1. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 1

2. 2 Agenda 5:30-6:00 Registration/Pizza 6:00-6:05 Welcome, Rick Bowe 6:05-6:10 Greeting from Microsoft, Matt Roderman 6:15-6:45 Add-ons to Project (WBS, PERT Chart) 6:45-7:00 Schedule Risk Analysis 7:00-7:50 Forum on Project 2002 7:50-8:00 Prize Drawings, Giveaways, Christine Pinney PDU credits, Gary Okula

3. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 3 Membership Benefits The Project Network Monthly Ezine "Members Only" web site Regional meetings MPUG's "backdoor" technical support MPUG "Members Only" special offers Eval, beta and preview Microsoft software Opportunities for knowledge sharing Networking opportunities

4. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 4 To Register for MPUG www.mpug.org

5. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 5 Officers President: Rick Bowe, Project Planning Inc. (rickbowe@projectplanning.com) Vice President: Christine Pinney (liminary121@hotmail.com) Treasurer : Kanan Alhassani, Integrated Management Associates(kanana@ima-pm.com) Public Relations Officer: Allison Perkins, BMC Software (Allison_Perkins@bmc.com) PMI Rep Chapter Liaison: Gary Okula, Florida Power & Light (okulaga@fpl.com)

6. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 6 WBS Chart and PERT Chart XPERT Add-ons to Project Cost: about $150 each Add functionality to Project Available from: Critical Tools Inc. (www.criticaltools.com)

7. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 7 Schedule Risk Analysis “Quantifies the cost and schedule uncertainty associated with project plans” Using Risk+ from C/S Solutions (www.cs-solutions.com) Limited SRA can be done in MS Project

8. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 8 What you get from Schedule Risk Analysis? A gauge of reasonableness of schedule Variability of cost Better read on the critical path Sensitivity analysis allows schedule “tuning” Who should use it? Anyone with a big/important project

9. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 9 Advanced Risk Analysis Topics Cost Analysis Sensitivity Analysis Probabilistic Branching Conditional “If-Then-Else” Correlated Risk

10. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 10 Forum on Microsoft Project 2002

11. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 11 Why move to Project 2002/Server? John Riopel (Project Planning Inc.) –Enterprise resource management –Cube analysis of resource data Kevin Sullivan (Pcubed) –Enterprise Templates (enforce standards) –Enhanced Database (dynamic enterprise analysis) –Roles and permissions

12. MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003 12 The most important things in migrating to Project 2002? John Riopel –Secure management sponsorship –Commit enough time and $ –Set realistic expectations (for what the system will do, how long to implement,…) –Have a pilot –Determine how you want to classify resources and projects Kevin Sullivan –ID Rqmnts & expectations –Assess PM maturity of organization –Apply Project Management to deployment –Validate H/W S/W environment