| 5:00pm - 9:00pm - Registration Open |
South Lobby |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Welcome Reception sponsored by gantthead.com |
4AB |
| 7:00am - 5:00pm - Registration |
South Lobby |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm - Prometrics Certification Testing |
611 |
| 8:00am - 9:00am - Breakfast and Exhibit Hall Open |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
603 |
| Learn, Connect and Grow with the 2007 Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution |
Mike Angiulo |
6AB |
| 10:00am - 10:15am - Break |
| BP101: PMI’s career framework: The Case for a Project Management Career Path |
John Roecker |
606 |
BP210: Showcase: How Microsoft HR uses Project Portfolio Server (Better Prioritization Drives
Business Value ) |
Carol Bubar and
Francis Gan |
607 |
| BUS201: Managing the Integrated Portfolio and Project Lifecycle |
Samantha Dunbar and Peter Iovino |
615 |
| BUS210: Mindset of the Microsoft Office Project user: The YJTJ™ Process |
Dan Renier |
616 |
| DEV100: EPM Solution Architecture for Developers |
KC Vootkuri Krishna |
608 |
| SA201: Administration of an EPM solution |
Brian Smith |
611-612 |
| SA204: SharePoint Farm Essentials |
Joel Oleson |
613-614 |
| PO100: Project Standard & Professional 2007 Overview |
Alice Steinglass |
6AB |
| PO101: EPM Solution 2007 Overview |
Keshav Puttaswamy |
618-620 |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm - Lunch and Exhibit Hall Open |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
|
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
|
603 |
| BP208: Best Practices Governance with EPM Solution |
Mike Gruia |
607 |
| BP213: Project Management Competency Development with new Microsoft Project 2007 Certification Program – Building Blocks for Realizing Benefits of Your Microsoft |
Alan Bearder and
Zeljka Pavic |
606 |
| BUS202: Why the On Demand Microsoft EPM Market will Triple in 2008 |
Scott Chapman |
616 |
| BUS214: MS Project and SAP: How leveraging the two most powerful systems in the world can optimize your processes and maximize your decision making ability! |
Paul Szyarto |
615 |
| DEV200: Customizing the Project Web Access User Interface |
Boris Scholl |
618-620 |
| DEV301: Developing Reports with the Project Server 2007 Report Pack |
Christophe Fiessinger |
608 |
| SA203: EPM 2007 Operations Strategies |
Jean-Francois LeSaux and Emmanuel Fadullon |
613-614 |
| SA400: Project Server Integration with SharePoint Server/WSS |
Eric Zenz |
611-612 |
| EX103: Making EPM Relevent to the Business |
Ryan Jackson |
609 |
| PO300: EPM Solution Architecture |
Bob Walker |
6AB |
| 2:15pm - 2:30pm - Break |
| BP103: The Project Manager Competency Development Framework – Second Edition |
Michael Yinger |
607 |
| BP211: Making PPM Work: Application Enablement |
Daniel Stang |
606 |
| BUS200: Improving Management Information: How to ensure consistent data quality and adherence to planning best practice using the EPM solution |
Ivan Lloyd |
615 |
| BUS217: Exploiting Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server for Software Development Project Management |
Kevin Kelly |
616 |
| DEV402: Extending the Project Server Interface |
Jesse Carnathan |
608 |
| SA205: Monitoring & Troubleshooting Project Server |
Adrian Jenkins |
611-612 |
| SA207: Deployment Best Practices for Project Portfolio Server |
Jean-Francois LeSaux |
613-614 |
| EX102: Drive Business Value with an Integrated Set of Microsoft Technologies |
Amjad Farooq |
609 |
| PO200: Project Portfolio Server 2007 Drilldown |
Ben Chamberlain |
618-620 |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm - Break |
| BP102: Rationalizing your Application Portfolios |
Daniel Theander |
606 |
| BP212: IT Governance: Driving Business Adaptability |
Melinda Ballou |
607 |
| BUS205: Feeling EPM – Managing Organizational Changes |
Gary L. Chefetz |
615 |
| DEV306: Building Project Server Workflows |
Pradeep GanapathyRaj |
608 |
| SA206: Monitoring & Troubleshooting Project Portfolio Server |
Jean-Francois LeSaux |
611-612 |
| EX101: Making Portfolio Management a part of your Organization’s Culture |
Phyllis Post |
609 |
| PO203: Collaboration in the EPM Solution |
Eric Zenz |
618-620 |
| 5:30pm - 6:00pm - Shuttles depart for the Evening Event (on Convention Place outside of Level 1 South) |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Evening Event Sponsored by PMI |
| 7:30pm - 9:00pm - Return Shuttles depart to Conference Hotels |
| 7:00am - 5:00pm - Registration |
South Lobby |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm - Prometrics Certification Testing |
611 |
| 8:00am - 9:00am - Breakfast and Exhibit Hall Open |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
603 |
| Project Management and People Ready Business |
Steve Ballmer |
6AB |
| 10:00am - 10:15am - Break |
| BP204: The Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition |
Eric S. Norman |
607 |
| BP300: Utilizing the analytical capabilities of Portfolio Server Optimizer |
Mike Gruia |
606 |
| BUS208: Collaborative Business Intelligence |
Leena Tipre and
Darshita Shah |
616 |
BUS220: Increasing Productivity and Efficiency with Connected Project Management and
Project Accounting |
Jered Cady |
615 |
| DEV203: Line of Business Integration with EPM |
Larry Duff |
608 |
| SA302: Implementing an EPM solution |
Gary Crich and
Michael Jordan |
611-612 |
| EX106: The VSTS-EPM Connector: Create a win-win that empowers your IT department |
Kumar Vadaparty |
609 |
| PO204: Creating Reports with Project 2007 Client |
Heather O'Cull |
6AB |
| PO207: Reporting in the EPM Solution |
Patrick Conlan |
618-620 |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm - Lunch and Exhibit Hall Open |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
603 |
| BP205: Deploying and Managing Project Server 2007 in a Hosted Environment |
James Flavin |
606 |
| BUS209: Program Management Life Cycle Solution - Aligning Business Priorities with IT Investments |
Naresh Kumar |
616 |
| BUS221: Microsoft Gold Partner Increases Value to Customers with Microsoft Project Web Access and Microsoft Dynamics SL |
Steve Toth |
615 |
| DEV404: Building Reports and Key Performance Indicators in the EPM Solution |
Patrick Conlan |
608 |
| SA209: Project Server Disaster Recovery |
Christophe Fiessinger and Steven Haden |
613-614 |
| SA403: Project Server and Portfolio Server Security |
Phil Smail |
611-612 |
| EX100: Planning for Success with the Microsoft EPM Solution |
Michael Aaron Brown |
609 |
| PO206: Visual Studio Team System Integration with Project Server |
Ameya Bhatawdekar |
6AB |
| 2:15pm - 2:30pm - Break |
| BP200: Showcase: How Microsoft Enterprise Services uses Project Server for Time Management |
Praba Santhanakrishnan |
606 |
| BP301: Managing Security in the EPM Solution |
Paul Conroy |
607 |
| BUS203: Virtual Enterprise Project Management - EPM WITHOUT THE OVERHEAD |
Tom Westcott |
615 |
| DEV304: Project Server 2007 Programmability |
Chris Boyd |
613-614 |
| DEV400: Advanced Project Web Access Customization and Building Web Parts |
Boris Scholl |
608 |
| SA208: Configuring Project Portfolio Server |
Luke Humphrey |
611-612 |
| EX104: Orchestrating Success in Capacity Planning Across Diverse Business Units |
Stephane Perrin |
609 |
| PO202: Timesheets and Task Management Overview |
David Ducolon |
618-620 |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm - Break |
| BP201: Best Practices: Enabling Innovation Process Management using Microsoft’s EPM Solution and SharePoint Server 2007 |
Simon Floyd |
607 |
| BP203: Showcase: Managing the next release of Project using Project |
Chris Boyd |
606 |
| BUS207: Driving Change with Microsoft Program Performance Measurement Solutions |
David Luper and
Thomas Birdsall |
615 |
| BUS219: Visualizing Project and Business Information in Visio 2007 |
Richard Smith |
616 |
| DEV401: Timesheeting and Statusing APIs Deep Dive |
Christophe Fiessinger |
608 |
| SA300: Lessons from the Field: Enterprise Migration |
Emmanuel Fadullon |
611-612 |
| SA301: Configuring Project Server |
Michael Jordan |
613-614 |
| EX105: Driving success with Microsoft EPM with a hosted solution |
Michele Rodgers |
609 |
| PO205: Demand Management Overview |
Pradeep GanapathyRaj |
618-620 |
| 5:15pm - 7:00pm - Evening Reception Sponsored by EPM Live |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
603 |
| 7:00am - 1:00pm - Registration |
South Lobby |
| 8:00am - 2:15pm - Prometrics Certification Testing |
611 |
| 8:00am - 9:00am - Breakfast and Exhibit Hall Open |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
603 |
| Leadership - Successful Strategies Through Turbulent Times |
Howard Putnam |
6AB |
| 10:00am - 10:15am - Break |
| BP202: Best Practices Demand Management with EPM solution |
Scott Daley |
607 |
| BP207: Organizational Project Management Maturity and OPM3®: Helping Organizations Improve Strategic Business Performance |
Lawrence E. Bull |
606 |
| BUS204: Project Modeling, Scenario Planning and Integration with Microsoft Office Project and the forProject™ software tools |
Stuart P. Trahan |
615 |
| BUS206: Fast track ROI for Portfolio, Project, Cost and Resource Management |
Rich Murphy |
616 |
| DEV202: Project Client Programmability Improvements |
Drew Danielson |
613-614 |
| DEV403: A Developer’s Look at WSS and MOSS |
Mick Das |
608 |
| SA200: Chalk Talk: Project 2007 Common Questions and Answers |
Adrian Jenkins |
611-612 |
| PO201: Resource Management Overview |
David Ducolon |
618-620 |
| 11:30am -11:45am - Break |
| BUS215: Productivity-Improving Techniques for Project Teams using the Microsoft EPM Solution |
Robert Happy and
Keith Wilson |
616 |
| DEV405: Project Server Security Programmability |
Phil Smail |
608 |
| SA401: Stress Testing Project Server |
Mike Shughrue |
611-612 |
| SA402: Deployment for High Availability and Scalability |
Michael Jordan |
613-614 |
| 1:00pm - 2:15pm - Lunch and Exhibit Hall Open |
4AB |
| Microsoft Office Project 2007 Hands On Lab |
602 |
| Usability Hands On Lab |
603 |