Chapter 26. Managing Projects Using Microsoft Project Professional 2002

In this chapter

Managing Resource Assignments

Using Enterprise Templates

Working with Versions

Using Project Manager Views

Chapter 25, “An Overview of Microsoft Project Professional 2002,” identifies several roles for users of Microsoft Project Professional, including project managers, portfolio managers and executives, and server administrators.

NOTE

No matter what your role is, we recommend that you read all of Part VIII, “Using Project Server and Project Professional,” to get a comprehensive understanding of the available features and capabilities.


This chapter describes how project managers use the new features and capabilities of Project Professional 2002.

Each of these new features is listed in Table 26.1, along with the project management functions that the feature supports. Each of the project management functions listed in Table 26.1 is described in its own section in this chapter.


Table 26.1. New Professional Edition Features for Project Managers
New Professional Edition Feature Project Management Functions
Team Builder, Assign Resources dialog box, and Resource Substitution Wizard Manage and optimize resource assignments
Enterprise templates Use enterprise templates to create preliminary and detailed schedules
Versions Save complete copies of project schedules
Project Center (via Project Web Access) and Resource Center (via Project Web Access) Analyze schedule and resource data

→ Remember that you must be successfully logged in to a Project server in order to access the enterprise features described in this section. For information on how to log in to a Project server, see “Logging in to Project Server from Project Professional,” p. 1017.

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