Pinnacle Insights

MS Project Server 2003 to MS Project Server 2007

Since its less-than-user-friendly inception in 2003, Project Server has undergone some major and positive transformations, starting with the highly serviceable Project Server 2007 and the inception of Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) suite that introduced SharePoint as a key “baked-in” element.  

Small and mid-sized corporate users of Microsoft Project Server (MSP) are developing increasingly innovative ways to employ this collaborative technology in ways that extend far beyond its core project management-oriented focus.  

The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution is a collaborative project and portfolio environment based on Microsoft Project Professional, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Project Server.  The entire solution is commonly referred to as "MS Project Server".

Pinnacle has been guiding and assisting our clients in implementing and improving Enterprise Project Management Offices (ePMOs) for over 25 years. 

Government agencies are increasingly requiring Contractors to implement EVM Systems, but often the Contractors don’t have the experience to get the job done. Pinnacle’s proven approach to people, processes and tools ensures a successful and sustainable EVM Systems implementation. 

Is your Project Management Office (PMO) an effective and strategic entity that helps project managers across the organization? Traditionally, PMOs have been departmentally based and effective only within their own departments or silos of responsibility. 

We recently had a prospect that asked us to build a Roadmap for an Enterprise Project Management and an Earned Value Management system. They have a mix of private sector work and also government work requiring EVMS.  At the CFO, COO level they were convinced that knew what they needed.

For experienced users transitioning from the P6 client (what is now called P6 Professional) to the Release 8 web implementation many operations in the Activity window are very similar.