Windchill® ProjectLink™ 7.0: The Practical Learning Experience

by Ron Watson, Global Product Data Manager, ITT Fluid Technology

Are you faced with projects that are plagued with?

• Too many status meetings
• Inability to rapidly iterate product information to develop collaborative decisions
• Lack of access to information needed to make decisions
• Lack of visibility into the project plan
• Lack of visibility into project risks and deliverable status
• Difficulty in maintaining the project plan
• Difficulty in providing external team members (e.g. customers and suppliers) with information without exposing sensitive corporate information.

This class may help you learn how to address some or all of these issues. 

The primary focus of this one day class is to inform and instruct the students on the practical use of Windchill ProjectLink 7.0 based on real-world usage.  Students will learn how to create, manage and share project information within a multi-site team environment.  Some of the basic skills that will be covered such as locating project information, logging in, accessing the built in tutorials, sharing, viewing and modifying documents.   Project Management functions such as creating/managing Milestones, Summary Activities, Activities, Deliverables and tasks related to the overall project will also be covered.  Windchill ProjectLink’s powerful activity based project management capabilities coupled with its web based document management core makes it a compelling process and technology solution for any organization.

Some Key Features of Windchill ProjectLink

• Secure, web-based, multi-site collaboration across the intra and internet
• Activity-based project management with team,
  schedule, and milestone creation and monitoring
• Master repository for team and project related data
• Parts and Product Structure
• Document Management
• Design Files
• Integrated viewing tools
• Change management
• Subscription and notification
• Discussion forums

Potential Students

This customized class is geared for any current user that wants to better understand the breadth of capabilities within the Windchill ProjectLink system.  For new users, it will also provide some of the necessary information for evaluating whether Windchill Projectlink is right for you and your organization.

Overview of Class Topics

Introduction to Portfolio, Program and Project Management Concepts

How to access ProjectLink

Overview of ProjectLink

Introduction to file and document management

Create folders and set access controls

Create links

Upload files

Create documents from templates

Modify documents

Overview of how to create parts and product structures

Overview how to create and modify parts from Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 models

Mark Up parts using ProductView

Communicate and collaborate with team members

Schedule and host meetings

Record meeting minutes

Route objects and assign tasks

Implement project plans

Overview of Microsoft Project integration

Create, update and manage

• Milestones
• Summary Activities
• Activities
• Deliverables
• Tasks

Plan and create projects.

Establish teams and resources

Project states