MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT PROFESSIONAL 2007 OVERVIEW
Microsoft has leveraged its expertise in business software to create Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. This project management software application can be operated as a standalone program or as part of an organization's Office Project Server 2007, which delivers enterprise-level project management capabilities.
Not surprisingly, Project Professional integrates tightly with Microsoft's popular Office suite. The program's similarities to Office reduce training and support overhead, according to the Redmond, Washington-based vendor. Office Project Professional 2007 includes a Client Access License (CAL), which enables connection to Office Project Server 2007. The CAL also allows users to tap Microsoft Office Project Web Access, the thin developer's Web client.
Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 features project management tools designed to let users manage projects more efficiently and effectively. Capabilities include project work, schedules, and finances, as well as project teams, coupled with reporting and guided planning tools, according to Microsoft. Users can convert data from existing Microsoft-based applications, such as Excel or Word, into their Project applications, cutting the time required to begin using Microsoft's project management software.
Set up is eased with a customizable tool that walks users through project creation, including assigning of tasks and resources, tracking and analyzing data, and reporting results. The program also includes toolbars, menus and other features designed to make even project-management neophytes productive quickly. Using its data, Project can create charts and graphs and output data to multiple file formats for reports or presentations, according to Microsoft.
PRODUCT DETAILS |
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BASIC COMPANY INFORMATION
| Support Offered: | |
| On site | Yes |
| Web | Yes |
| Phone | Yes |
| Core Product Areas: | |
| Collaboration / workflow management | Yes |
| Project management | Yes |
| Cost estimating | Yes |
| Document control / management | Yes |
| Job cost accounting | Yes |
| Construction Types Supported: | |
| Commercial | Yes |
| General Contracting | Yes |
| Heavy and Highway | Yes |
| Industrial | Yes |
| Mixed Use | Yes |
| Residential | Yes |
| Specialty - MEP | Yes |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT DETAIL
| Document Management and Control: | |
| Log & track plan changes: | Yes |
| Log & track contracts and contract changes | Yes |
| Log & track correspondence, memos, etc. | Yes |
| Track submittals | Yes |
| Track submittal revisions | |
| Submittal additions / changes trigger notifications | |
| Scan images | |
| Read CAD files | |
| Capture / index image files | Yes |
| OCR text images | |
| Direct links to documents (plans, drawings, contracts, etc.) | Yes |
| Change Order Management: | |
| User-defined status codes | Yes |
| Ability to consolidate multple requests into single CO | |
| Link plans, notes, etc. to change order | |
| Historical tracking and commending | Yes |
| Change order triggers events such as cost revisions | |
| Approval management and tracking | |
| Calendar Management: | |
| Schedule integration with Microsoft Outlook | Yes |
| Task notifications / updates | Yes |
| Scheduling: | |
| Critical path management | Yes |
| Exceptions and alerts | Yes |
| Cross-project roll-ups | Yes |
| Cross-project resourcing | Yes |
| Schedule variances | Yes |
| Dependencies analysis & management | Yes |
| Resource Management (subs and suppliers): | |
| Customize standard subcontractor forms | |
| Resource costing | Yes |
| Resource leveling | Yes |
| Time reporting and approval | Yes |
| Contractor / vendor contact management | Yes |
| Vendor performance tracking | Yes |
| Reporting and Analysis: | |
| Reports sent by email | Yes |
| Key metrics reports | Yes |
| Cross-project reporting | Yes |
| CPM analysis | Yes |
| Gantt charts | Yes |
| PERT diagrams | Yes |
| Budgeting and Forecasting: | |
| Earned value analysis | Yes |
| Track actual costs / expenses to date | Yes |
| What-if analysis | Yes |
| Forecast cost-to-complete | Yes |
| Cash flow forecasting | Yes |
| Cost / budget variances | Yes |
ESTIMATING DETAIL
| Take-off: | |
| Takeoff using digitizer | |
| Onscreen takeoff | |
| Mouse takeoff | |
| Digitizer tablet support | |
| Graphics digitized | |
| Custom annotations and libraries supported | |
| Items & Assemblies: | |
| Item lists | |
| Cost items | |
| Markups per item | |
| Unit-price bidding | |
| List / construction unit / composit assemblies | |
| Visual assemblies | |
| User-defined forumlas | Yes |
| User-defined fields and headers | Yes |
| Subcontractor / Vendor Management: | |
| Quote comparison | |
| Purchase order management | |
| Change order costing | |
| Bid tracking | |
| Subcontractor management | |
| Quotes, Bids & Proposal | |
| Proposal generation | |
| Purchase order generation and management | |
| Line item bids | |
| Bid rounding | |
| Lump sum bids | |
| "Ballpark" estimating | |
| Financial allocation / markup "spread" | |
| Change order processing | |
JOB COST ACCOUNTING DETAIL
| Basic Acounting: | |
| Accounts payable | |
| Accounts receivable | |
| Billings | |
| General ledger | |
| Job costing | |
| Payroll | |
| Equipment: | |
| Equipment maintenance | |
| Equipment / asset management | |
| Fuel accounting | |
| Unit price billing | |
| Extended Accounting: | |
| Cash management | |
| Change order management | |
| Fixed assets | |
| Proposal management | Yes |
| Human Resource and Safety: | |
| HR / staffing | Yes |
| Integration: | |
| Estimating interface | Yes |
| Project management | Yes |
| Scheduling | Yes |
| Materials: | |
| Counter sales | |
| Materials management | |
| Purchasing | |
| Service Management: | |
| Dispatch | |
| Trucking / transport | |
| Work orders | |