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Accepting Updates in Project Server 2007
This document explains the steps for a Project Manager to
view and accept (or reject) task updates.
ActiveX
Work Around for Project
Project Server requires Active X
controls. Not
all organizations allow for those controls.
Or, there may be a setting within Internet Explorer
that doesn’t allow for the “Export to Excel” function to work correctly.
This document explains how to use the .xml file,
notepad and Excel together to get the information from
Project Server to Excel.
Activity
Creation in Project Server 2007
Project Server 2007 allows for
Activities to be created.
This document explains what an activity is and , how
to create one. Please review the document listed below
defining Proposals and Activities.
Administrative
Project Check In for
Project Server 2007
On occasion, when a schedule is
opened, a message will appear that states that it is a
Read-Only schedule and/or that the schedule is checked out –
even when the user knows that they have checked it in.
This document explains how the Project Server
Administrator can forcibly check in the project.
Checking
In a Project with Project
Professional 2007
Project Professional and Project
Server 2007 use a cache which has vastly improved the
ability to work offline.
This does, however, require the user to either
check-in a project or keep it checked out and use it
offline.
Setting up Document Alerts in Project Server 2007
In Project Server, a user can setup a
personal alert that notifies them whenever a document is
added.
This is a
quick explanation on how to set that up.
Enterprise Resources
in Project 2007
When using Project Server 2007, the
ability exists to use an Enterprise Resource Pool. This
document explains how to use the Resource Pool.
The
Enterprise Global File and
the Standard Template in Project
In Project Server 2007, the Enterprise
Global file is the main file that provides the default
settings, tables, required fields, custom fields, views and
other details that are used in Project Professional.
This document explains how it works and what the
Standard Template does.
Exam Summaries for Microsoft Project Certification
This information is taken from the
Microsoft website and is a compilation of the requirements
for the Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 exams. This
document is meant to centralize the information about the
three tests into one location.
Linking
Projects in Microsoft Project
The following document describes some possible
methods to use with Microsoft Project when using a schedule
that has inputs from an external schedule.
Schedule Movement - Dates that Represent Actual Information
Sometimes a completed task in Microsoft Project will
show a completion date that doesn’t seem right.
For example, why does a task completed today show a
completion date in the distant future, or the past?
This article is an explanation of the options that
affect schedule movement (or lack thereof).
Resources Assigned to a Task
This article is an answer to the question that a Resource might
have about whether or not they are the only resource
assigned to a task.
Installing Outlook
Task Synchronization with Microsoft Project Server
This document explains how to setup/install the Outlook
add-in for Project Server 2007. See the document
about Using Outlook AddIn for Project Server for details on
using the Task Synchronization function.
Using Outlook with Microsoft Project Server Documents
This article is about setting Outlook (2003
or 2007) so that it synchronizes with Project Server
documents or so that it will receive the emails sent by
Project Server 2007.
This is different than being able to download Project
tasks into your Outlook Calendar or Tasks view.
Project 2007 - Professional and Server - New Additions
This document is a list of
most of the new additions to Project Server 2007 and Project
Professional 2007 (from 2003) with a brief explanation of
each.
Project 2007
Professional
New Features - One Page Quick Summary
This document is a one
page quick guide for some of the new Project 2007 features.
Project 2007
Server
New Features - One Page Quick Summary
cument is a list of most
of the new additions to Project Server 2007 and Project
Professional 2007 (from 2003) with a brief explanation of
each
Connect
Project Professional to Project Server
This document is about connecting
Project Professional 2007 to Project Server 2007.
Two methods of connecting Project Professional to one
or more Project Server instances is explained.
Proposals
and Activities Defined
This document is a quick explanation of the Proposals and
Activities as found in project Server 2007.
Proposal Creation in Project
Server
Project Server 2007 allows for a Proposal to be created.
This document explains what a proposal is, how to
create one and how to make it into a schedule if so desired.
Please review the document listed above defining Proposals
and Activities..
The Difference Between Save, Save As and Publish
In Project Server 2007, there are three menu
options – Save, Save As and Publish.
This document explains the differences of the options
and how they affect the Project Managers and Team Members
that are using the schedule.
Task
Drivers in Microsoft
Project
The more complex and the more tasks that are in a
schedule, the harder it is to determine why a certain task
has the start date or finish date that it is displaying.
There are numerous reasons for this and one of the
tools to help determine the cause in Project Professional
are that Task Drivers.
This document explains how to use that feature.
Task Types - Fixed Duration, Fixed Work, Fixed Units
Microsoft Office Project uses one of
three task types to calculate the time of a task. The three
types of tasks are: Fixed Duration, Fixed Units and Fixed
Work, often referred to just as Duration, Units and Work.
This document explains how this works in Microsoft Project.
Templates - Creating and Using
This article demonstrates how to start a new
Project by using an established
Template.
Updating
a Task in Project Server 2007
This article is about how to update a task
in Project Web Access for Project Server 2007. It assumes
that Team Members update their own task status using the “My
Tasks” page.
Using
Visual Reports in Microsoft
Project Professional
In Project Professional 2007, users can create reports more easily
and with more
information than ever before. Visual reports can be exported
to Visio 2007 or Excel 2007. This document explains how to
create and use those reports.
Using
the Outlook Add-in for Project Server 2007
This document explains how to use
the Outlook add-in for Project Server 2007.
Viewing
a Project in Microsoft Portfolio Server
This document explains how to view a
Project while in Microsoft Portfolio Server 2007.
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