Overview

Project Server 2003 is the platform that supports the project and resource management and collaboration capabilities in the EPM solution. Users connect to Project Server through Project Professional and Project Web Access to save, retrieve, and interact with Project Server data. Project Server 2003 requires SQL Server 2000 as the server database for full enterprise project and resource management capabilities. Project Server 2003 requires Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (or later) as the operating system.

Microsoft Project Server enables project teams to collaborate, access and update project information through its Web portal, called Microsoft Project Web Access. Using the services of Microsoft Project Server through Microsoft Project Web Access requires a Microsoft Project Server Client Access (CAL).A member of the .NET Enterprise Server family, Microsoft Project Server serves as the foundation for workgroup collaboration and enterprise project management. Microsoft Project Server provides organizations with a scalable extensible technology platform that they can use to securely develop and integrate their project management practices with their current and future business systems.

Main Features

• Extend Microsoft Project Server across the organization. Microsoft Project Server provides an extensible technology platform. Using industry standards such as XML and SOAP, Microsoft Project Server integrates and exchanges data with other business applications and databases. Project Servers new enterprise project management (EPM) solution provides a desktop client for creating and editing project plans and resources, and saving them to a database.
• Customization and integration with line-of-business systems. Supports a wide range of users, with features that customize to the needs of any individual member of a project team or organization.
• Project Web Access is a client that allows members of your team or group to enter or view timesheet information, and view project collection reports, through their Web browsers.
• Enhanced security and administration tools designed to decrease the day-to-day management and maintain turnkey security.
• Have visibility into your work portfolio across your organization for better analysis and decision making Monitor consistent business metrics through a customizable scorecard view of projects across your portfolio and drill into the details as needed. 
• Evaluate and model schedules, resources and cost data over time and across projects to identify trends and address problem areas.
• Integrate key Project Server views into your dashboard view of all your critical business information.
• Better manage your work, establish repeatable processes and optimize resources across your organization to help reduce costs, improve quality, and shorten time to market.
• Effectively assign people to projects and track and manage across your organization with skill-based resource assignment tools.
• Ensure that your organization has the right people and the capacity to take o­n future projects.
• Improve project management processes by establishing standards and best practices across your organization.
• Establish processes and rules for cross-project reporting and approving time worked o­n projects to ensure accuracy of data.
• Enhance information sharing and coordination to empower team members to participate in projects, report progress, and collaborate o­n projects.
• Reduce administrative work while maintaining up-to-date, accurate status o­n project schedules and budgets through Web-based time reporting and Microsoft Outlook Calendar integration.
• Improve coordination across teams through portals and automated notifications for a more efficient and effective workforce.
• Centrally store, link and share information such as documents, issues and risks related to project plans.
• Collaborate effectively with document management capabilities such as check-in or check-out and versioning through the integration of Project Server 2003 with Windows.
• SharePoint Services Customize and integrate Project Server 2003 data through extensive API connectors, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or object model changes, and an improved Project Guide.

System Requirements

• Hard Disk
  80 MB.
  
  
• Memory
  256 MB of RAM.
  
  
• Processor 
  Intel Pentium III 550-MHz or higher processor.
  
  
• Platform
  WIN 2000 Server with SP3 or later, WIN2000 Advanced Server with SP3 or later, Win Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition.