This presentation was delivered at the SharePoint User Group Deep Dive session in Washington DC.

1. Principles of Execution
What's New in Microsoft Project Server and
Professional 2013

2. The importance of technology innovation!
Without the telegraph the north may have lost the war!

3. The Power of Technology Innovation
in 2013
 The Cangandi villagers
moved their village so that
they could have wireless
access to the internet.
 Before the wireless
devices they would paddle
from island to island
looking for buyers of the
goods.
 After the wireless devices
they now receive orders
from islanders to deliver
their products when they
are needed.

4. Journey from SharePoint to Project and
Portfolio Management

5. The Five Game Changing Features in
Project 2013 that Make Managing Projects
Fun!
 Enhanced User Interface – What’s New
 Enhanced Collaboration Features – Project
Center, Portfolio Management and Sync with
SharePoint
 Enhanced Capabilities for Day to Day Project
Management Tasks
 The Apps Store
 New Reporting Features

7. Getting Started

8. User Interface
 Enhanced User Interface
 Enhanced Back office
 MS Project 2013 Goes
Social

9. Updated Back Office

10. Project Server 2013 Interface

11. New Project Server Features
 New Demand and Lifecycle Management Components
 New SharePoint Service Apps
Work Management Service
App Management Service
Request Management Service
Office Web Apps
Business Intelligence Improvements
oData Support
Windows Workflow Foundation 4
 Single data per Project Server App instance
 Improve Queue Mechanism (uses push technology instead of pull).
 New Server – Side Schedule Engine
 New Permissions Mode

12. Project Server 2013 Architecture

13. Comparison of features for security modes
in Project Server

14. New Project Server Architecture Features
 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
 Microsoft ASP .NET 4.0 pages
 Client Side Object Model (CSOM)
 oData Open Data Protocol
 oAuth Security in App Model

15. Installation Process

18. Syncing with SharePoint Server 2013
 Share Microsoft Project
Data With A SharePoint
Team
 Create A New Site Or
Use An Existing
SharePoint Site
 Ability To Map Fields
 Collaborate With Others
Online

19. Office 365 & MS Project 2013

20. Project Portfolio Management in MSPS
2013

23. New Project Filters
 Completed Milestones
 Late Milestones
 Milestones Due This Month
 No Actuals
 No Resources Assigned
 Over-allocated Tasks
 Summary Task with Assigned
Resources
 Tasks Due This Week
 Tasks Starting Soon
 Tasks with Duration < 8hrs
 Upcoming Milestones

24. New Cumulative Fields
 Baseline Cumulative Work
 Baseline Remaining
Cumulative Work
 Baseline Remaining Tasks
 Cumulative Actual Work
 Remaining Actual Tasks
 Remaining Cumulative Actual
Work
 Remaining Cumulative Work
 Remaining Tasks

25. New Tasks Path Feature

26. New Inactive Tasks
 Project 2010
 Project 2013

29. App Store

30. Apps for Office

33. The Project Manager’s Mantra
 Location, Location, Location
 Communication, Communication,
Communication

34. The Old Way of Reporting in MS Project

35. New Reporting Capability
 Enhanced Reporting Engine
 Dashboard Reporting Built In.
 Excel Like Report Formatting
 Share and Integrate Between Other Microsoft Office
Applications (Word, Excel PowerPoint)

38. Next Step – Learn More

39. Q&A

40. Thank you for your time!
For more information please contact:
Principles of Execution LLC
Gerald Leonard PMP, MCTS, ITIL
Email: Gerald@principlesofexecution.com
Website: http://www.principlesofexecution.com