Introduction: Project Server for Project Managers

Module 1: Project Server Overview

1.1: What is Project Server/EPM
1.2: The role of the Project Manager
1.3: Components of a Project Server implementation

Module 2: Working in the Project Center

2.1: Viewing and Opening Projects
2.2: Checking-in Projects
2.3: Saving and Publishing Projects
2.4: Managing Project properties including changing ownership

Module 3: Managing Views, Notifications & Personal Settings

3.1: Creating and managing Views
3.2: Working with notifications and personal settings

Module 4: Proposals & Demand Management

4.1: Understanding demand & lifecycle management with Project Online
4.2: Initiating and managing projects with EPT’s and PDP’s

Module 5: Working with Project Professional

5.1: Creating a new project from a template
5.2: Saving and Publishing an Enterprise Project
5.3: Building a team from the enterprise resource pool
5.4: Importing projects
5.5 Working with projects offline

Module 6: Managing Resources

6.1: Analyzing resource availability and assignments
6.2: Team Building with Project Online and Project Professional

Module 7: Managing Tasks & Approvals

7.1: Assigning tasks to resources
7.2: Managing updates, approvals and Rules

Module 8: Managing Timesheets & Approvals

8.1: Creating and submitting timesheets
8.2: Managing Timesheet approvals including recalling timesheets

Module 9: Issues, Risks & Documents

9.1: Managing Issues, Risks and Documents
9.2: Relating items to tasks

Module 10: Managing the Project Site

10.1: Working with Site Contents and Site Settings in the project site
10.2: Creating and Managing site Apps
10.3: Manage permissions and users

Module 11: Working with Status Reports

11.1: Create and manage Status Reports
11.2: Respond to status reports
11.3: Compile Status Reports

Module 12: Portfolio Management & Analysis

12.1: Understand Portfolio Management with Project Online
12.2: Create and manage a new Portfolio Analysis

Module 13: Business Intelligence & Reporting

13.1: Use existing BI reports
13.2: Create a new Dashboard Report using Excel Services