General Steps for Creating and Managing a Project

Below we have listed the general steps you are most likely to perform in using MPM to track a project.

• Create a Global Set

• Create Logins for Users and Assign Access Privileges

• Create the New Project

• Create the Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)

• Create the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) Table

• Create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• Estimate the Project Baseline

• Enter Milestones and Select EVMs

• Enter Actuals

• Revise Estimates

• Replan the Project

• Maintain Program Logs

• Analyze the project graphically

• Generate Standard Reports

• Import and Export data

MPM is a complex product with many functions. How you use the product will depend on your specific environment. Some functions have prerequisites, for example you must create a WBS before you can estimate the project baseline. But you can use the functions in any order.

The majority of the functions listed above can be accessed from the Globals and Projects tabs in the MPM Menu Manager window.