Microsoft Project Server 2003 (5-Client) [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• New resource management capabilities make the most of your managerial skills -- built-intimesheets, status reports, project modeling and templates get you started on a new project right away
• Project Server's new enterprise project management(EPM) solution provides a desktop client for creating and editing project plans and resources, and saving them to a database
• Supports a wide range of users, with features that customize to the needs of any individual member of a project team or organization
• Project Web Access is a client that allows members of your team or group to enter or view timesheet information, and view project collection reports, through their Web browsers
• Enhanced security and administration tools designed to decrease the day-to-day management and maintain turnkey security

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000AZJVK
• Item model number: h22-00695
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,516 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #56 in Software > Business & Office > Project Management
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Project Server 2003 (for 5 Clients) is the platform that supports the project and resource management and collaboration capabilities in the EPM solution. Users connect to Project Server through Project Professional and Project Web Access to save, retrieve, and interact with Project Server data.

Project Server 2003 requires SQL Server 2000 as the server database for full enterprise project and resource management capabilities.

Project Server 2003 requires Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (or later) as the operating system. To take advantage of Windows SharePoint Services capabilities, including document versioning and check-in or check-out, Project Server 2003 requires Windows Server 2003. Project Server 2003 integrates with Windows SharePoint Services for document management and project-related issues and risk tracking. Windows SharePoint Services is a component of Windows Server 2003 that enables users to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration.

Product Description

Project Server 2003 is an extensible platform for project portfolio and resource management. Along with Project Professional 2003 and Project Web Access, it forms the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution. Project Server 2003 provides centralization and standardization of project and resource information to enable: enterprise resource management; Web-based time and status reporting; Web-based views of portfolio and project performance and health; portfolio analysis and modeling; customization and integration with line-of-business systems. The key features of the Project Server 2003 allow to: - Monitor progress and make informed decisions. A central repository of project portfolio and resource information can evaluate and model schedule, resource, and cost data over time and across projects. - Customize and exchange data with other programs. Use open architecture (featuring XML messaging and SOAP) and extensive API connectors to exchange information with other business programs and databases. - Increase participation and maintain up-to-date data. Microsoft Office Outlook integration lets your team members submit project task progress in Outlook Calendar for greater participation in projects. - Enable information sharing and collaboration. Improve coordination across teams through Project Web Access. Centrally store, link, and share related project details such as documents, issues, and risks. Scalable design allows you to distribute database load across separate database servers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Love to hate this clunky yet essential product, July 19, 2006

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Nitpicker 99 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Project Server 2003 (5-Client) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Project schedules for teams are most useful if the whole team feels ownership and uses the plan as a tool to get their work done. This can only happen if a master schedule is made widely available, and users or planners can filter and massage the tasks, due dates, etc. so each person sees only what is relevant to them. The alternative - firehosing a 500 line plan at 50 people - just results in user overload and rejection of the entire project management activity.

Microsoft Project Server does solve the above problem. It manages to do so in a way that is unbelievably clunky. They created a "Project Web Access" user interface that breaks all the UI ease of use rules known to man, and requires multiple days of training. Essential functions are tucked away in obscure places with ambiguous labels. Even superusers need a cheat sheet. Occasional users often just reject the system.

The complexity of the installation process is annoying. Even experienced IT people end up hip deep in IIS, credentials, inexplicably failed logons, MSDE, and a raft of turgid Microsoft documentation that doesn't actually explain how to install this system. Prepare for a multi-day trial and error torture session and give your IT tech some time off after the nightmare is over.

The only thing worse than using Microsoft Project Server to manage a project is not using anything at all. I don't know of any competitive solution that solves the problem of managing dynamic shedules over geographically distributed teams.

0 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars question, January 17, 2005

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This review is from: Microsoft Project Server 2003 (5-Client) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

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