Course Overview
The goal of this two-day, instructor-led course is to provide resource managers with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively to manage their resources, report their time, and manage their respective issues and documents.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:

	A working knowledge of managing resources.
	Familiarity with World Wide Web and Internet Explorer browser.

Audience
Candidates for this course are resource managers who are familiar with managing the resources of project management team.

Benefits to You
After completing this course, students will be able to:

	Create and manage the Enterprise Resource Pool
	Build Project Teams, Assignment Planning, and Publish Assignments
	Report Progress through Project Web Access
	Update Progress through Project Web Access
	Using Project Web Access Home Page Features
	Request and Respond to Status Reports
	Work in the Project Center
	Work with the Portfolio Analyzer

Ways to Save
Save with six or more students in the same class. An onsite dedicated training course at "your location or ours" can save you even more!

Course Outline
Module 1: Introducing Microsoft Project Server
This module covers Microsoft Project Server Overview, The Project/Project Server Workflow, Project Team Collaboration Tools, Advanced Analysis, Portfolio Modeling, Resource Tools, Understanding Project Server’s Language, Enterprise Project, Enterprise Resource, Check In and Check Out, Understanding Publishing in Project Server, The Project Web Access User Interface, Menu Bar, Actions Pane, Customization Tabs, Action Bar, Manipulating the Data Grid, Understanding Enterprise Global Concepts, Opening the Enterprise Resource Pool, Opening and Closing Project Plans.

Module 2: Building Project Teams, Assignment Planning, and Publishing Assignments
This module covers Building a Team, Working with Filters and Grouping in the Build Team Dialog, Selecting Resources and Viewing Resource Information, Assigning Resources, Leveling Resources, Assigning Leveling Priorities to tasks, Understanding Project Server Publishing, Controlling Default Publishing Behavior, Publishing: Best Practices, Publishing Assignments and Project Information, Republishing Assignments, and Understanding the Microsoft Project Spooler.

Module 3: Reporting Progress through Project Web Access
This module covers Working with Tasks in Project Web Access, Understanding the Timesheet, Timesheet indicators, Understanding the Task Tool Bar, Activities Available from the Submenu, View Options, Filtering, Grouping and Searching the Timesheet View, Displaying the Gantt Chart View, Reporting Progress in the Timesheet, Rejecting a Task, Delegating a Task, Creating a New Task, Hiding Tasks, Inserting Task Notes, Linking Documents to Tasks, Linking Issues to Tasks, Transferring Non-Working Time from Outlook, and Notifying Managers when Working Days Change.

Module 4:Updating Progress through Project Web Access
This module covers Applying Updates in Project Web Access, Setting View Options, Setting Filter, Group, Search Options, Accepting and rejecting updates, Update changes to resource calendars, View History of past task changes, and Setting Rules for Accepting Task Updates, Summary.

Module 5: Using Project Web Access Home Page Features
This module covers Using Features from the Project Web Access Home Page, Changing Your Password, Setting Notifications and Reminders, Setting Notifications and Reminders for Yourself, Setting Reminders for Your Resources, Displaying Project Web Access information in Outlook, and Taking Project Web Access Offline.

Module 6: Requesting and Responding to Status Reports
This module covers Requesting a Status Report, Responding to a Status Report Request, Viewing Status Report Responses, Editing and Deleting Status Reports.

Module 7: Working in the Project Center
This module covers Working in the Project Center, Using Project Center Views, Editing Project Details and Opening Projects, Working with Detailed Project Views, Working with To-Do Lists, and Organize your saved links.

Module 8: Working with the Portfolio Analyzer
This module covers Using Portfolio Analyzer Views, Creating Custom Portfolio Analyzer Views, and Other Portfolio Analyzer Options.

Module 9: Working with Documents and Issues
This module covers Working with Issues and Working with Document Libraries.