within Project Server 2003.

Upgrading through versions of software is often thoughts of as an “in place” process where the software and data is changed. The upgrade from Project Server 2002 to 2003 is an example of this approach. Upgrading to Project Server 2007 is a migration. This means Project Server 2007 is installed first and data is migrated from the earlier version with both versions running concurrently.

When migrating to Office Project Server 2007, there are three types of data that are migrated: global data, project data and Windows SharePoint Services data so there is much to consider and the exact migration approach will vary from organisation to organisation.

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Still using Microsoft Office Project Server 2003?