thr006 teched 2010 - leveraging sharepoint 2010 for project management
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Today it is more important than ever to ensure every project your organizations undertakes is delivered effectively. To accomplish this, it is essential that there is clear communication and effective tools to facilitate your project management process. Come and see how SharePoint 2010 can improve the management of your next project, including the new Project 2010 client integration, Visio Services and team site improvements.TRANSCRIPT
Alexander BurtonProject MVP
@alexanderbwww.epmsource.com
Leveraging SharePoint 2010 for Project Management
SESSION CODE: THR006
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What is project management?
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.
Source: PMI PMBOK, 3rd Edition
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.
Communication Process Planning
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CommunicationClear communication across the project team is essential
Common Problems• Team members don’t know what to do• Information silo’s start to form• Lack of knowledge sharing
How SharePoint 2010 can help….
Team sitesCreate a single location to store all project artifacts and information
Wiki’sCreate a powerful web of information quickly and simply to store relevant project information
Office Web ApplicationsQuick and effective collaboration from anywhere
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ProcessProjects typically follow a process, built on best practice and past learning’s to ensure project success.
Common Problems• Process is not being followed• Process is too complicated• Process cannot be easily accessed
How SharePoint 2010 can help….
WorkflowUse automated workflow to enforce organisational process
Data VisualisationVisualise complex processes using interactive tools such as Visio Services
MobileAllow access to the process information at all times.
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PlanningEnsuring the team are aware of what they need to do and to track their progress
Common Problems• Ensuring the team know what to do and when• Ensuring the team has visibility of the project progress• Inability to track and monitor project progress
How SharePoint 2010 can help….
Access ServicesLeverage the out of the box project tracking database
Project Task ListsPublish a high level project schedule for team visibility
Project Professional 2010 Sync to SharePointSynchronise Project 2010 schedules with SharePoint 2010 to provide team visibility of tasks & status and to collect updated status information.
Portfolio SelectionCapture all work requests, assess against business drivers and priorities, analyse and select which projects to execute
Schedule ManagementCentralised repository of all project schedules within your organisation
Resource ManagementCentral pool of resources that can be shared across all projects in the organisation
Project Team CollaborationIntegrated collaboration sites linked to each schedule to enhance project communication
Demand ManagementPowerful workflow and forms based processing to allow your governance process to be enforced
Business Intelligence and ReportingIntegrated Business Intelligence reporting leveraging all of the reporting power of SharePoint 2010
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Project 2010 and Project Server 2010http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/default.aspx
SharePoint 2010http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx
EPMSource – All things Microsoft Enterprise Project Managementhttp://epmsource.com/
*Courtesy of MSDN
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