9. Some requirements
•Project Repository:
• An overview of project with a description
• Names of contacts
• Communicating status and other concerns
• Storage of artifacts
10. Some requirements
•Project Repository:
• An overview of project with a description
• Names of contacts
• Communicating status and other concerns
• Storage of artifacts
• Schedule with milestones
11. Some requirements
•Project Repository:
• An overview of project with a description
• Names of contacts
• Communicating status and other concerns
• Storage of artifacts
• Schedule with milestones
•Dashboard view of all projects with ability to sort by area, status,
project manager name, or other pertinent information
12. Project repository
1. Create a template which covers your needs
2. Decide if PMs will instantiate new projects or someone
else (organizational decision)
3. Include instructions for populating the repository
4. Use search web part for displaying status (we’ll come back
to this)
19. Let’s make it look less like SharePoint
Use Script Editor Web Part for customization
Example uses:
Hide/remove white space between web parts
Hide/remove Quick Launch
Set fixed width for a column in a view
Modify size and spacing of tiles in Promoted Links web part
Pretty much anything can be customized using CSS or JavaScript on your page!
23. Basic steps for traffic lighting
1. Create new columns as needed
2. Add a snippet to hide the left-side navigation and All Contents box (optional)
3. Enable the JavaScript Display Template Content Type to your Master Page Gallery
4. Upload the Client-side Rendering JavaScript to the Master Page Gallery
5. Add the URL to the JS Link field in the List Views Web Part
Here’s how to do it!
25. Putting it all together
1. A place to store project-related items
2. A way to communicate about project status
3. A dashboard for executives
4. A way to request new projects
Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
Also called Integrated IT Portfolio Analysis
Centered around increasing the value of overall portfolio
Expensive and specific to this purpose
Examples include Innotas, Planview, and many others
Project Management software needs two primary facilities
A project repository
An executive dashboard
Some requirements
Project Repository:
An overview of project with a description
Names of contacts
Communicating status and other concerns
Storage of artifacts
Schedule with milestones
Dashboard view of all projects with ability to sort by area, status, project manager name, or other pertinent information
How it used to be done vs. how it is done now
Instructions are deleted after use
Use Script Editor Web Part for customization
Example uses:
Hide/remove white space between web parts
Hide/remove Quick Launch
Set fixed width for a column in a view
Modify size and spacing of tiles in Promoted Links web part
Pretty much anything can be customized using CSS or JavaScript on your page!