Project 2003

Project 2003 includes several offerings designed to help meet your specific business and project management needs. The fundamental choice determines if you need a single user version for individual contributors or if you need a server that permits multiple users working together with common data.

Choose Project Standard 2003 or Project Professional 2003: You will want to choose Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 or Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 if you manage projects independently from your desktop computer and do not need the enterprise project management benefits described below.

Choose the EPM Solution: You will want to choose the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution if you need to:

Learn more about the EPM Solution.

Project Programs for the Individual Contributor

Project Standard 2003

  $547  (Price is a subject to change)

Project Standard 2003 provides the core tools that project managers, business managers, and planners need to manage schedules and resources independently. With Project Standard 2003, you can efficiently organize and track tasks and resources to keep your projects on time and within budget. Smooth integration among Project Standard 2003 and other Microsoft Office System programs like Microsoft Office PowerPoint(r) 2003 and Microsoft Office Visio(r) 2003 enables you to present project status effectively. Extensive help resources and printing assistance make Project Standard 2003 easier than ever to learn, so you can be productive quickly.

Features:

• Organize your work more effectively with new scheduling tools -- Track schedule and resource changes to yourproject plans quickly
• New display options lets you show individuals the project information they need to review
• Increase your impact at work and create better presentations to print compelling and succinct copies of schedules and goals
• Move information easily between Project 2003 and other Microsoft Office programs, such as Excel
• Updated interface and new templates available for downloading, make this version of Project the most user-friendly ever!

System Requirements for Project Standard 2003

To use Project Standard 2003, you need:

Project Professional 2003   $899   (Price is a subject to change)

Buy Microsoft Project Professional 2003

If you think that your needs will grow and you will want to collaborate with others, then you should consider obtaining Project Professional 2003, which can integrate with the Microsoft Office Project Server 2003. Project Professional 2003 provides all the capabilities in Project Standard 2003. In addition, when used with Project Server 2003 and Microsoft Office Project Web Access, it provides Enterprise Project Management (EPM) capabilities such as up-to-date information on resource availability as well as skills and project status.

Features:

• Microsoft's desktop enterprise project management program
• Used with Project Server 2003 and Project Web Access
• Offers all the tools found in Project Standard
• Provides powerful enterprise project management capabilities when used with Project Server
• Use for portfolio management, modeling, resource management, and project collaboration.

  System Requirements for Project Professional 2003

  To use Project Professional 2003, you need:

  Component	Requirement
  Computer and processor	Personal computer with an Intel Pentium 233-MHz or faster processor (Pentium III recommended)
  Memory	128 MB of RAM or greater
  Hard disk	130 MB of available hard-disk space; optional installation files cache (recommended) requires an additional 124 MB of available hard-disk space
  Drive	CD-ROM or DVD drive
  Display	Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor
  Operating system	Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), Microsoft Windows XP, or later
  Other	Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP3 or later, or Oracle 8.0.5, Oracle 8i, or Oracle 9.2 or later, is required for projects stored in databases (Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is required if you are using the enterprise features of Microsoft Office Project Server 2003); Project Server 2003 is required for enterprise project and resource management capabilities; Microsoft Office Project Web Access with Project Professional 2003, requires an additional 5 MB of available hard disk space and Microsoft Outlook(r) 2000 or later is required for importing tasks to the Outlook calendar
  Internet Connection	Internet functionality requires dial-up or broadband Internet access (provided separately); local or long-distance charges may apply; Internet browser requirements: Internet Explorer 5.01 with SP3 or later, Internet Explorer 5.5 with SP2 or later, or Internet Explorer 6 with SP1 or later (Internet Explorer 6 recommended for best experience)

Microsoft Office EPM Solution

The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution enables organizations to manage their project portfolio effectively, establish standards and best practices, centrally manage resources based on skills and availability, and enable effective communication and collaboration within project teams. An extensible, enterprise-scale architecture enables effective integration with other line-of-business (LOB) systems.

To learn about the benefits of EPM Solution, read the EPM Solution Overview .

Note The products in the EPM Solution are designed to work together but must be acquired separately.

EPM Solution Licensing Considerations

The table below highlights the core Project 2003 products that comprise the EPM Solution, as well as required enabling technologies and recommended complementary products that an enterprise should consider.

Buy Microsoft Project Server 2003 - 5 Client   $1400  (Price is a subject to change)

Enterprise Project Management platform that provides centralization and standardization of project and resource information to enable:

System Requirements for Project Server 2003

Project Server 2003 processor, RAM, and hard disk requirements are highly dependent on the number of services installed on the computer and the load on the server.

Minimum requirements assume one server where all Project Server components and supporting technologies (i.e., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows(r) SharePoint™ Services) are installed.

To use Project Server 2003 you need:

Microsoft PROJECT PROFESSIONAL 2003 WIN32 ( H30-00572 )   $193   (Price is a subject to change)
by Microsoft Corporation
No Operating System

Microsoft Project Professional 2003 Upgrade   550  (Price is a subject to change)

Windows 2000/XP

Microsoft Project 2003 Standard Upgrade   (Price is a subject to change)

Windows 2000 / XP

Microsoft Project Professional 2002  (Price is a subject to change)

Features:

• Includes all core project management features found in Microsoft Project Standard
• New integration with Microsoft Visio
• View real-time project and resource information across an organization
• Integration with Microsoft SharePoint Team Services
• Should be used with Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Server Client Access License(s) (CALs)
  
  Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me

Microsoft Project 2000
by Microsoft

Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me

Project 4.0   $90  (Price is a subject to change)
by Microsoft

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Please see also:

MS Office Enterprise Project Management

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