Choosing Your Edition of Microsoft Project 2002
Microsoft® Project 2002 has product offerings that help you meet your specific business objectives. Read the information below to see which offering best suits the needs of your organisation.
Microsoft Project Standard
Microsoft Project Standard provides the core tools that business and individual project managers need to efficiently create and manage their project plans. With features like the Project Guide and smart tags, Microsoft Project Standard makes it easy to stay informed and report on project information.
Team Project Management
Share project information across a workgroup with the Team Project Management solution, which combines Microsoft Project Standard with Microsoft Project Server 2002. Now the whole team can actively participate throughout the project lifecycle. Use features like timesheets, status reports, document sharing and issue tracking to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Enterprise Project Management
Harness the power of Microsoft Project Professional and Microsoft Project Server 2002 for a secure and scaleable Enterprise Project Management solution. With this solution, you can centrally manage resources, share project information, perform modelling and scenario analysis and standardise reporting processes through an extensible technology platform that can integrate with existing business processes and systems.
Microsoft Project 2002 Features
Here is a chart comparing the features of the Microsoft Project 2002 offerings.
| Features | Microsoft Project Standard | Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project Server 2002 | Microsoft Project Professional and Microsoft Project Server 2002 |
| Team Project Management | Enterprise Project Management | ||
| Intuitive planning tools | |||
Dynamic task scheduling | • | • | • |
Gantt Charts, calendars and task sheets | • | • | • |
Project Guide, an interactive Help tool New | • | • | • |
Microsoft Office XP interface New | • | • | • |
Smart tags New | • | • | • |
Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook® integration Improved | • | • | • |
| Resource Management | |||
Resource levelling | • | • | • |
Resource availability graphs New | • | • | • |
Enterprise resource pool New | • | ||
Skill-based resource assignment and replacement New | • | ||
| Collaborative tools | |||
Email notifications Improved | • | • | |
Web-based timesheets and status reports Improved | • | • | |
Document library New | • | • | |
Issue tracking New | • | • | |
| Web-based analysis and reporting tools | |||
Project Portfolio views | • | • | |
Modelling and scenario analysis tools New | • | ||
Real-time reporting New | • | ||
| Extensible platform | |||
XML file format New | • | • | • |
Enterprise codes and custom fields New | • | ||
Enterprise templates New | • | ||
Project data security layer New | • | ||
Load balancing and clustering New | • |
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