Microsoft Project Standard 2003

Microsoft Project Standard 2003 is used by project managers who need a desktop tool to manage their projects independently but who do not require strong coordination with other project managers or the ability to manage resources from a central repository. Project Standard 2003 is designed to improve your ability to organize work and communicate effectively and succinctly through familiar, easy-to-use tools.

Organized Work

• Project Standard 2003 allows you to better organize and manage work and people to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Organize your work more effectively with powerful scheduling capabilities included in Project Standard 2003.
• Project Standard 2003 tracks and evaluates the impact of schedule and resource changes to your overall project plans.
• Customize plans to capture information specific to your projects with Project Standard 2003.
• Display the project information you want to review. Project Standard 2003 will focus on information that needs your attention with filters and groups.

Compelling Communications

• Convey your project plans and status effectively and succinctly with Project Standard 2003.
• Increase your impact at work and create better presentations by easily transferring information from Project Standard 2003 into other Office programs such as Word 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Visio 2003.
• Project Standard 2003 allows you to communicate more clearly using new printing enhancements to print one-page printouts of project schedules.
• Share project information with team members by saving Project (MPP) files to a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site. Windows SharePoint Services is a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that enables users to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration.

Ease of Use

• Enhance your productivity and effectiveness by learning and applying project management practices easily with Project Standard 2003.
• Get started quickly with tools that assist you with project management methodology, so you can set up schedules and manage resources more effectively.
• Project Standard 2003 can access online help and training for relevant, up-to-date support and assistance.
• Download a template from Templates on Microsoft Office Online, rather than starting a project from scratch.
• Project Standard 2003 uses familiar tools to do work that is more sophisticated and has more of an impact without the need for extensive training.
• Save time by moving project information easily between Project 2003 and other Microsoft Office programs, such as Excel.
• Navigate and learn Project Standard 2003 quickly with an updated interface that is consistent with Office 2003 programs.

• Hard Drive Space: 130 MB
• Operating System: Windows^® XP, Windows 2000
• Processor Type: Intel^® Pentium^® III
• Processor Speed: 233 MHz
• RAM: 128 MB
• Other: CD-ROM drive