Microsoft Project Product Details

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Features:

• Microsoft Office Interface Navigate intuitively with the familiar Office interface
• Excel Import Wizard and Task List Template Easily import and leverage data from Excel to start a Project plan.
• Import Outlook Tasks Dialog Easily import task data from Outlook tasks list to create a Project plan.
• Resource Information Import Import resource information from the Microsoft Active Directory service or Microsoft Exchange address book.
• Additional Project Templates Jump-start common projects and promote consistency.
• Interactive, Step–By–Step Planning Aid Set up and manage projects effectively with the Project Guide.
• Calendar Wizard Simplify the setup process for project calendars and changing working time.
• Smart Tags Get automatic, contextual suggestions alerting you of scheduling options.
• Built–in Online Help Use Microsoft Office Online to get training, templates, and more.
• Material Resources Specify consumable resources such as lumber or concrete and assign them to tasks. Allocate these resources in units that make sense, such as tons.

Improved Features:

• Additional Project templates Jump-start common projects and promote consistency.
• Calendar wizard Simplify the setup process for project calendars and changing working time.
• Gantt charts, calendars, and task sheets Present Project data in versatile views.

New Features:

• Manage non-working time

  Named vacations and the option of setting up alternative work weeks enable users to control and understand when resources can work.

• Change Highlighting

  When changes are made to a project, all affected task and resource fields are highlighted. Easily see how your change affects the dates of successor tasks, summary costs, and more.

• Multiple Level Undo

  Reverse the most recent series of changes; that is, undo and redo changes to views, data and options. This functionality also enables you to undo actions or sets of actions from macros or third-party applications.

• Visual Reports for Excel

  Use Excel to produce charts and graphs based on Office Project 2007 data. Analyze different dimensions of your project with PivotTable views and charts.

• Visual Reports for Visio Professional

  Build work breakdown structure (WBS) or resource diagrams in Office Visio Professional. With data-driven diagrams, users can show progress bars, flag important tasks, color-code on cost, or create custom diagrams to match their project needs.

• Report templates

  Office Project 2007 offers report templates for Office Visio and Office Excel to help a user analyze resource availability, understand project progress and costs, and perform other tasks. Users can customize these reports or create their own templates in Office Visio and Office Excel to share with other Office Project users.

• Desktop OLAP cube

  Create customer reports or archive Project values with data exported from Office Project 2007 into a Microsoft Office Access database and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes. Six cubes are generated: task time-phased, task non-time-phased, resource time-phased, resource non-time-phased, assignment time-phased, and assignment non-time-phased.

• Background Cell Highlighting

  Highlight important dates, costs, or tasks by changing the background color of cells in the table portion of the view.

• Hijri Calendar

  The lunar calendar that is used in Islamic regions.

• Task Driver pane

  Shows prerequisites and resource constraints that drive the start date of the selected task. The user can click these drivers to link to the relevant information.

• Cost Resources

  Helps enable users to define multiple named time-phased fixed costs on a task. These costs can be grouped and reported as part of a cost type. Supports integration of Office Project 2007 with accounting systems.

• Budget Tracking

  Define a budget at a high level (program or project) so the project manager can allocate funds and track costs, work, and materials against the budget.

System Requirements:

Computer and processor

700 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher

Memory

512 megabyte (MB) of RAM or higher

Hard disk

1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive.

Drive

CD-ROM or DVD drive

Display

Minimum 800x600; 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor recommended

Operating system

Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating system.1

Other

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 SP2 or later required to use the Import Outlook Tasks feature. Visual Reports require Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP2 or later and Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007.

Project Professional and Project Server 2007 are required for enterprise project and resource management capabilities. Microsoft Office Project Web Access and Outlook 2003 SP2 or later required for importing tasks to the Outlook calendar or tasks list.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (installed as part of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007) is required for publishing projects, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Project Tasks List. Microsoft.Net Framework Version 2.0 is required for the Resource Substitution Wizard.

Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply).

Additional

Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.

Screenshots:

A complete list of features and side-by-side comparisons are available on the Project Management Software Review HomePage.

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