getting started with microsoft project online and project server december 11, 2015 live webinar...
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Getting Started with Microsoft Project Online and Project ServerDecember 11, 2015
LIVE Webinar Starts Soon!
Welcome!What We’ll Be Providing Today…
50 Minute Live Webinar 10 Minutes for Questions Stayed Tuned to the End
−Five FREE Quick Start Guides−64-Page End-user Guide
Asking Questions
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Note: Today’s presentation is being recorded and will be provided within one week.
Your Participation
Our Presenter TodayBryon Brewer has been helping companies achieve their technology objectives for over 15 years. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), ITIL Certified, Six Sigma Green Belt, member of PMI, Association for Computing eMachinery, and member of various user group organizations. Bryon received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and received a Master's Of Science in Information Technology Management from the University of Texas in Dallas, TX.
Let’s Get Started!
Agenda What Can Microsoft Project Online/Server
Do For Me? LIVE Demo What’s Coming in 2016 Upcoming Roadmap/Vision (Amazing stuff!)
Project OnlineProject Server
Project Online
Project Online is a SharePoint-based project
management solution that is hosted by Microsoft
through Office 365, and includes Project Web App
(PWA). It is not a web-based version of Project
Professional 2013.
PWA
PWA or “Project Web App” refers to the interface in
Project Online where you create, view, edit, and
collaborate on projects.
Project Server
Project Server is a server-based project management
solution that is hosted on premise by the customer.
Tasks
Effectively plan and
manage tasks in
PWA with the help
of new scheduling
capabilities.
Tasks
Manage tasks and
stay up to date in
more places and on
more devices than
ever before
TasksKeep your teams organized in one location – their project site – where they can view project summaries, documents, tasks, newsfeeds and calendars.
Flexible project portfolio managementAlign vision and effort to prioritize initiatives, select optimal project portfolios, and deliver on your business strategy.
Flexible project portfolio managementEasily create workflows in Visio and SharePoint Designer to standardize project progression or rejection and improve governance and control.
Manage resources effectivelySimplify resource management so you can see what your teams are doing—even when they’re managing everyday work or ad hoc projects in SharePoint
Manage resources effectivelyAccurately measure resource utilization and better manage resource allocation that aligns with your strategy.
Increase agility and control Make data driven decisions by equipping team members and stakeholders with the information they need to stay informed and effective.
Increase agility and control Quickly mine and aggregate data on many dimensions via self-service access with Excel Services.
Live Demo
What’s Coming in 2016
Resource Engagements
Helps project managers and resource managers to
align with each other on the specific amount of work
and time periods for specific resources associated
with a project.
Resource Engagements
Project Managers can use the new Resource Plan
view in Project Professional 2016 to create requests
for resources
Resource Engagements
Resource Managers can view all requests for
resource through the new Resource Requests page
and can use the capacity planning heat map to
provide them with availability information on their
resources.
Resource Engagements
Resource Engagements
Multiple Visual Timelines
Tell me what you want to do…
Roadmap/Vision
Agile!
Agile as an approach is becoming increasingly
popular within the project management community,
especially as organizations strive to be flexible and
responsive with a view to faster project / product
delivery.
Agile!
Agile!
Agile! With Jira
Agile! Project Professional
Agile! Project Professional
Better Reports!
Financial Management
“Money makes the world go round”
Capturing time-phased financial information for
‘budgets’, ‘forecast’ etc… which generally required
multiple custom fields to be created is now much
easier!
Financial Management
Wrap-up
Questions?
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Free Resources Project Online Quick Start Guides
− Get started with Project Online− Create projects in Project Online− Track work in Project Online
Project Server Quick Start Guides− Create projects in Project Web App− Track work in Project Web App
Task Management in Project Web App (PWA)
Link: http://goo.gl/G3LsKX
