Target Audience: This scenario-based course provides students with a better understanding of how to improve team collaboration by using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and other Microsoft Office 2003 applications. It is designed for experienced business professionals who rely on team collaboration to achieve business and personal objectives.

Pre-requisites: Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:

• Experience as a business skills worker who often participates in complex team environments (directly or indirectly) as a manager, supervisor, team leader, consultant, or subject matter expert.
• A working familiarity with standard Microsoft Office applications (such as Outlook, Word and Excel), as well as a general awareness of Web navigation tools, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Hands-on experience with SharePoint Services 2.0 is beneficial, but not required.

Purpose: After completing the course, students will be able to describe current trends in team collaboration and its role in helping organizations to achieve business objectives; recognize how new teams can quickly achieve operational readiness under complex, time-driven circumstances; identify and resolve problems that can threaten team success; better utilize the talent and creativity of individuals in a team environment; leverage Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office 2003 technologies to help promote team collaboration.