Microsoft Office Project 2003 Chris Capossela General Manager Microsoft Project

Introducing Project 2003: A Customer Driven Release Address key customer requests Tighter integration with Office System Provide platform for building solutions & integrating business applications No major architecture changes to ease migration and deployment Two offerings Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution

Microsoft Office Project 2003 Value Proposition Visibility into project portfolio for execs, PMO High level view of all work across the dept or enterprise Ensure work is aligned with strategy Optimal resource utilization for resource mgrs Match right people to right jobs at right time Skills tracking and matching Team member participation for leads, individuals Deep Office integration let’s you use tools you know Collaborate on projects, documents, issues, risks Dependable platform for admins, developers Load-balancing, clustering, partitioning, secure, etc. Broad open platform and partner ecosystem

Executives Resource Managers Team Members Project Managers Line of Business Systems “Go Broad” Strategy: Connecting IWorkers To Projects Using Familiar Tools

Team Members Project Server and Outlook integration Print grid to Excel for most browser views Deep WSS integration for better doc management Resource managers, finance managers Staff projects in Project Web Access with “team builder lite” Non-project time support (and other top timesheet features) Partners, corp developers Extensive enhancements to Project Server APIs New web service to make LOB integration easier IT Managers Active directory synchronization Deep content for easier deployment, configuration, sizing Connecting IWorkers To Projects Using Familiar Tools

MS Accelerators EPM Six Sigma MBS PSA ISV Embedded Business Engine Tenrox Partner Solutions Pcubed: Energy PM Solutions: Manuf. Enterprise Project Management Go Broad: Additional Solutions Building On Our EPM Platform

Big Focus On Great Content For Project 2003 Lots of changes for 2003 New downloadable and printable online books Follows Exchange format which admins love Content reviews done by MCS and partners Bulk of content ready by “street date” Content is customer driven from 2002 feedback Admin: plan, deploy, maintain, support, disaster recovery… Six “typical” customer scenarios for better sizing guidance Developer: SDK plus 4 new solution starters New process in place to react more quickly to gaps