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Donald Donais. March 13 th , 2013. SharePoint and Project Management. Donald Donais & Dave Fischer. MNSPUG General Information SharePoint & Projec t General Principals Tracking Projects Connecting to Documents Communications & Alerts Reporting & Dashboards Other Considerations Break
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Donald Donais March 13th, 2013 SharePoint and Project Management Donald Donais & Dave Fischer
MNSPUG General Information SharePoint & Project General Principals Tracking Projects Connecting to Documents Communications & Alerts Reporting & Dashboards Other Considerations Break Project Online & Project Server 2013 Evaluations & Giveaways Agenda
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Microsoft Webcast Calendar of Events http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx#filter SharePoint ShopTalk (Online) – Every Thursday @ 11:30 AM http://sharepointshoptalk.blogspot.com/ SharePoint Legal Users Group – 3rd Thursday @ 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. http://sharepointmnlegal.com SharePoSH – Online Virtual Event http://www.shareposh.com/Pages/default.aspx SharePoint Fest – March 18th – 20th 2013 Denver, Colorado http://www.sharepointfest.com/Denver/ Share Conference – April 10th – 12th 2013 Atlanta, Georgia http://www.sharepointfest.com/Denver/ SharePoint Best Practices Conference – May 15th – 17th Rush Creek Golf Course, Minneapolis https://www.bestpracticesconference.com/SitePages/Default.aspx SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities – May 18th, 2013 Normandale Community College, Bloomington http://sharepointsaturday.com/twincities Anything Else? Local and Online Events
Introductions Donald Donais • SharePoint Consultant • Father & Drummer • @dondonais • http://talesfromitside.wordpress.com
Introductions David Fischer • President and CEO of Milestone Consulting • http://lnkd.in/ajjbSU
Who Are You? • Who are SharePoint People who need to Manage Projects? • Who are Project Managers? • Who are people who Manage Projects? • Who is currently using MS Project Server (any version)? • Who is interested in MS Project Server? • Who has seen SharePoint 2013? • Who has seen Project 2013?
Crawl, Walk, Run • Crawl • Out of the Box Features • Walk • Integration with MS Project • Third Party Tools • Run • MS Project Server • Custom Development with Other Applications
Getting Started • Same As Any Other Product • Discovery • What is the PMO Process? • What types of projects is this helping to manage? • Information Architecture/Taxonomy • Document/Content Management • Roles • Implementation • Documentation of Solution • Training
Information Architecture/Taxonomy • How is a user going to navigate? • User Interface • Single SharePoint Site Collection with all Projects • Rolling Up Specific Content to Top Level • Consistent Site Layout/Structure • How is Content Divided Up? • List/Library vs. Site/Sub-site • Global and Local Navigation
Document/Content Management • Content Types • Document Templates • Workflows • Out of the Box • SharePoint Designer Custom • Third Party Vendor • Site Columns • Content Approval • Check-Out • Versioning
Project/SharePoint Roles • Project Specific Roles • Project Manager • Project Team Members • Team Leads? • Executive Sponsor • Project Sponsor/Director • SharePoint Specific Roles • SharePoint Owner • SharePoint Member • SharePoint Approver • SharePoint Visitor
SharePoint Training • Train Based on Roles • Owners – Needs the Most • Permissions • Creating Sites • Document Management Features • Lists and Libraries • Web Parts • Much More • Members • Adding Content Lists/Libraries • Adding Metadata • Creating Personal Views • Connecting to Office • Visitors • Navigating Around SharePoint • Opening and Reading Documents
Project Sites • FAB 40 Template - SharePoint 2007 & 2010 • Project Tracking Workspace • Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects • Change Request Management • IT Team Workspace • Team Sites (All Versions) • Project Site (SharePoint 2013) • Basic Team Site • Automatically Includes Task list and Timeline • Notebook – a.k.a. OneNote
Built In Lists • Tasks List (All Versions) • Tracking Tasks • Predecessors Added in 2010 • Project Task List (All Versions) • Gantt View • Predecessors Added in 2010 • Calendars (All Versions) • Calendar Overlay Added in 2010 • Issues List (All Versions) • Bug Tracking • Contact List (All Versions) • Contact Information • Custom List (All Versions) • Milestones, Overall Project Master List
Access Services • SharePoint Enterprise Version 2010 or 2013 • Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports • Issues Web Database • Projects Web Database • SharePoint 2010 • Web Databases SharePoint Sites • SharePoint 2013 • SharePoint Apps • Need Access 2013 • Creates SQL Database per Access App
Microsoft Project 2010/2013 • Purpose for MS Project and SharePoint? • Synchronize Tasks • MS Project 2010/SharePoint 2010 • Create or Overwrite Task or Project Task List • Tasks and Subtasks Difficult • Create Custom Fields in MS Project • Map Fields to SharePoint • MS Project 2013/SharePoint 2013 • Create or Overwrite Task or Project Task List • Tasks and Subtasks are Separate and Easy to Use • Create Custom Fields in MS Project • Map Fields to SharePoint
SharePoint Site/List Options Access Services MS Project Integration Demo
Document Management Features • Ensure One Version of the Truth • Content Types/Site Columns (SharePoint 2007-2013) • Document Templates • Metadata • Persistent Workflows • Document Sets (SharePoint 2010 & 2013) • Content Approval (SharePoint 2007-2013) • Not Available Until Approved • Check-Out vs. Collaboration (SharePoint 2007-2013) • Check-Out on Documents Only • Office Web App/Office Co-Authoring Capabilities • Versioning • Major and Minor • Number of Versions Retained
Connecting to Tasks • Used to Relate Content (Lists and Libraries) • Lookup Column (SharePoint 2007-2013) • Connects Lists Relationally • Enforce Relationship Behavior (2010 & 2013) • Limited to the SharePoint Site • Displaying Tasks/Associated Documents • Web Part Connections – Web Part Pages • Default Display Form
Project Content Types Document Management Settings Associating Tasks and Documents Demo
Alerts • Very Powerful and Most Overlooked Tool • Automatically Communicating Activity • SharePoint Alerts • List/Library Level • Item/Document Level • Search Level • Options Include • Users • Send Alerts for These Changes • When to Send Alerts Most Importantly – You Can Sign Somebody Else Up!
Workflows – Out of the Box • Add Automated to and Existing Business Process • Used to Communicate or Effect Document Lifecycle • Workflows Include: • Approval • Collect Feedback • Collect Signatures • Three-state • Disposition Approval • Information Management Policy
Custom Workflows • SharePoint Designer 2007 – 2013 • Advanced Workflows to Alert to Interact with Content • Conditions & Actions • Stages & • SharePoint Designer 2010/2013 and Visio • Workflow Visualization • Third Party Vendors • Nintex • K2
Other Communication • Real Simple Syndication (RSS Feeds) • Subscribe to RSS Feed • RSS Feed Readers • Connecting to Outlook • Tasks • Calendars • Contacts • SharePoint Workspace 2010 • SkyDrive (SharePoint 2013) • Tags and Notes (SharePoint 2010 – 2013) • Tag Content, Lists/Libraries or Pages • Following (SharePoint 2013) • Followed Content is Available in My Site
SharePoint Alerts Out of the Box Workflows Following Demo
Web Parts & Views • Quick Look at Important Info • Can Display
Task Aggregation • SharePoint 2013 Features • My Tasks • Aggregate Across All SharePoint • Include Tasks From Exchange 2013 • Include Tasks from Project 2013 • Different Views • Important and Upcoming • Active • Completed • By Task List
Creating a Dashboard My Tasks Demo
Resources • SharePoint 2007 FAB 40 • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx • SharePoint 2010 FAB 40 • http://www.techsolutions.net/SharePointSolutions.aspx • Microsoft Office – SharePoint and Project • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/results.aspx?qu=project&ex=2&filter=1&av=osu
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