Preparation Guide for Exam 74-131
Designing a Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution
Published: March 29, 2007
Exam news
Exam 74-131 is a Technology Specialist exam.
Exam 74-131 became available December 9, 2004.
Audience profile
Business Analysts are experienced in project management leadership. A candidate for this exam should have at least one year of experience designing project management solutions.
Preparation tools and resources
We make a wealth of preparation tools and resources available to you, including courses, books, practice tests, and Microsoft Web sites. When you are ready to prepare for this exam, here is where you should start.
Classroom training for this exam
• Please see Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management University for all courseware resources
Microsoft online resources
• Partner site: Designed for our partners, this site includes training, sales and marketing advice, events, and competency resources.
• TechNet: Designed for IT professionals, this site includes how-to instructions, best practices, downloads, technical chats, and much more.
• MSDN: The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is a reference for developers, featuring code samples, technical articles, newsgroups, chats, and more.
• Training and certification newsgroups: A newsgroup exists for every Microsoft certification. By participating in the ongoing dialogue, you take advantage of a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with and ask questions of others, including more than 750 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) worldwide.
Skills being measured
This exam measures your ability to design an EPM Solution. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows which courses may help you reach competency in the skills being tested in the exam.
KEY: = The course provides a general introductory overview of this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work. = The course includes some material to prepare you for this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work. = The course includes material to prepare you for this task.
Skills measured by exam 74-131 EPM University: Selling the EPM Solution EPM University: Building an EPM Vision EPM University: Planning for EPM
Gathering business requirements for the enterprise project management solution
Identify the current and planned project management environment. Considerations include:
• The business problems you are trying to solve
• The maturity of the project management environment
• PMO structure
• Scheduling
• Planning
• Reporting
• Tracking of costs and resources
• The risk management strategy
• Identify the security needs
Identify the organizational structure and constraints. Considerations include:
• User profiles
• Stakeholder analysis
• Training/user education
• Regulatory requirements
• Financial situation
• Gather localization requirements for language and currency.
Identify the current and planned IT environments. Considerations include scalability, extensibility, reliability, and availability requirements.
Identify the integration requirements for current and planned line of business (LOB) applications. Possible applications include:
• Resource and human resources HR
• Timesheets
• Financial
• Messaging
• Integration with Intranet/extranet
Analyze the business requirements for an enterprise project management solution
Perform a gap analysis. Considerations include the difference between where you are and where you want to go, and the migration requirements.
Identify and track risks.
Evaluate project management processes.
Analyze implementation constraints.
Analyze project metrics.
Analyze impact on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) (help desk, etc.).
Analyze Return on Investment (ROI).
Design the EPM Solution
Identify appropriate product features based on requirements.
Create the appropriate network infrastructure for an EPM solution.
Create model configurations for Microsoft Office Project Server and services, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Internet Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint technologies, Internet Explorer, and clients.
Create and document enterprise features and templates. Considerations include:
• Reporting requirements
• Enterprise outline codes
• Resource breakdown structure
• Generic resources/skills
• Standard calendars
• System defaults
Create and document the security configuration.
Create user profile work flow diagrams.
Build a prototype and validate against business requirements.
Planning an EPM solution deployment
Assemble a deployment team.
Manage and evaluate the project planning process. Considerations include:
• Budget plan
• Communications plan
• Support plans
• Training plans
• Security plan
• Capacity plan
• Software development plan
• Test plan
Create a migration plan.
Create a deployment plan.
Define rollout phases.
Identify deployment dependencies.
Create deployment schedule.
Create a pilot plan.
Document the project schedule by using Microsoft Office Project Professional.
Define success metrics.
Deploy an EPM solution
Validate deployment met plan.
Validate solution-met business requirements.
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