EPM Training

EPM Training provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to get the most from your EPM solution.

Although training is a component of all EPM implementations, you may also choose standalone  courses to provide instruction to new users, offer refresher instruction to existing users or facilitate a train-the-trainer approach.

Catapult Systems provides several course offerings that may be customized for your organization. At the onset of each engagement, the appropriate training courses and topics to be addressed are reviewed to ensure the needs of the organization will be met.

Catapult courses include:

CEPM-102: Introduction to Microsoft Project 2007. This instructor-led, hands-on training is intended for Project Managers and Team Leads. The primary focus of this training is to provide core knowledge of Microsoft Office Project in order to effectively manage project schedules, budgets and resources.

CEPM-203: Managing Projects Using the Microsoft EPM Solution. This instructor-led, hands-on training is intended for Project Managers and Team Leads. The primary focus of this training is to provide participants with practical knowledge and skills for managing projects within the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management environment. Tools involved throughout the training include Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Project Web Access and Windows SharePoint Services.

CEPM-204: Working With Projects Using Microsoft Project Web Access. This instructor-led, hands-on training is intended for individual contributors working on projects and tasks within the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management environment. The primary focus of this training is to provide participants with practical knowledge and skills for managing their tasks, deliverables and issues on enterprise projects. Tools involved throughout the training include Microsoft Project Web Access and Windows SharePoint Services.

CEPM-302: Microsoft Project Server 2007 Administration. This instructor-led training includes a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises. The primary focus of this training is to provide Project Server administrators with practical knowledge and skills for the most common application support topics. Typical focus areas include security administration (users, groups, categories, permissions), views management, custom fields and codes, resource pool administration and basic Windows SharePoint Services administration.CEPM-401: Introduction to Microsoft Project Portfolio Server 2007. This instructor-led training is intended for senior managers, executives and directors. This accelerated course allows executives to leverage existing tool information, analysis and reports to support decision making and governance. All tool modules are included with emphasis on data assessment, consolidated reporting, decision making, value maximization, risk management, strategic alignment, drill-down capabilities planning, accountability, and program and project governance.CEPM-402: Advanced Microsoft Project Portfolio Server 2007. This instructor-led training is intended for your PMO and Portfolio Managers. This training focuses on full portfolio analysis including prioritization, optimization and planning of the program and project portfolio. Focus is placed on the Optimizer and Builder modules and how they can be used to analyze portfolios, draw insightful conclusions and drive business value with what-of scenarios, efficient frontier techniques and constraints analysis. Attendees will also learn how to communicate portfolio insights with graphic representation such as pie and bubble charts.CEPM-501: Microsoft Project Portfolio Server 2007 Administration. This instructor-led training is intended application administrators. In this course, administrators will learn to configure and maintain the system in support of the specific requirements of any organization.  With focus on the Settings area, this course covers configuration and management of accounts, user, Project Server gateway, organization hierarchies, financial structures, workflow settings and alerts, assessment questionnaires, programs, attributes, filters and report templates to maximize the value delivered by the system to the organization.

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