This document is a list of most of the new additions to Project Server 2007 and Project Professional 2007 (from 2003) with a brief explanation of each. Many areas have been modified or upgraded “minor” between versions with patches or Service Packs, (ie. Auto-Accept Rules, Project Guide) but those are not included in this list. These are presented in no particular order. Project Professional Visual Reports Visio and Excel reports from Professional – Custom Fields an unlimited number, and multiple values allowed – High Level Budget cost tracking – Cost Resources define planned and actual costs – Task Status details, comments, history, team member information – Background cell highlighting ability to highlight cells in views – Multiple Currency ability to use multiple currencies in one instance – Non-Working Time (Administrative Time) vacations, using alternative work weeks – Change Highlighting shows all items changed by a single change – Task Driver shows drivers for a task – Multiple Level Undo ability to undo more than one change – Project Server Proposals initiate a project on the web, without using Professional – Activities a to-do list – Proposals and Activities can be converted into real Projects Reporting Database report friendly database – Desktop OLAP Cube use cube information exported into other database (like Access) – Status Reports better interface to using status reports – Cube building multiple built-in cubes – Portfolio Server integration ability to use Portfolio Server – Assignment Owner the person that owns a task – Timesheet Manager the person that approves a timesheet – Timesheets ability to enter time for a week, including non-scheduled time – Import Task Updates from Timesheets ability to take Timesheet information into tasks – Outlook Integration use Outlook for tasks and import/export to Project – Outlook Dashboard use Outlook to gain information from Project – Active Caching using Professional and Server more cleanly – Task Update update on Server directly – Team Resources assign task to team, not just one person – Server side editing modify resources, custom fields, etc online – Viewing Tasks Resource tracking Personal Settings reminders, etc. – how to use it –
This document is a list of most of the new additions to Project Server 2007 and Project Professional 2007 (from 2003) with a brief explanation of each. Many “minor” areas have been modified or upgraded between versions with patches or Service Packs, (ie. Auto-Accept Rules, Project Guide) but those are not included in this list. These are presented in no particular order. Project Professional Visual Reports – Visio and Excel reports from Professional Custom Fields – an unlimited number, and multiple values allowed High Level Budget – cost tracking Cost Resources – define planned and actual costs Task Status – details, comments, history, team member information Background cell highlighting – ability to highlight cells in views Multiple Currency – ability to use multiple currencies in one instance Non-Working Time (Administrative Time) – vacations, using alternative work weeks Change Highlighting – shows all items changed by a single change Task Driver – shows drivers for a task Multiple Level Undo – ability to undo more than one change Project Server Proposals – initiate a project on the web, without using Professional Activities – a to-do list Proposals and Activities can be converted into real Projects Reporting Database – report friendly database Desktop OLAP Cube – use cube information exported into other database (like Access) Status Reports – better interface to using status reports Cube building – multiple built-in cubes Portfolio Server integration – ability to use Portfolio Server Assignment Owner – the person that owns a task Timesheet Manager – the person that approves a timesheet Timesheets – ability to enter time for a week, including non-scheduled time Import Task Updates from Timesheets – ability to take Timesheet information into tasks Outlook Integration – use Outlook for tasks and import/export to Project Outlook Dashboard – use Outlook to gain information from Project Active Caching – using Professional and Server more cleanly Task Update – update on Server directly Team Resources – assign task to team, not just one person Server side editing – modify resources, custom fields, etc online Viewing Tasks Resource tracking Personal Settings – reminders, etc. – how to use it
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