Microsoft Project Software

Which Offering is Right for You?

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.

Project Standard 2003

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® 2003 and Microsoft Office Visio® 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.

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.