The Twin Cities IEEE Engineering Management Society invites you to attend a presentation:
 

"Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) 2007"
By Brandon Thornton
Thursday, 22 March, 2007 6:30pm to 8:30pm
 

Hosted by:
General Dynamics
(Bloomington facility by Penn & 88th St. W.)
8800 Queen Ave. S.,
Bloomington, MN 55431
(Sorry, open only to US citizenship)
 

Agenda:
6:30 to 7:00 Refreshments, networking
7:00 to 7:45 Main presentation
7:45 to 8:30 Questions and networking.
 

About the Topic/ Outline:
Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)  2007
Project and Portfolio Management are the disciplines of not only doing projects right but doing the right projects. We will discuss how the new version of Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)  enables both project and portfolio management. We will cover the new architecture of the 2007 version of this solution and introduce ways that this architecture enhances ease of entry into EPM and custom solutions complete with work-flow that address business problems. We will wrap-up with a demonstration of a number of new product features that enhance project management (Microsoft Project), Resource Management, and Portfolio Management.

Bio:
Brandon Thornton is the Chief Operations Officer for Milestone Consulting Group, Inc. a regional expert solution provider in Enterprise Project Management solutions. Brandon has provided consulting on the field of Enterprise Project Management to numerous companies and organizations including: 3M, Pacific Life, AEGON, General Mills, Franklin Templeton, and numerous others. Brandon has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Solutions Developer. He has been asked to speak at numerous conferences and events including Project World, Microsoft TechEd in the United States and Europe, the Microsoft Project Technical Briefing, numerous Microsoft launch events, etc. Brandon has a strong passion for engineering and a great deal of experience with IT organizations.

Directions:
General Dynamics
(Bloomington facility by Penn & 88th St. W.)

8800 Queen Ave. S.,
Bloomington, MN 55431
Since General Dynamics is a defense contract manufacturing company, US
citizenship with a valid government-issued ID will be required to enter the
building.

Google Maps to "8800 Queen Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55431"
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=8800+Queen+Ave.+S.,,+Bloomington,+MN+55431&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.153041,112.851563&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=44.845098,-93.310082&spn=0.006801,0.020814&om=1&iwloc=addr&z=16&pw=2

I-494 exit on Penn, go south to W 88th St., (by Hennepin County Library), turn west 1/2 block into General Dynamics' parking lot. Enter front entrance to guard's desk. Eric Sit will be there to sign you in. Don't forget to bring government-issued photo ID, e.g. driver's license.


Cost:
Free for EMS members and non-members attending for the first time; $10 otherwise. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration:
Please pre-register before noon on Mar 21st 2007 by using the online registration form at:
http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/meetingregistration.htm

For more information about the meeting call Dave Hendrickson at
(612)709-7675 or email daveh(REMOVE THIS PART)ATcomputer.org
For further information about the Twin Cities IEEE Engineering Management Society Chapter, see our web site at http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/