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David McDermott

I am hoping that someone with experience of installing
and configuring MSP 2003 could help me with this
question. If we were to use MSP 2003 we would need
external help. How many days of a consultant's
(microsoft certified that is) time would you think it
would take to do a complete install/configuration. We
would likely be looking at 100+ user in various
locations. I know it is a bit how long is a piece of
string but if a consultant is out there and has an idea
or if anyone has used a consultant and knows how long
they had to hire them for that would be of great use.

Thanks
 
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Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]

David:

The installation itself shouldn't take more than a day or two. Testing and
stabilizing could add another day or so depending on the complexity of your
requirements.

Determining your organization's requirements and then converting those to a
configuration in Project Server is the activity that takes time. The
complexity and size of your organization, and the state of your current
project management practice as well as your company's need for training and
support will determine the total length of the professional services
engagement you work out with your vendor. Here you have a range of as little
as 5-days for a mostly do-it-yourself approach to a very lengthy engagement
over many months for a fully supported rollout.
 
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Guest

My company does the pilot in 32 days. This includes:

Workshops on process
Installation
Customization
Creation of template projects and creation of pilot
projects
Training (of the pilote group)
Documentation
Test and notes on full deployement

Best regards
 
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Guest

Thanks for the info guys!

David McDermott
-----Original Message-----
David:

The installation itself shouldn't take more than a day or two. Testing and
stabilizing could add another day or so depending on the complexity of your
requirements.

Determining your organization's requirements and then converting those to a
configuration in Project Server is the activity that takes time. The
complexity and size of your organization, and the state of your current
project management practice as well as your company's need for training and
support will determine the total length of the professional services
engagement you work out with your vendor. Here you have a range of as little
as 5-days for a mostly do-it-yourself approach to a very lengthy engagement
over many months for a fully supported rollout.







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Kelley Johnston

David,

I do this for a living...

It depends on how much infrastructure you already have in place. If
all the bits are there, you can do it in an hour or two, bandwidth
permitting. However, there's a /lot/ of infrastructure involved, and
you have to modify the above after you ask a few questions:

PSRV needs Windows Server 2003, WSS, IIS and the full SQL Server 2000
SP2 with Analysis Services (OLAP) plus access to Exchange and AD
before you can install the PSRV 2003 server & use the full feature
set. On a single machine it will work (barely) with one gig of RAM,
but a single disk would be a choke point (and as you probably know)
Exchange and SQL do not share their toys well, so separate boxes would
be a wise move.

So, do you need to concern yourself with setting up all the above --
plus updates, InocuLAN, DNS etc? If not, I can get it done in the
morning -- if the infrastructure isn't in place, it may take a day or
so to lay the groundwork.

Other questions:

Will capacity be an issue? i.e. How many clients will be accessing
the server? How many projects? How large will the projects be? How
many resources will be allocated to projects -- just a few, or the
entire GAL?
Is the environment demo-only, POC or full production?
Will this be a native implementation, a VPC, Citrix implementation or
other complicating factors? Do your customers have the right version
of IE, the right CAL's etc.

So the answer is always, "it depends". Figure half day if all the
bits are in place, a couple of days if the hardware & network (incl.
ISP connect) is there but nothing else, a week plus S/W delivery lead
time & site prep if you're starting from packing crates, longer if
you're starting with nothing but a PO number, much longer if your
capacity plan requires a clustered SQL env plus a full web farm...

Personally I'd start with my own copy ofProject Pro 2003 and start
planning it all out. It's good for that :)

Cheers

Kelley Johnston
Strategic Data Management
[email protected]
 
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