Introducing Microsoft Project Server

• What Is Microsoft Office Project Server?
• Understanding Project Management Theory
• Enterprise Project and Enterprise Resource
• Check In and Check Out
• Understanding the Communications Life Cycle
• Understanding Custom Fields
• Understanding Tracking Methods

Preparing to Use Project Server

• Using the Project Web Access User Interface
• Manipulating the Data Grid
• Exporting the Data Grid to Excel
• Creating a Login Account in Project Professional

Working with Proposals and Activity Plans

• Creating and Editing Proposals
• Creating an Activity Plan
• Creating and Using a Resource Plan
• Building a Team
• Manually Adding Resources to the Team
• Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Publishing a Proposal or Activity Plan

Creating Enterprise Projects

• Converting a Proposal to an Enterprise Project
• Creating and Defining an Enterprise Project
• Display the Project Summary Task
• Set the Project Working Schedule
• Set Options Unique to the Project
• Working with Offline Projects
• Importing Projects

Task Planning

• Understanding Change Highlighting
• Planning Project Tasks
• Moving, Inserting, Editing, and Deleting Tasks
• Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating Milestones
• Task Notes and Cell Background Formatting
• Using Task Dependencies
• Setting Constraints and Deadline Dates
• Assigning Task Calendars
• Estimating Task Durations

Resource and Assignment Planning

• Understanding Enterprise Resources
• Building a Project Team
• Working with Resources in the Build Team Dialog
• Using Proposed vs. Committed Booking
• Understanding the Duration Equation
• Understanding Task Types
• Understanding Effort Driven Scheduling
• Assigning Cost Resources
• Using the Resource Substitution Wizard
• Using a Leveling Methodology

Project Execution

• Analyzing the Critical Path
• Understanding Task Drivers
• Working with Project Baselines
• Publishing an Enterprise Project
• Using the Status Manager for Task Assignments
• Managing Project Deliverables

Tracking Time and Task Progress

• Tracking Time in Project Web Access
• Creating and Working with Timesheets
• Tracking Task Progress in Project Web Access
• Reporting Progress
• Importing Progress from the My Timesheet Page
• Reassigning Work to Another Resource
• Self-Assigning Team Tasks
• Creating and Deleting Tasks
• Using the Task Center

Working with Outlook

• Installing the Outlook Add-In
• Using the Outlook Add-in
• Setting Outlook Add-in Options
• Managing Project Tasks

Approving Time and Task Progress

• Working with Timesheets
• Working with Task Updates
• Updating Expense Cost Resource Information
• Publishing the Latest Schedule Changes
• Viewing the Task Updates History
• Axioms for Success with Tracking Progress

Variance Analysis and Plan Revision

• Understanding and Analyzing Variance
• Revising a Project Plan
• Potential Problems with Revising a Plan
• Using a Change Control Process
• Inserting New Tasks in a Project
• Rebaselining Your Project
• Backing Up an Original Baseline

Managing Personal Settings

• Personal Settings Overview
• Changing Your Password
• Managing Alerts and Reminders
• Managing My Queued Jobs

Working with the Project Workspace

• Understanding the Project Workspace
• Creating, Managing, and Working with Risks
• Restoring a Deleted Risk from the Recycle Bin
• Creating and Managing Issues
• Working with Existing Issues
• Viewing Your Assigned Issues and Risks
• Managing Project Documents
• Using Document Libraries
• Document Properties
• Viewing the Version History for a Document
• Deleting a Document
• Sending a Document to Another Location
• Subscribing to E-Mail Alerts about a Document
• Accessing the Public Documents Library
• Creating, Managing, and Working with Tasks
• Using Calendars
• Using Team Discussions
• Accessing the Project Workspace

Working with Status Reports

• Requesting a Status Report
• Editing and Deleting Status Reports
• Responding to a Status Report Request
• Submitting an Unrequested Status Report
• Viewing the Status Report Archive
• Viewing Status Report Responses
• Viewing Unrequested Status Reports

Working in the Resource Center

• Using the Resource Center
• Applying Resource Center Views
• Selecting and Deselecting Resources
• Viewing Resource Availability
• Viewing Resource Assignments
• Editing Resource Details
• Editing Details for a Group of Resources
• Editing Resource Information

Working in the Project Center

• Working with Detailed Project Views
• Navigating to the Project Workspace
• Editing Project Properties
• Opening Projects from the Project Center
• Checking In a Project
• Closing a Project to Updates
• Staffing a Project from the Project Center
• Creating a Resource Plan
• Building a Project Team

Working with Data Analysis

• Understanding OLAP Cubes
• Using Data Analysis Views
• Customizing a Data Analysis View
• Using the Data Analysis Toolbars

Project Workspace Advanced Features

• Editing in a Datasheet
• Using the Task Pane
• Adding Totals to the Datasheet View
• Opening Document Libraries w/Windows Explorer
• Exporting to a Spreadsheet
• Opening with Access
• Creating a Visio Diagram
• Connecting to Outlook
• Connecting from a Document Library
• Connecting from the Calendar Page
• Connecting from the Tasks Page
• Connecting from the Team Discussions Page
• Viewing an RSS Feed
• Setting Alerts
• Creating a Column
• Managing Project Workspace Views
• Creating a Standard View
• Creating a Calendar View
• Creating an Access View
• Creating a Datasheet View
• Creating a Gantt View
• Modifying Existing Views
• Modifying List Settings
• Specifying Title, Description & Navigation Settings
• Specifying Versioning Settings
• Specifying Advanced Settings
• Setting Content Types
• Deleting a List Type
• Saving a List as a Template
• Specifying Workflow Settings
• Specifying RSS Settings
• Specifying Columns Settings
• Specifying Views Settings
• Managing the Project Workspace
• Creating New Site Content
• Editing a Project Workspace Page
• Modifying the Site Settings