Project Envy --
1. Project Server 2007 is the description of the entire system, including
all of the applications you must install and all of the tools that your
users must use. These users include project managers, team members,
executives, Project Server administrators, and others as needed.
2. PWA stands for Project Web Access. This is the Web-based interface to
the Project Server 2007 system, and is used in some way by every user. PMs
use PWA to approve task updates, for example. Team members use it to submit
time on the My Timesheet page and task progress on the My Tasks page, for
example. Executives use it to view high-level information about all
projects and all resources in the Project Server database. Your Project
Server administrators use it to acess many of the Administrator features.
3. Windows SharePoint Services provides the underlying functionality that
allows every interested party to manage Risks, Issues, Documents, and
Deliverables in the Project Workspace associated with each project.
4. Microsoft Project Professional 2007 is used by your project managers to
create and manage their enterprise projects. This tool is REQUIRED for
every project manager, as they CANNOT create and manage projects using the
PWA interface. Your Project Server administrator also uses Project
Professional 2007 to perform some Administrator functions, such as managing
the Enterprise Resource Pool and creating custom enterprise Views, Tables,
Filters, and Groups. Team members and executives do not need Project
Professional 2007 at all.
Your questions are good ones. Given the very elementary nature of your
questions, you aren't going to try and implement this tool by yourself, are
you? To maximize your possibility of succeeding with Project Server 2007, I
would strongly encourage you to enlist the services of a Microsoft Project
Partner. Doing this will save you lots of wasted time and money, not to
mention saving you untold frustration as well. I say this because there is
very little about Project Server 2007 that is intuitive for anyone who uses
it.
Beyond this, I would strongly recommend you purchase one or more of our
company's books on Project Server 2007, available at:
http://projectserverbooks.com/books/project2007books.aspx
We have separate books aimed at each type of user in your Project Server
2007 environment, including project managers, team members, and Project
Server administrators. Hope this helps.
