PieMatrix Wiki

Welcome

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.

Your Own Settings

Email Settings

You can set whether you would like to receive notifications from PIEmatrix immediately or in a digest the next day
Go to Settings in the upper right-hand corner. Clicking on "Settings" will open a new tab in the browser.
On the left side bar choose "My Preferences - Email"
By clicking on the blue triangles next to, e.g., "Social Notifications", all options are displayed
Click on "Edit" on top of the page and edit as you see fit
Note the "Task Due Notifications" on the bottom as well which govern the daily update email from PIEmatrx

Log Out Timer

Under "My Preferences - Application" you can set how long it takes for PIEmatrix to log you out

Projects

Getting Started

Starting a New Project

Go to projects, click on project list, you'll see a "Create Project" button
Click on the "Create Project" button and a wizard opens
Name the project
Choose the right business unit in which you are working
Choose "Draft" mode, this will allow you to play with the project without any team members receiving notifications
It is a Best Practice to include a description of the project
Click next and choose a template, a basic template is EZ PM (your area), it has just three slices called "Plan", "Execute", "Close"
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
Click next - for most projects the defaults work fine
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
Click next - defaults are fine for most projects
Click create - the project gets created and you'll be asked whether you want to open the project
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

Templates

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: 8Videos: Most pages have a link to a video on the upper right-hand side (white area) with a video specific to the page you are on.

Tips: Most pages also have "Tips" which explain the main parts of a page right next to the video link
Click on "Help" on the upper right-hand side for access to the software's own Help Center
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

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