Project Server Course Description:

Project Server and Web Access offer a wide variety of tools for project members. In this course, project managers will learn how to connect to the server, publish a web-based project, track progress, use the enterprise resource pool, solicit and report project status and take advantage of server's management features. Using Web Access and work group features, Project Managers will learn how to receive, refuse and delegate assignments, update progress, receive notices, respond to issues and create and send status reports to stakeholders.

Project Server Course Prerequisite:

Experience working on or leading projects
Experience using Microsoft Project

Format: 2 six-hour days 12.0 PDUs

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• How to publish a plan to the server and view Web Access in Project
• Change the initial password, set up email notifications, and save information off-line
• View, edit and update tasks, reject, create and delegate tasks, link notes, issues and documents to tasks, and update non-working time directly and through Outlook
• Explore the Projects Page interface, view projects in the Projects Center, create a personal or shared To-do list, and manage To-do lists
• View resource and assignment information, edit enterprise resource information, view resources in the timesheet format, view resources in the Gnatt Chart format, and use the Portfolio Analyzer views
• Request a status report from team members, view status reports, submit ad-hoc status reports, and view and se the status report archives
• View and update task changes, update changes to resource calendars, set up rules to automatically update task changes, and view the historical archive of task updates
• Understand the interface between SharePoint Team Services and Project Server, create a subweb, view and upload project documents, view public documents, and conduct a document search
• Create and edit project issues, create an issue, view issue of an individual project, create new issues fields, filter issues, subscribe to e-mail issues subscriptions, and modify settings and columns
• Manage Users and Groups, manage security, manage views, set features for the Organization, manage SharePoint services, manage Enterprise services, understand OLAP Cube administration, manage licenses, clean up the Project Server database
• Understand Server security and roles, and use categories to manage securit

Project Server Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Overview of Project 2003 Server

Lesson 2: Connecting Project Professional 2003 to Project Server 2003

• Project Professional Overview
• Using a Windows user account
• Using Project Server Accounts
• Configuring Project Professional
• Enterprise Options
• The Collaboration Menu
• Opening Projects
• Using Enterprise Templates

Lesson 3: THE GLOBAL TEMPLATE

• Global Template Overview
• Creating Enterprise Schedules
• Creating the Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
• Configuring Enterprise Outline Codes
  • Project Codes
  • Resource Codes
  • Task Code

Lesson 4: The Enterprise Resource Pool

• Overview of the Enterprise Resource Pool
• Resource Types
  • Enterprise
    • Creating an Enterprise Resource
  • Generic
    • Creating a Generic Resource
  • Local
    • Creating a Local Resource
• Using the RBS
• Assigning Skill Levels to Resources

Lesson 5: Creating a Project Plan

• Project Professional Overview
  • Creating Tasks
  • Creating Summary Tasks
  • Linking Tasks
  • Assigning Resources
• Building Your Project Team
  • Selecting Resources from the Enterprise Resource Pool
  • Filtering Options
  • Using Generic Resources
  • Using Team Leads / Resource Managers
• Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Generic Resources
• Using the Resource Substitution Wizard
• Using Resource Leveling
• Publishing the Project Plan
• Processing Updates
  • Approving Updates
  • Rejecting Updates
• Requesting Status Reports
  • Scheduled Status Reports
  • Ad-hoc Status Report

Lesson 6: Using Project Web Access (PWA)

• The Home Page
• Using the Task Page
• Using the Projects Page
• Status Reports
• Document Management
• Issues