An overview of Enterprise Project Management using Microsoft Project Server 2010 solution

1. Enterprise Project Management
using Microsoft Project Server 2010
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2. ”Provide competitive advantage
to our clients through enterprise
information systems.”
The Vision
Experience the simplicity of Project and Portfolio Management

3. Microsoft EPMSolutions
Project and Portfolio
Management helps
organizations gain visibility
and control across all
work, enhancing decision-
making, improving
alignment with business
strategy, maximizing
resource utilization, and
enhancing project
execution to optimize ROI.
Project Server 2010 unifies
project and portfolio
management to help
organizations align
resources and investments
with business
priorities, gain control
across all types of
work, and visualize
performance using powerful
dashboards.
• Demand Management
• Portfolio Selection & Analytics
• Resource Management
• Schedule Management
• Financial Management
• Time & Task Management
• Team Collaboration
• Business Intelligence & Reporting
• Administration, Scalability & Extensibility

4. Microsoft EPMCore Benefits
 Provide a common user experience across Project and Portfolio
Management
 Capture all work proposals in one single place
 Automate business processes using configurable and flexible Workflows
 Customizable project display pages to display and capture information from
end-users
 View and analyze enterprise wide demand requests and portfolio
 Align demand request with strategy
 Enhance governance capabilities

5. Why is Effective Portfolio Management important?
Abilitytoidentifybusinessvaluepotential
Ability to realize business value potential

6.  Microsoft Project 2010
 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
 Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
 Microsoft SQL Server 2008
 Microsoft Exchange Server
 Active Directory
Solution Components

7. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Work Management Solutions for Individuals, Teams and the Enterprise

8. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Work Management Solutions for Individuals, Teams and the Enterprise

9. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Unified Project and Portfolio Management

10. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Simple and Intuitive User Experience

11. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Enhanced Collaboration and Reporting
Communities
Search
Sites
Composites
ContentInsights

12. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Scalable and Connected Platform

13. Solution Components – Microsoft Project 2010
Work Management Solutions for Individuals, Teams and the Enterprise
Level of Complexity

14. Solution Components – SharePoint 2010
Ribbon UI
SharePoint Workspace
SharePoint Mobile
Office Client and Office Web App Integration
Standards Support
Tagging, Tag Cloud, Ratings
Social Bookmarking
Blogsand Wikis
My Sites
Activity Feeds
Profilesand Expertise
Org Browser
Enterprise Content Types
Metadata and Navigation
DocumentSets
Multi-stage Disposition
Audio and Video Content Types
RemoteBlob Storage
List Enhancements
PerformancePointServices
Excel Services
Chart Web Part
Visio Services
Web Analytics
SQL Server Integration
PowerPivot
BusinessConnectivity Services
InfoPath Form Services
External Lists
Workflow
SharePoint Designer
Visual Studio
API Enhancements
REST/ATOM/RSS
Social Relevance
Phonetic Search
Navigation
FAST Integration
Enhanced Pipeline

15. Project Server 2010 requires Microsoft
SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise as
an installation requirement.
The Project Server Interface (PSI)
includes both the Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF)
interface and the ASMX interface for
Web services.
The Project Server workflow platform is
integrated in the PSI, business object
layer, and DAL, and built on Windows
Workflow Foundation (WWF) in the
SharePoint platform.
Project Server task, assignment, and
assignment status data is integrated
with Microsoft Exchange
Server, instead of with a Microsoft
Outlook add-in.
Logical Architecture

16. All Servers in all tiers must be 64 bit
These requirements also apply to Hyper-V
Recommended Configuration
RAM
• 16GB or more WFE and App
• 32GB or more SQL
Processor
• 4 core or more for WFE and App
• 8 core or more for SQL
Disk
• Follow best practices on SQL storage
tier
Deployment Overview

17. Single Project and SharePoint Server Farm
Project Service Application – Used for hosting Project Web Access
Reporting & Charting - Used for Project Server BI Center
• Excel Services
• PerformancePoint Service
• Secure Store Service
• State Service
Creation of Web Application – Content Database used for Project Sites
Creation of Project Web App (PWA) Instance – Using the newly Created Web Application
Active Directory Synchronization
• Synchronize AD Users into Resource Pool/User List
• Synchronize AD Groups with Project Server Groups
Deployment Overview

18. Requires configuration both in Project and Exchange Server
Project Web App site modifications – Theming, Fluent UI, Extensible Grid
Customized Reports
Administrative Backup and Restore Tool – for Configuration Management and Roll-out
Code Repository for custom .NET components and Web Parts
Deployment Overview