Project 2003 vs. 2007 - Can I still train them on 2003?

Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question - I have a
group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed (they just got it
installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum is for 2003. Now, they are
just going to be using the most basic elements of project - nothing too, too
fancy. Working with tasks, creating resources, printing stuff, views, that's
it. They don't have project server or anything of that question. I'm only
going to be training them for 3 hours.

So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on my
Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to 2007.

Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable information!

Thanks,
Alex

Jack
Fri Apr 18 14:56:45 CDT 2008

On the desktop there are not many significant differences in the basic
functions or UI.
Probably you can train the basics on either one.
Added for 2007 are the task driver function, change highlighting, multiple
level undo.
If they are going to be using project I'd train them on 2003 and you can
cover the 2007 bits with a very simple document.

-Jack Dahlgren


"Alex Zimmerhaven" <AlexZimmerhaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:DB4CDDD9-E316-4FD7-9308-8E5A988BC557@microsoft.com...
> Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question - I
> have a
> group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed (they just got
> it
> installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum is for 2003. Now, they
> are
> just going to be using the most basic elements of project - nothing too,
> too
> fancy. Working with tasks, creating resources, printing stuff, views,
> that's
> it. They don't have project server or anything of that question. I'm
> only
> going to be training them for 3 hours.
>
> So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on my
> Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to 2007.
>
> Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable information!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex

JulieS
Fri Apr 18 16:05:42 CDT 2008

Alex,

In addition to Jack's great answer, the only other significant
difference for the skill level you describe, is the change in the
Change Working time dialog box and the variances on changing
calendars.

Julie
Project MVP

"Alex Zimmerhaven" <AlexZimmerhaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:DB4CDDD9-E316-4FD7-9308-8E5A988BC557@microsoft.com...
> Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question -
> I have a
> group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed (they just
> got it
> installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum is for 2003. Now,
> they are
> just going to be using the most basic elements of project - nothing
> too, too
> fancy. Working with tasks, creating resources, printing stuff,
> views, that's
> it. They don't have project server or anything of that question.
> I'm only
> going to be training them for 3 hours.
>
> So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on
> my
> Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to 2007.
>
> Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable
> information!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex

AlexZimmerhaven
Fri Apr 18 16:25:00 CDT 2008

Julie,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your response. This was extremely
helpful. I have to train this on Monday, so now I'm all set. I really
appreciate it.

"JulieS" wrote:

> Alex,
>
> In addition to Jack's great answer, the only other significant
> difference for the skill level you describe, is the change in the
> Change Working time dialog box and the variances on changing
> calendars.
>
> Julie
> Project MVP
>
> "Alex Zimmerhaven" <AlexZimmerhaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:DB4CDDD9-E316-4FD7-9308-8E5A988BC557@microsoft.com...
> > Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question -
> > I have a
> > group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed (they just
> > got it
> > installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum is for 2003. Now,
> > they are
> > just going to be using the most basic elements of project - nothing
> > too, too
> > fancy. Working with tasks, creating resources, printing stuff,
> > views, that's
> > it. They don't have project server or anything of that question.
> > I'm only
> > going to be training them for 3 hours.
> >
> > So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on
> > my
> > Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to 2007.
> >
> > Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable
> > information!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
>
>
>

AlexZimmerhaven
Fri Apr 18 16:26:00 CDT 2008

Jack,

You are a lifesaver! Thank you for your rapid response. People like you
make these communities so awesome!

Thanks again,
Alex

"Jack Dahlgren" wrote:

> On the desktop there are not many significant differences in the basic
> functions or UI.
> Probably you can train the basics on either one.
> Added for 2007 are the task driver function, change highlighting, multiple
> level undo.
> If they are going to be using project I'd train them on 2003 and you can
> cover the 2007 bits with a very simple document.
>
> -Jack Dahlgren
>
>
> "Alex Zimmerhaven" <AlexZimmerhaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:DB4CDDD9-E316-4FD7-9308-8E5A988BC557@microsoft.com...
> > Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question - I
> > have a
> > group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed (they just got
> > it
> > installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum is for 2003. Now, they
> > are
> > just going to be using the most basic elements of project - nothing too,
> > too
> > fancy. Working with tasks, creating resources, printing stuff, views,
> > that's
> > it. They don't have project server or anything of that question. I'm
> > only
> > going to be training them for 3 hours.
> >
> > So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on my
> > Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to 2007.
> >
> > Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable information!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
>
>
>

JulieS
Fri Apr 18 16:29:17 CDT 2008

You're most welcome Alex. Good luck with the class on Monday -- I'm
sure you and your users will adapt just fine.

Julie

"Alex Zimmerhaven" <AlexZimmerhaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:EDA51876-1267-4935-88EA-302C65D1A577@microsoft.com...
> Julie,
>
> Thank you, thank you, thank you for your response. This was
> extremely
> helpful. I have to train this on Monday, so now I'm all set. I
> really
> appreciate it.
>
<snip> "JulieS" wrote:

Konstantinos
Sat Apr 19 02:51:02 CDT 2008

Hi Alex,

Jack and Julie told the most important things, however, if you go through
resources keep in mind that Project 2007 has inlcuded a new type of resource
(apart from material and work) which is the cost type resource. This is a
noticable difference especially for those who work with subcontractors.

Best,
Konstantinos Kirytopoulos

"Alex Zimmerhaven" wrote:

> Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question - I have a
> group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed (they just got it
> installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum is for 2003. Now, they are
> just going to be using the most basic elements of project - nothing too, too
> fancy. Working with tasks, creating resources, printing stuff, views, that's
> it. They don't have project server or anything of that question. I'm only
> going to be training them for 3 hours.
>
> So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on my
> Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to 2007.
>
> Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable information!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex

Mike
Sat Apr 19 14:38:04 CDT 2008

Hi Alex,

Also, you might like to suggest they have a look at my series on Microsoft
Project in the TechTrax ezine at this site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or
this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps they'd care to rate the articles before leaving the site, :)
Thanks.)

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Alex Zimmerhaven wrote:
> Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good day. Quick question -
> I have a group of users that currently have Project 2007 installed
> (they just got it installed). Unfortunately, my lab and curriculum
> is for 2003. Now, they are just going to be using the most basic
> elements of project - nothing too, too fancy. Working with tasks,
> creating resources, printing stuff, views, that's it. They don't
> have project server or anything of that question. I'm only going to
> be training them for 3 hours.
>
> So, the big question is this - Can I just go ahead and train them on
> my Project 2003 machines? Or should they wait until I upgrade to
> 2007.
>
> Thanks again to all of you out there that post such valuable
> information!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex