| Have you thought about using Microsoft SharePoint for
project management? This powerful tool is ideal for
projects, but most companies don't understand its power, and
obtain it merely as a way to share documents or
spreadsheets. This hands-on book demonstrates how SharePoint
can help you organize and manage complex projects -- a
decidedly more productive use of this popular collaboration
software.
You know the challenges a project can bring: A key
stakeholder wants a special report each week. Project team
members are spread out through six different time zones.
Nobody knows who has the latest version of important project
documents. Burdensome reporting requirements rob your time
and distract you from important tasks.
SharePoint for Project Management teaches you how to apply
common and practical project management concepts in
SharePoint, and helps you build a Project Management
Information System (PMIS), customized to your project, that
can efficiently coordinate communication and collaboration
among team members. With this book, you will:
Learn key concepts about SharePoint and PMIS through a
simple hands-on workshop
Track a case study that simulates circumstances and
processes that PMs typically experience while creating an
effective SharePoint PMIS
Add team members and other stakeholders to the PMIS with
appropriately configured permissions
Centralize project documents and keep track of document
history with version control
Automate project reporting mechanisms in SharePoint, and
generate on demand status reports
Integrate external tools such as Excel, Microsoft Project,
PowerPoint, and Outlook
Learn to archive a SharePoint PMIS
Each chapter includes hands-on activities that let you
practice what you learn. Most SharePoint books are either
too introductory (for end-users), or too technical (for
system administrators who implement it). By teaching you how
to harness the organizational abilities of this powerful
software, SharePoint for Project Management is just right.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT 
Published by: O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES