Microsoft Project 2003 Standard
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| Features | Microsoft Project 2003 Standard | Microsoft Project 2007 Standard |
| Import Outlook Tasks dialog box Easily import task data from the Microsoft Outlook To-Do Bar to create a Project plan. |
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| Excel Import Wizard
Easily import and use data from Microsoft Office Excel to start a Project plan. |
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| Resource information import
Import resource information from the Active Directory directory service or your Microsoft Exchange Server address book. |
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| Smart Tags
Get automatic, contextual suggestions alerting you to scheduling options. |
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| Built-in online help
Use Microsoft Office Online to get training, templates, and more. | INC | INC |
| Additional Project templates
Jump-start common projects and promote consistency. | INC | IMP |
| Interactive, step-by-step planning aid
Set up and manage projects effectively with the Project Guide. | INC | INC |
| Calendar wizard
Simplify the setup process for project calendars and changing working time. | INC | IMP |
| Manage non-working time
Named vacations and the option of setting up alternative work weeks enable users to control and understand when resources can work. | NEW | |
| Change Highlighting
When changes are made to a project, all affected task and resource fields are highlighted. Easily see how your change affects the dates of successor tasks, summary costs, and more. | NEW | |
| Multiple Level Undo
Reverse the most recent series of changes; that is, undo and redo changes to views, data and options. This functionality also enables you to undo actions or sets of actions from macros or third-party applications. | NEW |
Present project data in the appropriate format and print custom reports
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INC = Feature Included
IMP = Improved in Microsoft Project 2007 Standard
NEW = New in Microsoft Project 2007 Standard
| Features | Microsoft Project 2003 Standard | Microsoft Project 2007 Standard |
| Presentation Wizard
Smoothly transfer Project data to Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Word, or Microsoft Office Visio. | INC | INC |
| Printing Wizard
Easily format and print concise custom Project reports. |
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| Visual Reports for Excel
Use Excel to produce charts and graphs based on Microsoft Project 2007 Standard data. Analyze different dimensions of your project with PivotTable views and charts. |
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| Visual Reports for Visio Professional
Build work breakdown structure (WBS) or resource diagrams in Office Visio Professional. With data-driven diagrams, users can show progress bars, flag important tasks, color-code on cost, or create custom diagrams to match their project needs. |
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| Report templates
Microsoft Project 2007 Standard offers report templates for Office Visio and Office Excel to help a user analyze resource availability, understand project progress and costs, and perform other tasks. Users can customize these reports or create their own templates in Office Visio and Office Excel to share with other Microsoft Project users. | NEW | |
| Desktop OLAP cube
Create customer reports or archive Project values with data exported from Microsoft Project 2007 Standard into a Microsoft Office Access database and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes. Six cubes are generated: task time-phased, task non-time-phased, resource time-phased, resource non-time-phased, assignment time-phased, and assignment non-time-phased. | NEW | |
| Background Cell Highlighting
Highlight important dates, costs, or tasks by changing the background color of cells in the table portion of the view. | NEW | |
| Hijri Calendar
The lunar calendar that is used in Islamic regions. | NEW |
Easily follow task and resource interdependencies
KEY:
INC = Feature Included
IMP = Improved in Microsoft Project 2007 Standard
NEW = New in Microsoft Project 2007 Standard
| Features | Microsoft Project 2003 Standard | Microsoft Project 2007 Standard |
| Gantt charts, calendars, and task sheets
Present Project data in versatile views. | INC | IMP |
| Network Diagram view
Group tasks and display graphical indicators in the Network Diagram view. |
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| Cross-project critical path
Calculate the critical path across all inserted projects to see a single critical path for the overall master project. |
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| Task Driver pane
Shows prerequisites and resource constraints that drive the start date of the selected task. The user can click these drivers to link to the relevant information. |
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Quickly access the information you need and effectively track and analyze projects
KEY:
INC = Feature Included
IMP = Improved in Microsoft Project 2007 Standard
NEW = New in Microsoft Project 2007 Standard
| Features | Microsoft Project 2003 Standard | Microsoft Project 2007 Standard |
| Reschedule uncompleted work
Maintain constraints when uncompleted work is rescheduled, and select any reschedule date. |
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| Assign a deadline to a task
Keep track of when a task finishes without constraining the project plan. |
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| Formulas and graphical indicators
Assign formulas, pick lists, and apply graphical indicators to custom fields to keep track of projects. |
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| Grouping
Consolidate and report project information in a variety of ways by using predefined groups or creating custom groups. Group on assignment fields in addition to tasks and resources, and roll up time-phased data totals to group summary rows in Usage views. |
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| Material resources
Specify consumable resources such as lumber or concrete and assign them to tasks. Allocate these resources in units that make sense, such as tons. | INC | INC |
| Resource availability graphs
Evaluate resource workload and availability using the Graphs button in the Assign Resources dialog box to identify the best resource available for the task. | INC | INC |
| Add-in for comparing Project files
Compare two versions of the same project and report results. | INC | INC |
| Baseline rollup
Control how baseline data is rolled up to summary tasks to help ensure up-to-date tracking of projects. | INC | INC |
| Cost Resources
Helps enable users to define multiple named time-phased fixed costs on a task. These costs can be grouped and reported as part of a cost type. Supports integration of Microsoft Project 2007 Standard with accounting systems. | NEW | |
| Budget Tracking
Define a budget at a high level (program or project) so the project manager can allocate funds and track costs, work, and materials against the budget. | NEW |
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