Category: Project Management

How Can I Trust You to Manage a One Million Dollar Project if You Cannot Manage a One-Hour Meeting?

Posted on by Juan Rangel

Effectively managing a project requires — among other things — the ability to be organized and make the most effective use of people’s time. It also requires the respect of your project team… which you can quickly lose if you cannot run an effective project team meeting. If you have access to Project and Portfolio Read more about How Can I Trust You to Manage a One Million Dollar Project if You Cannot Manage a One-Hour Meeting?[…]

Instructions for creating a Master Project in Microsoft Project 2013

Posted on by Parthiv Bhuta

Microsoft Project allows you to link projects in a Master Project/Subproject Relationship. Here is a rundown on the steps. Open the project that will be the Master Project in Project Professional (you must be connected to the server). In the Ribbon, on the Project Tab Select Subproject In the Insert Project dialog box you will Read more about Instructions for creating a Master Project in Microsoft Project 2013[…]

Manager vs Leader

Posted on by Nichole Zimmerman

Managers are everywhere.  But what are managers? Dictionary.com states a manager is: 1) a person who directs or manages an organization, industry, shop, etc. 2) a person who controls the business affairs of an actor, entertainer, etc. 3) a person who controls the training of a sportman or team 4) a person who has a Read more about Manager vs Leader[…]

The Power of the Baseline in Microsoft Project

Posted on by Michael Samadi

A Baseline is essentially a snapshot of your project schedule, it should be captured once your schedule is complete and you’re ready to begin your project. The moment your project starts events will occur that you didn’t account for in your project schedule e.g. a resource that was assigned to a task, started later than Read more about The Power of the Baseline in Microsoft Project[…]

Art of Microsoft Project Scheduling: Using Milestones and the DBS

Posted on by Byungmin Park

Milestones are used in various ways in a Microsoft Project schedule, but are typically indicators of important dates, events, deliverables, or achievements in the project. Visually, a milestone is typically depicted as a black diamond in a Gantt Chart… again indicating an important point along the overall project timeline: The traditional, structured approach to developing Read more about Art of Microsoft Project Scheduling: Using Milestones and the DBS[…]

Microsoft Project Conference 2014 Sessions Now Available On Demand

Posted on by Parthiv Bhuta

Recorded sessions and PowerPoint presentations from the Microsoft Project Conference 2014, held February 2 – 5, 2014 in Anaheim, California, are now available on Microsoft’s Channel 9 web site. Video recordings can be streamed on demand or downloaded for offline viewing, and the accompanying PowerPoint presentations can be viewed in your web browser or downloaded Read more about Microsoft Project Conference 2014 Sessions Now Available On Demand[…]

Microsoft Project Conference 2014

Posted on by Michael Samadi

It was my great pleasure to be selected as a speaker at this year’s Microsoft Project Conference. I had over 80 people attend my session so I was very happy but also nervous. It was my first time presenting at an event like this so it was a real pleasure. Microsoft organized a training session Read more about Microsoft Project Conference 2014[…]

A Great Year!

Posted on by Michael Samadi

Well it has been another great year for us at EPMA. We have worked on some really interesting Projects and met some great clients that have made our jobs challenging, but at the same time very interesting. As a company we have helped hundreds of Project Managers to become familiar with the new and exciting Read more about A Great Year![…]