Microsoft Project 2007 Features.
Reschedule uncompleted work
Maintain constraints when uncompleted work is rescheduled, and select any reschedule date.
Assign a deadline to a task
Keep track of when a task finishes without constraining the project plan.
Formulas and graphical indicators
Assign formulas, pick lists, and apply graphical indicators to custom fields to keep track of projects.
Gantt charts, calendars, and task sheets
Present Project data in versatile views.
Material resources
Specify consumable resources such as lumber or concrete and assign them to tasks. Allocate these resources in units that make sense, such as tons.
Budget Tracking
Define a budget at a high level (program or project) so the project manager can allocate funds and track costs, work, and materials against the budget.
Task Driver pane
Shows prerequisites and resource constraints that drive the start date of the selected task. The user can click these drivers to link to the relevant information.
Change Highlighting
When changes are made to a project, all affected task and resource fields are highlighted. Easily see how your change affects the dates of successor tasks, summary costs, and more.
Grouping
Consolidate and report project information in a variety of ways by using predefined groups or creating custom groups. Group on assignment fields in addition to tasks and resources, and roll up time-phased data totals to group summary rows in Usage views.
Multiple Level Undo
Reverse the most recent series of changes; that is, undo and redo changes to views, data and options. This functionality also enables you to undo actions or sets of actions from macros or third-party applications.
Cost Resources
Helps enable users to define multiple named time-phased fixed costs on a task. These costs can be grouped and reported as part of a cost type. Supports integration of Office Project 2007 with accounting systems.
Visual Reports for Visio Professional
Build work breakdown structure (WBS) or resource diagrams in Office Visio Professional. With data-driven diagrams, users can show progress bars, flag important tasks, color-code on cost, or create custom diagrams to match their project needs.
Interactive, step-by-step planning aid
Set up and manage projects effectively with the Project Guide.
Add-in for comparing Project files
Compare two versions of the same project and report results.
Import Outlook Tasks dialog box
Easily import task data from the Microsoft Outlook To-Do Bar to create a Project plan.
Cross-project critical path
Calculate the critical path across all inserted projects to see a single critical path for the overall master project.
Smart Tags
Get automatic, contextual suggestions alerting you to scheduling options.
Printing Wizard
Easily format and print concise custom Project reports.
Built-in online help
Use Microsoft Office Online to get training, templates, and more.
Calendar wizard
Simplify the setup process for project calendars and changing working time.
Resource availability graphs
Evaluate resource workload and availability using the Graphs button in the Assign Resources dialog box to identify the best resource available for the task.
Resource information import
Import resource information from the Active Directory directory service or your Microsoft Exchange Server address book.
Manage non-working time
Named vacations and the option of setting up alternative work weeks enable users to control and understand when resources can work.
Visual Reports for Excel
Use Excel to produce charts and graphs based on Office Project 2007 data. Analyze different dimensions of your project with PivotTable views and charts.
Presentation Wizard
Smoothly transfer Project data to Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Word, or Microsoft Office Visio.
Network Diagram view
Group tasks and display graphical indicators in the Network Diagram view.
Excel Import Wizard
Easily import and use data from Microsoft Office Excel to start a Project plan.
Baseline rollup
Control how baseline data is rolled up to summary tasks to help ensure up-to-date tracking of projects.
Report templates
Office Project 2007 offers report templates for Office Visio and Office Excel to help a user analyze resource availability, understand project progress and costs, and perform other tasks. Users can customize these reports or create their own templates in Office Visio and Office Excel to share with other Office Project users.
Desktop OLAP cube
Create customer reports or archive Project values with data exported from Office Project 2007 into a Microsoft Office Access database and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes. Six cubes are generated: task time-phased, task non-time-phased, resource time-phased, resource non-time-phased, assignment time-phased, and assignment non-time-phased.Create customer reports or archive Project values with data exported from Office Project 2007 into a Microsoft Office Access database and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes. Six cubes are generated: task time-phased, task non-time-phased, resource time-phased, resource non-time-phased, assignment time-phased, and assignment non-time-phased.
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