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Microsoft® Project 2010 Microsoft Project 2010 Enterprise Project Management Solution Demo May 2010 / version 2.01 Information in the document, including URLs and other Internet Web site references is subject to change without notice. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the furnishing of this document does not give you a license to any patent, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property that are the subject matter of this document. As a valued Microsoft customer you can always search for a Microsoft certified project partner that can help you walk through Project 2010 products and help you determine the best solution to suite your needs. Please go to http://www.microsoft.com/project and click “Solutions & Partners” and then “Find a partner by geography” to access the extensive and experienced list of “Microsoft Certified Project and Portfolio Management” partners local to you. 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Requirements and pre-requisites Requirement Item Virtual Machine Downloaded, imported and running 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9728417) Supported Operating System Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled RAM 8 GB recommended for the host machine, 5GB or more allocated to the Virtual Image recommended Additional disk space required for 5 GB, Solid State Drive recommended for better install performance Demonstration and Evaluation package Installation and Configuration The Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack will only work with the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9728417); hence the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine HAS to be downloaded, configured and up and running before installing the Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713956) as visually expressed in the illustration below. Please read all the information about 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9728417) very carefully to fully understand the process of importing, running the Virtual Image and the evaluation period! You will save lot of time and lot of unpleasant surprises. As an option we host this Virtual Machine with the Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack already installed in our datacenter. If you would rather use this opportunity and run the image from your Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher browser – please go to http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713654. Note that one session is limited to 90 minutes. 1. Make sure the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine has been downloaded, configured, and is up and running (more information on importing and configuring this virtual image could be found here http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9728417) Correct functionality of 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine is ESSENTIAL for further steps. If your machine does not run and/or the http://intranet.contoso.com site is NOT loading, please re-check the configuration or re-import the machine and follow CLOSELY the configuration steps. 2. Download Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713956) – a “Project2010DemoPack.iso” file and save it to your host machine. Before installing Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack consider taking a “Snapshot” of the current state of the Virtual Image. More information can be found in the help topic “About Virtual Machine Snapshots” for Hyper-V Manager. 3. On your host machine in the Hyper-V Manager select the ‘2010-7a’ virtual machine representing the “2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine”. 4. Click Settings… 5. In Settings for 2010-7a dialog on the left select DVD Drive 6. On the right hand side of the Settings for 2010-7a dialog select Image file… and point to the “Project2010DemoPack.iso” on your host machine 7. Click OK 8. Logon to the ‘2010-7a’ virtual machine as CONTOSO\administrator with pass@word1 as password 9. In the Virtual Machine click Start -> Computer -> DVD Drive (D:) Project 2010 Demo Pack v1 If the Project 2010 Demo Pack v1 does not appear, please go back to step 3. If you see an error message, please right-click the DVD Drive and choose Open. From the opened Explorer window run the “Project2010DemoPack” executable. 10. The Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack opens 11. Press Install in order to install the Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack Please note this operation may take up to 30 minutes depending on the speed and configuration of your computer. While the installation is in progress we show you the detailed steps of activities performed. In case you run into issues – please check the “Project Server 2010 General Questions and Answers” forum http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/projectserver2010general/threads for solutions or if unknown yet, please post the description and the output log with error indicated. For list of know errors and solutions, please refer to the Appendix of this document. 12. After installation has completed new Internet Explorer windows opens and displays the Project Web App 2010 on the http://project.contoso.com/pwa URL. 13. Happy Microsoft Project 2010 evaluation! Microsoft Project 2010 Overview Microsoft Project 2010 offers flexibility and choice by providing tailored work management solutions for individuals, teams and the enterprise. Project 2010 recognizes that there is no such thing as a “one size fits all” project and portfolio management (PPM) solution. Effective PPM solutions need to provide organizations of different sizes and maturity levels with the right tools to ensure teams can successfully collaborate to deliver projects on-time and realize the anticipated return on investment. A small or mid-sized company may have different PPM requirements when compared to a multi-national organization. Interestingly, departments within a large organization may also have varying PPM requirements, for example a marketing team may not require the same rigor as the IT business unit, and therefore a full solution may not be optimal for all divisions. Microsoft Project 2010 flexible approach helps ensure organizations can select the right tools to meet their current and future business requirements. The architectural improvements in Microsoft Office Project 2007 provided a strong foundation to develop innovative new capabilities in Project 2010 to provide executives, portfolio analysts, managers, and team members with productivity tools to effectively manage all work throughout its lifecycle, and ensure alignment with the organization’s business strategy. The main enhancements to Project 2010 can be grouped under the following investment areas: Demo Scenario "The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, places, or events is intended or should be inferred." Summary The Contoso Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Demo showcases many of the new and existing capabilities included in Project Professional 2010 and Project Server 2010. The demo provides an overview of how the Microsoft EPM Solution provides support for the entire project lifecycle; from inception to completion. Length 60 to 90 minutes Target Audience Business Decision Makers, Director PMO, Portfolio Managers, Resource Managers Personas (in order of appearance) Amy Strande Carol Troup Jan Kotas Hatim Aiad Business Analyst PMO Director Project Manager Team Member Introduction Contoso is a professional services company that has established a formal PPM governance process for managing all types of work throughout the lifecycle. The process supported by the Microsoft EPM Solution ensures: Governance workflow subjects projects to the appropriate controls throughout the lifecycle All requests are captured in a central repository and the collection of associated meta-data is standardized and simplified The executive team can effectively model constraints and select project portfolios that align with their business strategy Managers can proactively and reactively manage and control resources Managers can build powerful schedules in the browser or in Project Professional 2010 Teams can effectively collaborate throughout the lifecycle Accurate and timely time and status reporting Visibility and control delivered through a powerful and flexible reporting platform Contoso’s governance process includes multiple workflows to manage different types of projects (e.g. Major and Minor). The workflows comprise sequential stages that represent the main steps within the life cycle of the project. Each workflow stage includes a list of deliverables to be completed before the project can successfully progress within the workflow... In today’s difficult economic conditions, Contoso’s executives are being asked to ―do more with less.‖ The executives face pressure to reduce or maintain budgets and further scrutinize discretionary spending. To respond to these pressures, executives can use more structured approaches to effectively