SharePoint 2010 for project management / Dux Raymond Sy.

Table of Contents; Preface; Who Should Read This Book; What You Need to Best Use This Book; My Assumptions in Writing This Book; Additional Resources; Contents of This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Off You Go; Chapter 1. Project Kickoff; What Is a PMIS?; Deciding to Use a PMIS; What Is SharePoint?; Other Options; Our Case Study: SharePoint Dojo, Inc.; Best Practices Checklist; Summary; Chapter 2. Setting Up the PMIS; How Will You Organize Your PMIS?; Using Site Templates; Creating a SharePoint 2010 Site. Workshop 2.1: Establishing the SharePoint 2010 PMIS FoundationPart 1: Creating the PMIS; Part 2: Customizing the Site Theme; Part 3: Adding an Announcement List; Part 4: Displaying Announcements on the Home Page; Workshop 2.1 Debriefing; Customizing the PMIS; Workshop 2.2: Updating Your Site's Regional Settings; Workshop 2.2 Debriefing; Best Practices Checklist; Summary; Chapter 3. Adding PMIS Components; Using SharePoint Lists; Creating SharePoint Lists; Workshop 3.1: Creating and Populating Lists; Part 1: Creating and Populating a Calendar List. Part 2: Creating and Populating a Contacts ListPart 3: Creating a Risks List; Part 4: Creating a Project Tasks List; Part 5: Creating and Populating a Custom Resource List; Part 6: Displaying the New Lists on the Home Page; Workshop 3.1 Debriefing; Using Libraries; Creating a Document Library (a How-To); Populating a Document Library; Workshop 3.2: Creating and Populating a Document Library; Part 1: Creating a Document Library; Part 2: Populating a Document Library; Workshop 3.2 Debriefing; Organizing Project Information; Best Practices Checklist; Summary. Chapter 4. Adding Stakeholders to the PMISProject Communications Plan; Site Access in SharePoint; Creating SharePoint Groups; Adding Site Members; Enabling the Access Request Feature; Customizing Permissions; Workshop 4.1: Adding Site Members; Part 1: Adding Site Members; Part 2: Customizing List Permissions; Workshop 4.1 Debriefing; Best Practices Checklist; Summary; Chapter 5. Supporting Team Collaboration; Enabling Document Management Solutions; Overview of Check-Out/Check-In; Overview of Version History; Overview of Content Approval; Workshop 5.1: Updating a Project Document. Part 1: Requiring Check-OutPart 2: Checking Out and Editing a Document from the Document Library; Part 3: Viewing All the Changes Made to the Document; Workshop 5.1 Debriefing; Facilitating Team Collaboration; Wikis; Discussion Boards; Document Workspaces; Creating a Document Workspace; Technique 1: Create the document workspace from an existing SharePoint site; Technique 2: Create a document workspace from an existing document library; Best Practices Checklist; Summary; Chapter 6. Project Tracking; Tracking Project Tasks; Tracking Risks; Workshop 6.1: Updating the Schedule and Tracking Risks.

Microsoft SharePoint is perfect for project management, but most companies don't understand it's power. This hands-on book demonstrates how SharePoint can help you organize and manage complex projects--a decidedly more productive way to use this popular collaboration software.