Microsoft Office Project 2003 represents the next level of project management software now available to businesses. Industry specialists say the technology provides all role-players within the corporate project management environment greater insight, tighter control and a number of mechanisms to improve work portfolio management in general.
Microsoft Project 2003 is a set of integrated Microsoft applications, including Microsoft Project Server 2003 (which runs on Microsoft SQL Server 2000), Windows SharePoint Services for collaboration, a Project Web Access (PWA) client for non-project managers and Microsoft Project Professional client for project managers to build and manage projects.
The combination of these applications makes for powerful collaborative technology that essentially provides better control over people, processes and technology central to any project management environment, says Pieter Erasmus, Director of Business Development at Fulcrum Business Solutions, a specialist provider of enterprise project management (EPM) solutions including Microsoft value-added solutions.
"One of the main issues companies still face is the pressure to complete projects within time and within budget. Resources are often not managed correctly and role-players do not have proper schedules to follow. Scheduling, goals, time, tasks and other aspects are not strategically aligned and are sometimes organised on an ad hoc basis. This latest package offers the functionality to support best practices and standards across the organisation, collaborate and track progress, and manage resources," explains Erasmus.
"This product is aimed at any organisation that manages its activities and processes as projects and wants to monitor performance more closely in order to make better decisions about overall work portfolio," comments Scott Beattie, Business Productivity Specialist at Microsoft.
"We believe the solution will play a leading role in helping to shape this market in the year to come," concludes Erasmus.
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Fulcrum Information Technologies (Pty) Ltd (Fulcrum IT) is a national specialist solutions provider and Microsoft Certified Partner focused on growth and development within the enterprise project management office (EPMO) space.
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