| ID | Name | Duration | Start | Finish | Predecessors | Resources | Notes |
| | Project Server 2016 upgrade - waterfall |
| 1 | Plan for upgrade to Project Server 2016 | 5 days | 1/25/16 8:00 | 1/29/16 17:00 | | | http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=257357 |
| 2 | Review system requirements for upgrade | 1 day | 1/25/16 8:00 | 1/25/16 17:00 | | Server Administrator, Technical Analyst |
| 3 | Plan for clients | 1 day | 1/26/16 8:00 | 1/26/16 17:00 | 2 | Technical Analyst, Server Administrator |
| 4 | Gather information about your Project Server 2010 environment | 1 day | 1/27/16 8:00 | 1/27/16 17:00 | 3 | Server Engineer, Server Administrator |
| 5 | Plan to upgrade customizations | 1 day | 1/28/16 8:00 | 1/28/16 17:00 | 4 |
| 6 | Create an upgrade communications plan | 1 day | 1/29/16 8:00 | 1/29/16 17:00 | 5 | Project Manager |
| 7 | Prepare your environment for upgrade | 4 days | 2/1/16 8:00 | 2/4/16 17:00 | 1 | Server Administrator | http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=257359 |
| 8 | Deploy your Project Server 2016 destination environment | 1 day | 2/1/16 8:00 | 2/1/16 17:00 | | Server Engineer |
| 9 | Prepare your Windows PowerShell environment | 1 day | 2/2/16 8:00 | 2/2/16 17:00 | 8 | Server Engineer |
| 10 | Disable backward compatibility mode in your Project Server 2010 environment | 1 day | 2/3/16 8:00 | 2/3/16 17:00 | 9 | Server Administrator |
| 11 | Check your Project Server 2010 data for issues that can cause the upgrade to fail | 1 day | 2/4/16 8:00 | 2/4/16 17:00 | 10 | Server Administrator |
| 12 | Create backup copies of your Project Server 2010 farm databases | 1 day | 2/5/16 8:00 | 2/5/16 17:00 | 7 | Server Administrator | http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=257360 |
| 13 | Restore your Project Server 2010 farm databases for upgrade | 1 day | 2/8/16 8:00 | 2/8/16 17:00 | 12 | Server Administrator | http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=257361 |
| 14 | Upgrade your databases and Project Web App site collections | 14 days | 2/9/16 8:00 | 2/26/16 17:00 | 13 | Server Administrator | http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=257363 |
| 15 | SharePoint upgrade | 6 days | 2/9/16 8:00 | 2/16/16 17:00 |
| 16 | Check the SharePoint content database for errors that can cause upgrade to fail | 1 day | 2/9/16 8:00 | 2/9/16 17:00 |
| 17 | Attach and upgrade the SharePoint content database | 1 day | 2/10/16 8:00 | 2/10/16 17:00 | 16 | Server Administrator |
| 18 | Add your account as a secondary owner of the Project Web App site collection that you want to upgrade | 1 day | 2/11/16 8:00 | 2/11/16 17:00 | 17 | Server Administrator |
| 19 | Migrate users who are using Windows Classic authentication mode to claims based authentication (optional) | 1 day | 2/12/16 8:00 | 2/12/16 17:00 | 18 | Server Administrator |
| 20 | Check your Project Web App site collection for issues that can cause upgrade of the site to fail | 1 day | 2/15/16 8:00 | 2/15/16 17:00 | 19 | Server Administrator |
| 21 | Upgrade the Project Web App site from SharePoint 2010 mode | 1 day | 2/16/16 8:00 | 2/16/16 17:00 | 20 | Server Administrator |
| 22 | Project Server upgrade | 8 days | 2/17/16 8:00 | 2/26/16 17:00 | 15 |
| 23 | Consolidate your Project Server 2010 databases to a Project Services database | 1 day | 2/17/16 8:00 | 2/17/16 17:00 |
| 24 | Attach the Project Services database to the web application | 1 day | 2/18/16 8:00 | 2/18/16 17:00 | 23 | Server Administrator |
| 25 | Check your Project Services database for errors that can cause upgrade to fail | 1 day | 2/19/16 8:00 | 2/19/16 17:00 | 24 | Server Administrator |
| 26 | Upgrade the Project Services database | 1 day | 2/22/16 8:00 | 2/22/16 17:00 | 25 | Server Administrator |
| 27 | Mount the Project Web App instance | 1 day | 2/23/16 8:00 | 2/23/16 17:00 | 26 | Server Administrator |
| 28 | Check the Project Web App instance for issues that can cause upgrade to fail | 1 day | 2/24/16 8:00 | 2/24/16 17:00 | 27 | Server Administrator |
| 29 | Upgrade the Project Web App instance | 1 day | 2/25/16 8:00 | 2/25/16 17:00 | 28 | Server Administrator |
| 30 | Enable Project Web App features | 1 day | 2/26/16 8:00 | 2/26/16 17:00 | 29 | Server Administrator |
| 31 | Testing | 2 days | 2/29/16 8:00 | 3/1/16 17:00 | 22 |
| 32 | Test Sharepoint Server | 1 day | 2/29/16 8:00 | 2/29/16 17:00 | | Server Administrator, Server Engineer |
| 33 | Test Project Server | 1 day | 3/1/16 8:00 | 3/1/16 17:00 | 32 | Server Administrator, Server Engineer |
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