Frequently Asked Questions

Project Professional 2003, Project Server 2003 and Project Web Access work together to make up the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution. Microsoft Enterprise Project Management is designed to help organisations align their business initiatives, projects and resources for better business results. Flexible reporting and analysis capabilities make it easy for project managers to see the information they need to optimise resources, prioritise work and align their project portfolios with overall business objectives.

Microsoft Office Project 2003 helps you manage work and people, whether you manage projects independently or manage a portfolio of projects across a team, department or organisation. Microsoft Office Project 2003 editions and technologies include:

Project Professional, Project Server and Project Web Access work together to make up the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution.

Project Standard 2003 is the Microsoft Office project management program. A stand-alone product, Project Standard 2003 enables project managers, business managers and planners to manage and plan projects independently using familiar, easy-to-use tools.

Project Professional 2003 is the enterprise project management program from Microsoft Office that is used with Project Server 2003 and Project Web Access to make up the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution. Project Professional 2003 offers all the tools found in Project Standard and, when used with Project Server, it also provides powerful enterprise project management capabilities, including skill-based resource management.

Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 is the platform that supports the portfolio management, resource management and collaboration capabilities in the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution. With Project Server 2003, you can store project and resource information centrally. It integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services for document management and collaboration capabilities that enable team members to work together effectively. You can connect to Project Server 2003 through Project Professional 2003 and Project Web Access to save, retrieve and interact with Project Server data.

Windows SharePoint Services is a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. You use it to create websites for sharing information and collaborating on documents. Project Server 2003 integrates with Windows SharePoint Services for document management and project-related issue and risk tracking.

To enable the Windows SharePoint Services capabilities in Project Web Access, including document versioning and check-in/check-out, Project Server 2003 requires Windows Server 2003.

Project Web Access is the web portal that enables people to connect to the project and resource information in Project Server 2003. Team members, executives and resource managers - in other words, anyone who needs access to Project Server information but does not require the scheduling capabilities of Project Professional - can use Project Web Access through a web browser to view, update and analyse information. You must have a Project Server Client Access Licence (CAL) to use Project Web Access.

The Project Server CAL licenses the use of the services and features of Project Server 2003. Using Project Web Access requires a Project Server CAL.

The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution provides powerful portfolio and resource management capabilities and enables effective collaboration. New features mean you can:

Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 is designed to improve your ability to organise work and communicate effectively and succinctly through familiar, easy-to-use tools. With Project Standard 2003, you can now: