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Communication – Why is it so hard? (Part 2)

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)[…]

Fall / Winter Webinar Series

EPMA offers free, live webinars throughout the year aimed at helping Project Management Professionals in their careers. This is a great opportunity to learn something new as well as to network with other professionals across the country and around the world. We hope that you will join us online for our next event. This October, Read more about Fall / Winter Webinar Series[…]

Capturing Performance Counters for SharePoint and Project Server into the Logging Database (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)[…]

Microsoft PPM 2013 Project Sites: Manipulating the Quick Launch Menu in Project Server/Project Online

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[…]

What Does ‘Load Summary Resource Assignments’ in Microsoft Project do?

For those of you out there that connect Microsoft Project to Project Server/Project Online/PPM, you have probably come across this but like many others ignored it on several occasions. When you first launch Microsoft Project, you are prompted to select which ‘Profile’ or ‘Account’ you would like to connect to. You will also notice there Read more about What Does ‘Load Summary Resource Assignments’ in Microsoft Project do?[…]

Using “Split View” to display Reports and Gantt Chart together in MS Project 2013

I am pretty sure many of you using MS Project 2013 already know this one, but I just woke up to it, and documenting it for the rest of the population. One cool thing about Reports in Project 2013 is that they can be used in a Split View, like the timeline. For example, you Read more about Using “Split View” to display Reports and Gantt Chart together in MS Project 2013[…]

Start and End date do not align with task duration?

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?[…]

How to View When a Task Was Added to a Microsoft Project Schedule

The built-in ‘Created’ field can quickly display when (date and time) a task was originally added to a Microsoft Project Schedule. Surprisingly, this hidden gem is not exposed in any built-in Microsoft Project tables, but you can easily add it to any Task table to see when each task was added to the project. This Read more about How to View When a Task Was Added to a Microsoft Project Schedule[…]