Microsoft Project Blue Belt® 2013: In-House Training
This course introduces Project Server 2013 features that expedite scheduling projects and simplify managing tasks within an enterprise environment. Learn different aspects of Project Server and their benefits to varying roles in the enterprise, and gain hands-on experience and insights on best practices from SMEs around the world.
This course introduces Project Server 2013 features that expedite scheduling projects and simplify managing tasks within an enterprise environment. Learn different aspects of Project Server and their benefits to varying roles in the enterprise, and gain hands-on experience and insights on best practices from SMEs around the world.
What you Will Learn
You'll learn how to:
Identify the project's life cycle
Understand the Enterprise Project Management (EPM) environment
Apply the basic project management principles to selecting, initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing your Project 2013 schedules
Take advantage of new features
Explain Project Server 2013 views and project sites
Meet deadlines and budget restrictions
Keep the workloads of your resources within their available limits
Efficiently update your schedule
Take advantage of the standard reports, custom views, and visual reports for your projects
Take a brief look at the Business Intelligence potential
Efficiently and effectively manage your project(s) and programs
Work comfortably within Project Server 2013 or Project Online
Getting Started with Microsoft® Project Server 2013
Describing the EPM context
Discovering Project Server 2013 and Project Online
Differentiating the users of Project Server 2013
Working with Project Professional 2013 and Project Server 2013
Recognizing the Life Cycle within EPM Projects and Portfolio Management
Portfolio management and governance
Originating new initiatives within EPTs and workflows
Prioritizing initiatives, analyzing scenarios, optimizing, and selecting the portfolio
Initiating Projects
Initiating processes with Project Professional, SharePoint lists, Enterprise Projects, and Resource Plans
Importing projects and managing project owner and permissions
Planning Projects - Scope and Schedule Management
Planning context and framework
Scheduling in PWA
Using the Deliverables feature
Planning Projects - Staffing Management Plan
Building a project team
Managing resource availability
Reviewing the assignment cycle
Resolving resource overallocation
Planning Projects - Cost Components, Baseline, and Consolidated Schedules
Developing components of the Cost Management Planning processes
Working with the baseline in projects and programs or master schedules
Improving the Collaboration in the Project Sites
Creating the Project Sites
Developing components of the Risk Management Plan and Issues Tracking
Linking planning documents
Additional apps and customization
Executing Projects
Understanding executing processes
Managing resources using Build Team and other features
Working with timesheets
Reporting administrative time
Configuring personal settings
Monitoring and Controlling Projects - Tracking Task and Project Progress
Understanding the Monitoring and Controlling processes
Task progress and updates in PWA including considerations for different tracking methods
Task progress and updates in Project Professional 2013
Monitor and Control Projects - Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress
Understanding status reports
Reviewing performance metrics and progress reports
Taking advantage of preloaded reports at the Business Intelligence Center
Considerations for defining custom reports
Closing Projects
Reviewing the closing processes and closing tasks to updates
Supporting the closing process