Project Desktop Editions Updated

Improvements in Project 2007, released with the 2007 Office system in Nov. 2006, will help project managers create, manage, and monitor projects. However, the latest version does not benefit from the new Office Ribbon user interface, and the Professional version of Project 2007 cannot connect to Project Server 2002 or 2003.

Clients Back in the Limelight

Project Standard and Professional are desktop applications for project management, a set of specialized principles, methods, and techniques for planning, scheduling, and controlling projects effectively.

The server version, Project Server, enables teams to enter data and view reports on project status and costs and integrate those data with other key systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications. Project Professional serves as the primary interface to Project Server for project managers, but Project Server also provides a Web-based interface called Project Web Access, which can be used by workers who are not project managers to update project status, view reports, and perform other tasks.