Microsoft® Office Project and Project Server
Consulting and Training

Advisicon helps organizations use Microsoft® Office Project, Microsoft® Project Server, and Microsoft® Project Portfolio Server – Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution – to manage projects and portfolios more effectively. Through optimization, training in project management best practices, process development and template implementation, Advisicon's consultants deliver Microsoft® Gold Certified EPM expertise to optimize a customized EPM Solution to deliver sustained results for our clients.

Focused Expertise: Microsoft Gold Certified EPM Partner

As the only Microsoft® Gold Certified Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Partner in the Pacific Northwest, Advisicon is uniquely qualified to help your organization implement Microsoft® Office Project and Microsoft® Project Server.

Advisicon's President, Tim Runcie is one of only twenty Microsoft® Project MVPs in the world, and an author of multiple books and articles on the effective use of Microsoft® Office Project, Microsoft® Project Server, and project management methodologies. Advisicon’s EPM consultants are Microsoft® Certified Professionals (MCP) and Microsoft® Certified Technical Specialists (MCTS) in Microsoft® Office Project and Project Server. Our consultants offer you expertise in the implementation, configuration, customization, training and use of Microsoft® Office Project and Microsoft® Project Server.

Microsoft® Office Project Consulting

Advisicon helps organizations use Microsoft® Office Project to manage their projects more effectively through optimization, training in project management best practices, project management process development, and template customization. Advisicon's consultants deliver this deep expertise to our clients to help them implement Microsoft® Project technologies more effectively to deliver sustained results.

Microsoft® Office Project Training

Microsoft® Office Project is the #1 project scheduling tool in the world. Advisicon delivers hands-on, consultative training to users of Microsoft® Office Project. We go far beyond simple keystroke training, and teach users:

Advisicon's training gives users useful tools, tips and tricks to make working with Microsoft® Project more predictable, enjoyable and productive. See Course Outline

Managing Projects with Microsoft® Project Learn how to use Microsoft® Office Project to build, optimize and manage project schedules. This course teaches participants how to use Microsoft® Office Project to successfully create, track, manage and modify project schedules and resource pools. Participants will learn how to apply best practices, tips and tricks to planning, executing, and managing projects with Microsoft® Office Project.

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Microsoft® Office Scheduling Services

Advisicon offers clients professional Microsoft® Office Project scheduling services. Our professional project schedulers can help support your project managers and teams by building, updating, integrating, and maintaining your project schedules, so your project managers and teams can stay focused on delivering your projects. Contact us to learn more

Microsoft® Office Project Server Consulting and Microsoft® Office Project Server Training

Advisicon helps organizations use Microsoft® Office Project, Microsoft® Project Server, and Microsoft® Project Portfolio Server – - collectively Microsoft's® Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution – to manage projects and portfolios more effectively. Through optimization, training in best practices, process development and template implementation, Advisicon's consultants deliver Microsoft® Gold Certified EPM expertise to optimize the EPM Solution and deliver constant results for our clients.

Advisicon’s integrated Microsoft® Office Project Server enterprise project management implementation and portfolio management (EPM) implementation deliver targeted, sustained results in critical business areas:

•	Project resource and schedule visibility
•	Enterprise-wide project collaboration
•	Project schedule management
•	Project resource management
•	Stakeholder management
•	Communication management
•	Milestone management
•	Deliverable management
•	Risk and Issue management
•	Key business metrics analysis and project reporting
•	Centralized project data and document management and reporting
•	Management dashboards with key performance indicators (KPIs)

A system is only as good as it's consistent usage. Advisicon ensures clients receive the full benefits of the EPM Solution by delivering more than just system integration. Advisicon delivers customized, integrated hands-on, consultative user training tailored to each client’s particular needs. Each client receives specific EPM customization, EPM deployment and EPM implementation. Advisicon has developed a fully-integrated training curriculum to help different user groups learn to use Microsoft® Office Project, Microsoft® Office Project Server, and Microsoft® Project Portfolio Server effectively.

Microsoft® Office Project Server Training

	Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007/ Administrator Learn how to configure, customize, administer and support Microsoft® Office Project Server 2003 or 2007. Administrators will learn how to configure, customize and support Microsoft® Office Project Server. This course trains participants to set up and support enterprise‐wide project management standards, templates, resource pools, custom fields, management metrics and reporting, as well as how to manage Project Web Access.
	Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007/ Project Manager Learn how to build, publish, and manage project schedules, issues, risks, deliverables, resources, and documents across an enterprise with Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007. Project Managers will learn to build, track and manage project schedules with Microsoft® Office Project Professional and publish them to Project Server, and how to track, analyze, and report on projects through Project Web Access.
	Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007/ Team Member Learn how use Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 to contribute to projects across an enterprise. This course trains participants how to update and manage project tasks, enter and report on risks, issues, documents and new tasks through Project Web Access.
	Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007/ Reporting and Analysis Learn how to use Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 to use, create and manage helpful views and reports to analyze projects and metrics across an enterprise. This course trains management stakeholders how to utilize the reporting and analysis features of Project Server, as well as how to use resource and schedule visibility tools for monitoring and controlling project activities across an organization or an entire portfolio of projects.

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Microsoft® Office Project Server Custom Development and Integration Services

In addition to helping clients configure and implement Microsoft® Office Project Server, Advisicon delivers a full range of Microsoft® Office Project Server customization services:

Project Management with Microsoft® SharePoint Services

Advisicon delivers focused consulting and training to organizations using Microsoft® SharePoint Services to manage projects and other business activities. Advisicon delivers a full range of Microsoft® SharePoint services:

Microsoft® SharePoint PM Solution Training

Microsoft® SharePoint for Effective Project Management Learn to use Microsoft® Windows SharePoint Services to manage project team collaboration on projects. This course teaches participants how to design, create customize and use Microsoft® SharePoint to collaborate, share documents, communicate and coordinate project activities, deliverables, communications, risks, and issues.

Project Management Offices (PMOs) using Microsoft® SharePoint

Advisicon has developed a number of Microsoft® SharePoint solutions specifically to support project management practices, project teams and organizations. Advisicon delivers Microsoft® SharePoint-based project management solutions, including project team worksites, program management sites, and integrations with Microsoft® Office Project and Microsoft® Project Server, to support your Project Management Offices (PMOs) and project teams.

From customized Microsoft® SharePoint solutions to support project teams to strategic PMOs, Advisicon’s project management solutions can help your organization be more efficient, organized, and productive.

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