4. Why do you think we would have a policy for time submissions to be completed by a certain day of the week?
- Would PMO Governance be able to count on you to support this policy?
- What would you do to support this policy?
- How would you enforce it?
5. Do you recall the purpose is of the Resource Center in Project Server?
Answer:Sometimes you may want to create a resource that cannot log on to Project Server. For example, you may want to add a material resource, such as a conference room, that has no need to be able to log on to Project Server. Project managers
can still assign the resource to work, but if there is not any work to track, and the project manager can account for when the resource is actually used, there is not a need for that resource to also be a user.
6. Have you ever been required to Close Tasks to update in PWA?
(Yes) Would you walk me through process? Do you remember why your taking this extra step in PWA?
Answer: To lock project tasks in order to prevent people from submitting task updates and to prevent the phantom actuals from occurring on the project plans. Phantom actuals is a known issue with
Project Server 2010, and this is Microsoft’s work around for the issue.
7. Do you remember how to manage projects in Project Web App (PWA)?
Answer: Project Server 2010 enables the creation and modification of complex schedules online and assigning multiple
resources to each task. The ribbon interface provides a familiar and consistent navigation experience regardless of whether the project manager builds the schedule on a desktop or on the web.
8. Have you ever managed Risks, Issues in Project Web App (PWA)? What about document storage and a Project site?
Answer: When you use Microsoft Project Server 2010, the following collaboration features are enabled:
- Risks - Risk management involves proactively identifying and tracking events and conditions that can potentially affect future planning for a project. Risks can be rated by severity and assigned an estimate for how likely they are to occur.
- Issues - Issues can be used to track work items that are not easily identified as assignments or tasks in projects. Project managers, resource managers, and team leads can then determine whether the issues will affect the project and identify strategies
to manage the issues before they become larger problems.
- Documents - A document library provides a location for team members to collaborate and share documents and other project artifacts with project team members.
- Project Site - A project site can exist for each project saved to the Project Server database. The project site enables additional collaboration features (for example, announcements, alerts, deliverables and the ability to link these to your project tasks)
by providing a Web site for each project that makes the capabilities of SharePoint Foundation available to a project team.
Comment: As a project manager, it is important to know how to understand and manage the collaboration capabilities of project sites that you manage.
9. Have you ever managed Status Reports in Project Web App (PWA)?
- (Yes) Would you walk me through process?
Answer: The Status Reports feature in Project Web App enables project stakeholders to send status reports to any persons involved with a project (as long as they are also Project Web App
users) to provide information about the status of their tasks. When you are configuring status reports, you can do the following:
- Specify the title of a status report and the frequency at which it must be submitted.
10. Do you ever recall a time when you were required to configure email notifications and reminders in Project Web App?
(Yes) Would you walk me through process?
Answer:
Notifications are generated by many user-initiated events. These events can be the actions of other team members and project managers. For example,, a project manager sending a new task to a resource can trigger a notification to the team member who is assigned
to the task so that that person is aware of and can act upon the new assignment