I was sitting in one of Tom Henry’s training classes earlier this week when a new feature of Microsoft Project 2013 was noticed. When making a task inactive in Project 2010 the task was automatically shot back to the project start date. You would then have to add an additional predecessor to the next task Read more about Inactive Tasks in Microsoft Project 2010 vs. Project 2013[…]
When managing a project, one of the most important things to do is establish communication. Communication is one of the biggest factors that can make or break your project and your project management career. While a project can have many risks and issues affecting it, a project still has the potential of closing successfully. However, if Read more about Status Reports: Form of Communication 1[…]
I have been working in the Project and Portfolio Management realm for a number of years now. Over the years I have seen clients run projects in numerous industries ranging from Financial Institutions in London to Oil & Gas Companies in Houston. I have seen many failed implementations where people have hired a bunch of Read more about Baby Steps to a Successful PPM Implementation[…]
I have worked with Project Managers from various backgrounds that have used all kinds of technologies to create project schedules no matter what their background or technology expertise is they always have the same questions: “What level of detail do I need to go into?” “How do I update project progress once my project has Read more about Updating Project Progress[…]
Picking up where we left off on my last posting, we were talking about DiSC and how do you know which quadrant or quadrants you are in. The easiest and most accurate way is to take a DiSC profile. I am sure there are multiple places where you can purchase the profile. I purchased mine Read more about Communication – Why is it so hard? (Part 2)[…]
Last Blog, I have showed you how to setup the performance counters for Project Server and SharePoint to start recording into the SharePoint Logging database. Today, I will walk you through how to query the data in the Logging DB to extract the performance counters and their values. The new Performance Counters we created last Read more about Capturing Performance Counters for SharePoint and Project Server into the Logging Database (Part 2)[…]
When using Microsoft Project Server/Project Online/PPM you get very familiar with the Quick Launch Menu. This menu runs along the left side of the screen and contains links to all of the “frequently used” pages within PWA. Some of the standards links would be Project, Tasks, Timesheet, Resource, etc. Most of these links will prove Read more about Microsoft PPM 2013 Project Sites: Manipulating the Quick Launch Menu in Project Server/Project Online[…]
Few days ago one of our client called me and said “There seems to be a bug in Microsoft Project, it is unable to calculate the correct finish date for one of my tasks.” He further added saying “I do not have any constrains or resources assigned to this task yet, but, if I manually Read more about Start and End date do not align with task duration?[…]