There have been so many times in the past where I made several changes to my project (like adding new tasks, inactivating un-needed tasks, etc) only to find myself in a spot where it is impossible for me to know what changes I made as compared to my previous version. Luckily Microsoft heard my cries Read more about Comparing Projects[…]
Last month, I mentioned that communication is one of the biggest factors that can make or break your project and your career. Did you ponder on this? To many, status reports are tedious and annoying, but to a true project manager, status reports are a great contribution to the success of a project. Status reports serve as your record of Read more about Status Reports: Form of Communication 2[…]
Over the past few months I’ve been at one of our client’s site and have been in an Analyst role. I was tasked with helping resolve various issues users have been facing while using Microsoft Project Server 2010 as well as Microsoft Project Professional 2010. It has been a tremendous learning experience of figuring out Read more about Doctors in Project Management Tools[…]
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)[…]