1. Part II - Microsoft ® Project 2000 Enterprise Deployment Templates

2. What Are Project Templates  A new integrated feature in Microsoft Project 2000  Provides a basis to quick start a project and inform users of the tasks involved  Helps estimate resources and associated costs; Reduces the time necessary to begin project understanding  Templates are customizable to better reflect company’s own processes and to promote standards across the company  A new integrated feature in Microsoft Project 2000  Provides a basis to quick start a project and inform users of the tasks involved  Helps estimate resources and associated costs; Reduces the time necessary to begin project understanding  Templates are customizable to better reflect company’s own processes and to promote standards across the company

3. Windows ® 2000 Deployment Template

4. Deployment Template Benefits  Simplifies the complexities of planning for a comprehensive project  Provides a focus for strategy, budget, cost, time and resources  Reduce uncertainty about deployment  An excellent mechanism for building project management skills within your organization

5. Templates And Microsoft Project 2000  A powerful way to leverage Microsoft Project 2000  Provides a focus to effectively understand and manage the complexity of modern multi-faceted projects  Reduce uncertainty about projects  Increase awareness of Windows 2000 and Office 2000 deployment considerations  Provides a mechanism to understand and control TCO  Promote corporate project management standards

6. Part III - Microsoft ® Project Central And Digital Dashboard Integration

7. Microsoft Project Central And Digital Dashboard  Incorporating Microsoft Project Central into Digital Dashboard  Microsoft Project Central Architecture  I-Frame and ASP Flags  Constraints and Considerations  Windows NT ® Security Log-in  Summary

8. Demo Project Central in the Digital Dashboard

9. Microsoft Project 2000 And Project Central Architecture Microsoft Project 2000 Internet Explorer Microsoft Project Central Client Controls User Interface IIS Microsoft Project Central Server ProtocolObjectsBusinessObjects ASP Logic MSDE, SQL, Oracle Microsoft Project Central Database Data

10. I-Frame Used To Connect The Dashboard To Microsoft Project Central Digital Dashboard Microsoft Project Central Server/IIS Microsoft Project Central I-Frame SimpleUI=1 NoMenu=1 DefPage=Tasks/TasksPage.aspDefPage=Home/HomePage.aspDefPage=Views/ViewsPage.asp…etc. ASP

11. Demo Project Central Portfolio View

12. Constraints And Considerations  Location of the web server must be specified in the I-Frame  Microsoft Project files have to be saved to public file share location or to database  Windows NT Security Log-in  Associate Resources with Windows NT Name

13. Digital Dashboard for “redmond\toms” Microsoft Project Central I-Frame Microsoft Project Central Server/IIS Windows NT Security Log-In Enables Users To Gain Access To All Assigned Tasks Across Multiple Projects Microsoft Project Central Database Requests Personal Tasks/ Passes “redmond\toms” Project Central Server Passes All Resource Tasks Associated with “redmond\toms” Project A: Resource Name: Tom Project B: Resource Name: redmond\toms Project C: Resource Name: Thomas

14. Summary  Powerful components and platform for flexible custom solution  Seamless integration with the Digital Dashboard