So far, I discussed the first three stages a company should follow in order to establish a PMO within the organization: Planning the Transition Creating a PMO Governance Identifying and Developing Project Managers Stage 4 – Creating a Project Methodology Now let’s focus on Creating a Project Methodology that fits the company’s culture. In order Read more about Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 4)[…]
These past couple of weeks I have been helping a Ship Construction Company here in Houston, Texas with their schedules. Their biggest concern is the amount of inefficiencies in their ship building process, so they were analyzing each task and simply estimating the duration for each one. By doing so, they were spiraling into the Read more about True Estimates = Efficient Projects[…]
Understanding Duration In the default Gantt Chart view, Microsoft Project automatically displays a Duration column to the right of the Task Name column. So, a good question to ask is, “What is Duration?”. According to the Project Help article about Duration in Microsoft Project 2013, Duration is “…the total span of active working time for Read more about Everything You Need to Know About Duration[…]
In this video you will learn how to clean cache in Microsoft Project 2013. Interested in how EPMA can help you with your project schedules? Contact us today at 1.888.444.EPMA or [email protected]. Thanks for watching! Please feel free to leave comments below or check out our other blogs on Microsoft Project, Project Server, SharePoint and Read more about How to Clean Cache in Microsoft Project 2013[…]
I know there are project managers out there managing their schedule using Project 2013 with Project Server when the need arises to replace a resource for a myriad of reasons. The instructions below will give you the steps you will need to replace the existing resource with a new resource. By using this method the Read more about How to Replace a Resource Already Assigned to a Task[…]
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I have been working with a company that wanted to model their parts ordering process in a Microsoft Project schedule. I.e. they want to order a part needed to complete a particular job. They also want to model any lead times involved with the parts as some can take up to 3 months to arrive Read more about ‘Just in Time’ Ordering in Microsoft Project[…]
In this video you will learn how to assign resources in Microsoft Project. Interested in how EPMA can help you with your projects? Contact us today at 1.888.444.EPMA or [email protected]. Thanks for watching! Please feel free to leave comments below or check out our other blogs on Microsoft Project, Project Server, SharePoint and Project Management Methodology. Read more about Assigning Resources in Microsoft Project[…]