Get Started with Project for the Web

Microsoft Project for the Web is a cloud-based project management platform that provides easy-to-use yet robust work management features. This makes it ideal for team members and project, program, and portfolio managers to plan and handle different types of work efficiently.

MS Project getting started

The key components of Project for the Web include:

Project Home: This feature provides an overview of essential roadmaps and projects. It offers easy access to recent and important projects. To display specific items in Project Home, you can mark them as “favorites.”

Roadmap: Project for the Web allows you to create roadmaps to gain a comprehensive view of your projects. You can select relevant items from each project to focus on key deliverables and investments. It also enables direct integration with different systems used within your company, allowing every team to use tools they used to. Additionally, you can track progress towards goals by incorporating key dates across projects, collaborate by sharing roadmaps with Microsoft 365 groups, rearrange project orders to highlight priority ones, and quickly monitor milestones and project stage statuses for timely issue detection.

Microsoft Project for the Web functionalities

Microsoft Project for the Web offers the following easy-to-use functionalities for efficient task management:

• Project Home
• Project Views
• Milestones
• Task Scheduling
• Dependencies and Summary Tasks
• Custom Fields
• Changes Filter
• Custom Rollup Number Fields
• Microsoft Project Desktop Schedule Import

Quick Start solution

Organizations often invest significant time in deploying and configuring Project for the Web, and they seek out-of-the-box functionalities for more effective project portfolio management. FluentPro provides a solution — Portfolio Accelerator for Microsoft Project for the Web. It enhances the PPM experience by providing a well-configured environment and expanding the capabilities of Project for the Web.

FluentPro Portfolio Accelerator is built on the Microsoft Power Platform. The solution helps get started with Project for the Web quickly and extend its capabilities. In addition, the Portfolio Accelerator automates your PPM processes entirely, and our team manages the entire deployment and configuration process. This will save a significant amount of time and effort on your end.

Portfolio Accelerator offers robust PPM solutions, including customized PPM strategy, project financials management, ideation, risks and issues prevention, and ready-to-use reports. With FluentPro, you can maintain control over changes, prevent scope confusion, allocate and manage budgets effectively.

Download the guide on how to get started with Project for the Web quickly and effortlessly

Why should you choose FluentPro?

Selecting FluentPro Portfolio Accelerator provides the following advantages:

1. Extension of Microsoft Project for the Web functionalities.
2. Quick start and ready-to-use environment.
3. Reduced workload and 90%-time savings on deployment.
4. Additional features, such as

• flexible project, program, and portfolio management,
• risk and issue management,
• change request management with an approval flow,
• budget allocation and management,
• embedded Power BI reports and real-time dashboards,
• employee engagement through idea sharing.

Advantages of FluentPro Portfolio Accelerator

FluentPro Portfolio Accelerator is an effective solution that streamlines your PPM processes, delivering valuable benefits to your organization.

• It eliminates hiring additional consultants, as Portfolio Accelerator provides a quick start for Project for the Web.
• The FluentPro team manages the deployment, effectively reducing time, complexity, and cost.
• Your organization can leverage a fully configured Microsoft Project for the Web environment tailored to your goals and requirements.
• Optimization and customization are precisely catered to organizational needs.
• Also, you will make more informed and enhanced decisions using predefined performance reports.

Final thoughts

After learning the basics of Microsoft Project for the Web, utilizing the FluentPro Portfolio Accelerator can significantly reduce the time and resources needed for management. With this tool, there is no need to hire a consultant or spend countless hours managing everything alone.

Get more tips on MS Project for the Web effective usage by reading the FluentPro blog