Microsoft Office Project 2007 Certifications Microsoft Office Project 2007 Certifications

The best way to improve performance is to increase the skill levels of key teams The great
through Microsoft certification, according to a Microsoft sponsored IDC study¹ of
professional certification in large organizations. Develop your Project Managers
u Add Organizational Value
Client satisfaction is higher for those teams with high
u Increase IT Performance
For each new team member certified, team performance
future potential. Enterprise Project Managers

Resource Managers
concentrations of Microsoft certified team members. increases. Every time.
Become the best in your field with Microsoft® new
Schedulers
generation certifications for the Office Project 2007 family
Microsoft new generation certification: a more relevant, flexible, and cost-effective way to showcase your skills.
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Shorter certification paths map directly to the latest Microsoft technologies and target specific job roles, so you can achieve your goals faster.
standard methodologies to help strengthen your project

aren’t born.
• Monitor performance, visualize trends, manage risks, and identify investment gaps.
management expertise. You will learn the skills needed to
• Accurately assess needs to effectively deploy resources today and create future plans across your organization.
effectively plan, control, and communicate with your team

They’re certified.
• Implement repeatable project management processes based on your best practices.
and management, keeping your projects on time and
• Align your organization to strategic objectives and build your company’s project portfolio.
• Enact regulatory and security requirements to ensure company compliance. within budget.
• Utilize a standard and objective mechanism for managing people and projects.

The Technology Series certifications enable professionals to target specific Microsoft technologies and distinguish themselves Microsoft Office Project 2007
by demonstrating competency in the broad range of specialized technologies. Microsoft Technology Specialists are consistently certifications at a glance:
capable of implementing, building, troubleshooting, and debugging a particular Microsoft technology.
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS):
MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft® Office Project 2007 designed for enterprise and individual technology
This certification is designed to provide you the skills to build, maintain and control well-formed project plans. specialists who want to distinguish themselves by
MCTS: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 demonstrating in-depth knowledge and expertise
This industry recognized certification equips you with the necessary tools to manage and support enterprise projects and solutions. in their specialized technologies.

• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): designed

for enterprise IT professionals who wish to highlight
Professional Series credentials validate a comprehensive set of skills required to be successful on the job. These skills include design,
project management, operations management, and planning and are contextual to the job role. By validating a more comprehensive
their expertise in successfully managing multiple
set of skills, these credentials can be a reliable indicator of on-the-job performance for candidates and their hiring managers. enterprise projects and programs.

MCITP: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
This certification is designed to make you a qualified lead project manager in an enterprise environment, effectively managing and
supporting projects and solutions, including risks, issues, documents, task progress and resources.

“As IT becomes more and more an industry of managing many collective projects and groups, some internal to your organization and
perhaps others external, having this skill set is essential for every IT professional who wants a long career. Technologies will come and
go, but the ability to manage people, resources and money to create impact for a business will always stand the test of time.”
Patrick von Schlag, Certification Magazine, June 2006

1 The Value of Certification: Team Certification and Organizational Performance, IDC Document #204360, November 2006
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/1/6315f09a-3c1f-4695-b423-db2b56005682/204360_Final_IDC.pdf

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Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007
The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) credential for Office Project 2007 validates the skills of individuals who use Microsoft Office Project 2007 and serve as team
members, project leads, project managers, schedulers, or in other roles that require the ability to build, maintain, and control well-formed project plans. This candidate is involved
in or responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeting, and staffing projects and supporting other users of Office Project. A familiarity with key project
management concepts and terminology is also recommended. The following table provides a list of exams and learning resources. Please visit www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts
for complete details.

Required Exam Instructor-Led Classroom Training Microsoft E-Learning Books

70-632: TS: Microsoft Office Project 2007,
Managing Projects
Course 5927: Microsoft Office Project 2007,
Managing Projects (3 days)
Available third quarter, 2007
Please check www.microsoft.com/learning
for resources.
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-632):
Managing Projects with Microsoft Office
Project 2007 Available early 2008
Microsoft Office Project 2007 Inside Out
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/
books/9804.aspx
Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/
books/9611.aspx

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) credential for Office Project Server 2007 provides industry recognition for project managers and other users who manage and
support both simple and complex projects in an enterprise environment. This candidate can use Office Project Professional 2007 or Project Server 2007 to effectively manage project
and non-project efforts, risks, issues, documents, task progress, and timesheets. This candidate should be familiar with the key project management concepts and terminology found
in the Project Management Institute’s “A Guide to the Project Management Book of Knowledge” (PMBOK® Guide). The following table provides a list of exams and learning resources.
Please visit www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts for complete details.

Required Exam Instructor-Led Classroom Training Microsoft E-Learning Books

70-633: TS: Microsoft Office Project Server
2007, Managing Projects
Course 5928: Microsoft Office Project Server
2007, Managing Projects (3 days)
Available fourth quarter, 2007
Please check www.microsoft.com/learning
for resources.
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-633):
Managing Projects with Microsoft Office
Project Server 2007 Available early 2008
Microsoft Office Project 2007 Inside Out
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/
books/9804.aspx

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
The Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) credential for Office Project Server 2007 provides industry recognition for project managers and other users of Microsoft Office Project
Professional 2007 and Project Server 2007 who manage and support projects in an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) environment. This candidate can manage projects in the
EPM environment, including project and non-project efforts, risks, issues, documents, task progress, and timesheets. This candidate should have in-depth knowledge with key project
management concepts and terminology found in the Project Management Institute’s “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge” (PMBOK® Guide). In addition, this
candidate will have earned both the MCTS Office Project 2007 and MCTS Office Project Server 2007 certifications. The following table provides a list of exams and learning resources.
Please visit www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts for complete details.

Required Exam Instructor-Led Classroom Training Microsoft E-Learning Books

70-634: Pro: Microsoft Office Project Server
2007, Managing Projects and Programs
Course 5929: Microsoft Office Project Server
2007, Managing Projects and Programs
(3 days) Available first quarter, 2008
Please check www.microsoft.com/learning
for resources.
Supporting materials: MCTS Self-Paced
Training Kit (Exam 70-632): Managing
Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007
and/or MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam
70-633): Managing Projects with Microsoft
Office Project Server 2007
Microsoft Office Project 2007 Inside Out
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/
books/9804.aspx
Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/
books/9611.aspx

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