Project Server 2007 Terminology – more study notes

Project Web Access (Now renamed to Project Web App) allows for easy and powerful cross project reporting.

An ‘Enterprise Project’ means it is a project stored in the Project Server database by one of the following methods:

• Create project using Project Professional 2007 client while connected to Project Server 2007 and save the project in the Project Server Database.
• Import the project to the enterprise using the Import Project Wizard in Project Professional 2007.

An ‘Enterprise resource’ is much the same, the resource must exist in the Enterprise resource pool via creation or import as described for the enterprise project above.

Project Server 2007 can enforce document management via check in and check out.

Resource attributes are defined using custom enterprise fields via PWA administration. After these customer fields are defined the Project Server administrator assigns values to these fields for each resource in the enterprise resource pool.

A manual method to locate resources by skill and availability are via the “Build Team from Enterprise” and “Assign Resources” dialog boxes.

Locating appropriate resources automatically can be done through the “Resource Substitution Wizard” this tool analyses the enterprise resource pool enabling you to produce ‘recommended’ staffing for a project plan.

The Enterprise Global file contains a library of Enterprise Objects including views, reports, filters, groups and tables.