TOPICS

Course Outline
1. Overview – Project Server 2013 and SharePoint 2013
What’s New in SharePoint and Project Server 2013
Cloud (Office 365) versus On-Premise Project Server 2013
Platform Overview and Features
Terminology in Project Server 2013
Understanding the Queue
2. SharePoint Concepts
The SharePoint Hierarchy
Permissions Modes
Lists and Libraries
Workflows
3. Tasks Lists and Project Sites
Creating Site Collections, Sites, and Sub-sites
Customizing Permissions
Adding Apps to a Site
Working with Tasks Lists
Using Document Sets
4. PWA – Project Web App 2013
Track Your Work carousel web part
Navigation and Getting Around
Project Center Views, Filters, and Groupings
Using the Data Grid
5. Configuring Enterprise Options
Data Fields
Enterprise Calendars
Time and Task Management Options
Timesheets
Views
6. Project Workflows and Governance
Understanding Enterprise Project Types
Working with Phases and Stages
Creating Project Detail Pages
Creating Site Templates
Creating Project Templates
Building Workflows
7. Working with Projects and MS Project
Options for Editing Project Tasks
Working with the Web Interface
Working in Microsoft Project
Managing Project Site Provisioning and Sites
Connecting a SharePoint Task List to Project Server and MS Project
PROMOTE a SharePoint Task List to an Enterprise Project
Converting Enterprise Project Types
Managing Security
8. Resource and Assignment Planning
Enterprise Resource Concepts
Creating Resources
Creating a Resource Plan
Building a Project Team
Using Task Types and Effort Driving Scheduling
Cost Resources
Using Team Planner
Resource Overallocations
Viewing Resource Availability
Viewing Resource Assignments
9. Managing the Project
Critical Paths
Project Baselines
Project Permissions
10. Working with Issues, Risks, and Deliverables
Managing Issues
Managing Risks
Managing Deliverables
11. Tracking Time and Task Progress
Tracking time Options
Using the Timesheet screen
Submitting Timesheets
Status and responses to Timesheets
Approving Timesheets
Using the Tasks Page in PWA
Managing Task Updates
Reassigning work
12. Status Reports
Requesting a Status Report
Submitting a Status Report
Tracking Responses
13. Reporting and Business Intelligence
What Is BI?
Available Data in Project Server
What is OLAP?
Excel and Excel Services
The BI Center and Sample Reports
Creating Reports
Visual Reports in Microsoft Project 2013
14. Portfolio Governance
Understanding Demand Management
Understanding Portfolio Management
Configure Portfolio Options
Project Dependencies
Calculating Resource Capacity
Portfolio Analysis Tools.