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Microsoft Project Server 2003 (5-Client) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $1,499.00
Buy New: $599.00
You Save: $900.00 (60%)
New (2) from $599.00
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 9423
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Color: 5-user
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Server
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.9 x 2
MPN: 858531
Model: h22-00695
UPC: 805529348387
EAN: 0805529348387
ASIN: B0000AZJVK
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 |
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| Customer Reviews:
Love to hate this clunky yet essential product July 19, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
question January 17, 2005
0 out of 22 found this review helpful
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