55107-Managing Projects with Project Server 2013
2 day
About This Course
This two-day instructor-led is intended for project team member or project managers who build an easy-to-maintain and reusable work schedule for team members and partners. Managing task status and evaluate the work schedule in terms of time, man-hours, tasks, budgets on demand. Also would like to improve effective project team communication and collaboration.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for both novice and experienced project team member or project manager who will be managing a team or involved in project task management tasks
At Course Completion
- Create a project plan with MS Project and publish to MS Project Server 2013/Project Server Online
- Managing project task
- Managing project tasks resources
- Reporting status
- Generating project reports
Module 1: Understanding Projects and Project Management
This module explains the basic elements of project and what is the common tasks to perform when managing a project
Lessons
- What is a Project?
- Determining Project Objectives
- The Project Triangle
- Optimize the Schedule
- Introduction to Project Web App
Lab 1: Understanding Project Web App
- Experience the Project Web App
- Experience the Project site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the basics of project management
- Create Project Site
- Create Project Web App
Module 2: Create a new Project
This module explains how to create a new project with MS Project 2013 and publish it to Project site
Lessons
- Understand MS Project
- Define the Project Scope
- Create a Project
Lab 1: Create a new project
- Create a new project with MS Project 2013
- Editing Project Properties
- Editing Project Calendar
- Publish to Project Site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the scope of a project
- Create a new project
- Editing project properties
- Publish the project to project site
Module 3: Managing Project Task
This module explains how to manage project tasks in the project. Also explain the considerations for creating work breakdown schedule (WBS)
Lessons
- Project Task
- Managing Project Task
Lab 1: Managing Project Resources
- Creating tasks in MS Project
- Defining task properties
- Creating dependancies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key concept of WBS
- Create task in project
- Creating dependancies between tasks
Module 4: Managing Project Resources
This module explains how to manage project resources in MS Project. This module also describe the concept of centralized resources pool with Project Server.
Lessons
- Create Enterprise resources
- Define Project resources
Lab 1: Managing Project Resources
- Create project specific resources
- Create centralized resources
- Estimating project cost
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key concept of managing project resources
- Assigning resources to project plan
- Estimate project cost
Module 5: Using Timesheet
This module explains how to report project task status from project member prospective. This module also describe the configuration tasks for enabling timesheet
Lessons
- Understanding timesheet
- Configuring timesheet
- Completing timesheet
Lab 1: Using timesheet
- Configuring timesheet
- Completing timesheet
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the features of timesheet
- Configuring timesheet
- Completing timesheet
Module 6: Managing Issues and Risks
This module explains how to manage issue and risk with Project Site. This also explain the basis of project issues and risks.
Lessons
- Understanding Issue
- Understanding Risk
- Managing Issue and Risk in Project Site
Lab 1: Managing Issues and Risks
- Managing Issue
- Managing Risk
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key concept of managing project issue and risk
- Using Project Site to manage Issue and Risk
Module 7: Project Reporting
This module explains how to use project report and project site report to understand the project status.
Lessons
- Using Project Report
- Using Project Server Report
- Building Custom report with Excel
Lab 1: Project Reporting
- Using Project Report
- Using Project Server Report
- Building Custom Report with Excel
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the reporting’s needs
- Using built-in reporting
- Create custom reporting