Microsoft Project Online – multiple projects management

For all those who have or are considering a Microsoft Project Plan 3 license and want to take full advantage of the potential of the advanced Project Online cloud application.

You will learn to work with projects in the Project Online environment. Have an overview of the status of individual projects. Utilize corporate human resources and resources across multiple projects and evaluate their availability, utilization, and remaining capacity. Use available reports from all projects for important decisions.

Basic user knowledge of MS Project Desktop or earlier versions (2013/16/19)

Printed or electronic presentation

Introduction

• Introduction to the Project Online environment and options
• License and availability
  • Project Online, Project Online Desktop, Project Online Essentials
  • Project for the web
  • Project Roadmap

Working with projects

• Project Center
• Project types
• Create and set up a new project
• Working with a project in the Online vs Desktop client
• Project schedule
• Save, publish, reserve a project
• Project workspace (web)
  • Problems, risks, shared documents

Working with resources

• Resource Center
• Settings, workload, availability
• Assign resources to a project
• Assign resources to tasks

Project launch and monitoring

• Baseline
• Job reporting, schedules
• Status approval, timesheets
• Project update
• Cross-Project Communication (Status Reports)

Project costs

Links between projects

• Direct dependencies
• Deliveries
• Major and sub-projects

Permissions

• Group and category logic
• SharePoint vs Project Server Permissions Mode

Reports

• Reports in Desktop Client
• Data reports from all projects

Appendices

• Notification
• What is a team in Project Online, Team tasks
• Project vs. Task list
• Requirements management
• Troubleshooting

Previous courses

Microsoft Project 2016/2013 – Basic Course [MSPRO1a]

Microsoft Project – Practical Applications [MSPROPW]