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Purpose of the PIEmatrix Wiki

Welcome to the PIEmatrix Wiki. This Wiki contains publicly accessible documentation contributed and maintained by anybody interested in working with PIEmatrix.

What goes in the PIEmatrix Wiki?

Some examples of content are:

• What are the benefits of using PIEmatrix
• How to get a PIEmatrix account
• How to start a project
• Examples of what PIEmatrix can be used for
• What a department should be mindful of when using PIEmatrix

Guidelines for consistency

• Users are strongly encouraged to watch Wiki pages with content that relates to their functional work in order to ensure content is accurate and current.
• Do not create lengthy Wiki articles. Instead, organize content thematically and create links between relevant content using Hyperlinks and Categories.
• Add/update content on wiki stub (incomplete) pages.
• Create a Table of Contents (if page is NOT short) by adding section headings (if the page includes 4 or more sections, add a Table of Contents)
• Assign tags/categories to each page. Categorize carefully and frequently. Check for relevant tags/categories before creating new categories.

Who can contribute content to the PIEmatrix Wiki?

Anyone. (Individuals watching a Wiki page will receive automatic notification of changes made to Wiki articles. Changes may be reverted at any time.)

Getting Access

• Any interested user can get a Free Trial by clicking on the button on the PIEMatrix website button.
• At Middlebury College contact Corinna Noelke
• At Champlain College contact Tee Mulhall
• At Saint Michael's College contact Joann Trottier
• Any Faculty, Student, and Staff can get a PIEmatrix account. If you would like to work with outside vendors on projects in PIEmatrix, they can be set up with a PIEmatrix account as well.

Usage Policy

• Be mindful of the information contained in files that are uploaded into PIEmatrix
• At Middlebury College be mindful of the following policies: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and the Data Classification Policy

PIEmatrix Login and Use

• Once your PIEmatrix account has been created, you will receive an email from PIEmatrix with a temporary password.
• Go to Piematrix website and log in using your full email address with which you registered.
• At Middlebury College this would be (xxxxx@middlebury.edu) or (xxxxx@miis.edu) and your assigned password.
• When you log in with that password you will be asked to change your password.
• PIEmatrix works on all browsers.
• PIEmatrix requires Adobe Flash to be installed.

Projects

Getting Started

Starting a New Project

1. Go to projects, click on project list, you'll see a "Create Project" button
2. Click on the "Create Project" button and a wizard opens
3. Name the project
4. Choose the right business unit in which you are working
5. Choose "Draft" mode, this will allow you to play with the project without any team members receiving notifications
6. It is a Best Practice to include a description of the project
7. Click next and choose a template, a basic template is EZ PM (your area), it has just three slices called "Plan", "Execute", "Close"
8. Drag people into the roles: you are likely the "Project Manager", the "Project Administrator" might be your supervisor, include in "Team" everybody you think will be involved in this project
9. Click next - for most projects the defaults work fine
10. Click next - add tags that will help you find the project, these should be keywords like FY15, Name of Area this project is in, etc., be mindful of spelling, tags cannot be deleted
11. Click next - defaults are fine for most projects
12. Click create - the project gets created and you'll be asked whether you want to open the project
13. Note: at any given time the parameters entered into the wizard can be changed by going to the blue info button in the upper right-hand corner when you are in the project

Need Technical Help with your Project?

PIEmatrix provides the best resources for technical questions about PIEmatrix use so you can get help when you need it:

• A Live Chat link found at the bottom right of the Helpcenter when you are logged into PIEmatrix.com
• Phone support: 802.318.4891
• Email support: support@piematrix.com

Wiki Edit Help

• You may wish to use your userpage (click on your name at the top when logged in) to practice or "test" new content to make sure it looks good, before copying and pasting it elsewhere.
• Wiki Cheatsheet
• User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
• Configuration settings list
• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki release mailing list