Project 2010 MVP Webcast Series

Published: May 29, 2010

The Microsoft Project 2010 MVP TechNet Webcast Series is composed of ten downloadable Webcasts that provide guidance and best practices to end users, IT professionals, and developers. You can also download and view the corresponding Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentations for each Webcast by downloading them from Project the 2010 MVP Webcast Series slide presentations page (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=193407) in the Microsoft Download Center.

You can view these Webcasts by clicking the following links to the Microsoft Events and Webcasts site:

• TechNet Webcast: Managing the Project Life Cycle with Demand Management (Level 200) (http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=13041): Demand Management, a new feature in Microsoft Project Server 2010, captures work proposals in one place and takes them through a multi-stage governance process using a SharePoint workflow model. In this presentation, we discuss Demand Management and its importance in managing project life cycles, and we explain how to configure Demand Management and the required components.

• TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Project 2010 Portfolio Analysis (Level 200) (http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=7458): In this webcast, we discuss the purpose of portfolio management, detail the portfolio management process according to Project Management Institute (PMI) standards, and explain the benefits of portfolio management and the challenges for the senior management. We describe portfolio management–related concepts and techniques, such as pair-wise comparison, prioritization matrix, and efficient frontier, and understand the benefits of these techniques in project prioritization, portfolio balancing, and optimization. Using Microsoft Project 2010 and applying the portfolio management techniques, we demonstrate typical portfolio management process scenarios.

• TechNet Webcast: Resource Management in Microsoft Project 2010 (Level 200): In this webcast, we examine resource management from the perspective of the new and improved features in Project 2010. Topics we discuss include Team Planner, use of Status Indicator for overallocation, Team Builder, Issue Log, and Status using Task Updates. Join us to learn more.

• TechNet Webcast: Project Professional 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 Better Together (Level 100): Your organization may not use Microsoft Project Server but instead use the Microsoft Project Professional desktop application. If your organization also uses SharePoint Server, there is good news: Microsoft Project Professional 2010 has the ability to integrate with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Attend this webcast to discover how you can connect project teams using the free Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 software development kit (SDK).  Learn how SharePoint Foundation 2010 makes it possible for team members to easily update task status and collaborate more efficiently using a SharePoint Server task library in a Web browser.

• TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Project 2010 Enhanced Project Management (Level 200): Discover how you can do more, better, faster, and cost effectively, by taking advantage of the new features in Microsoft Project 2010. In this webcast, we discuss how advanced new features in Project 2010 help you better manage, control, and progress dynamic project schedules with amazing ease and simplicity. Learn how confusion between buttons and toolbars is eliminated in Project 2010 thanks to the Ribbon feature, which adds value and simplicity while greatly expanding customizability. Other Project 2010 topics we cover include the following:

  • Core time-saving functional changes

  • Converting Microsoft Office Excel super users with top-down and open-ended planning

  • Modeling custom lists while maintaining planning history with inactive tasks

  • New methods for forecasting with additional scheduling engine features

• TechNet Webcast: User-Controlled Scheduling in Microsoft Project 2010 (Level 200) (http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=7456): There are situations when user-controlled scheduling offers an advantage, and sometimes you should turn off user-controlled scheduling. In this webcast, we demonstrate user-controlled scheduling in Project 2010 to show the benefits and drawbacks of user-controlled scheduling. 

• TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Project 2010 Desktop: Tips and Tricks (Level 200) (http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=12426): In this webcast, we focus on how to use some new features in Project 2010 that help you build effective schedules quickly. Topics we cover include outlining, building schedules, and making resource assignments.

• TechNet Webcast: Project Server 2010 Project and Portfolio Management Reporting (Level 200) (http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=7442): In this webcast, we provide insight on how you can take advantage of the great reporting features in Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. By using Excel Services in SharePoint, Project Server delivers a suite of pre-defined reports out of the box. During the presentation we do the following:

  • Outline how users are able to generate their own reports and report templates

  • Give an overview on how to manage projects and portfolio dashboards by creating key performance indicator (KPI) reports using PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint

  • Show how organizations can visualize their project and portfolio management process by generating and integrating a dynamic visual report using Visio Services

  • Provide an overview of all new reporting features that Project Server 2010 has to offer

• TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Office Project 2010 Overview (Level 200): In this webcast, we discuss the capabilities of Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, and we discuss the key investment areas of unified project and portfolio management: simple and intuitive user experience, improved collaboration and reporting, and a scalable and connected platform. We also emphasize the end-to-end capabilities of the 2010 Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution.

• TechNet Webcast: Overview of Microsoft Project Server 2010 for IT Professionals (Level 200): In this webcast, we discuss Project Server 2010 features, requirements, and deployment considerations that IT professionals have to know about the product. Topics we discuss include the following: system requirements, deployment scenarios, installation procedures, upgrade options, and administration and operations improvements that help IT professionals.