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Is your company talking about setting up a Project Management Office (PMO)? Does your company already have a PMO that may need to be rebuilt/re-launched? Smaller companies can afford to do without a PMO for some time and make do with a few people running current projects (PMO Level 0 Maturity – Nonexistent), but as Read more about Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 1)[…]
PROJECT SERVER 2010 SAVE ERROR While trying to edit and save a project file in Microsoft Project Server 2010, I received an error message: “An error has occurred when saving your project to the server. Please contact your administrator for assistance.” After researching this error, I found that this error message is usually received when Read more about Project Server 2010 Save Error[…]
Over the last decade, the number of companies that have established a Project Management Office (PMO) within their organization has more than doubled. The reason for this is because it is now clear that an effective PMO not only enhances project management performance, but also boosts the company’s overall performance. How does this happen when Read more about What Type of PMO does Your Company Need? And Why?[…]
There are several configuration settings available in Microsoft Project that control how the tool looks and behaves; many of the settings are merely personal preferences, but some of them can be dangerous to your project schedule if you do not understand and configure them properly. You can view or update these settings through the ‘Project Read more about Beware of the ‘Autolink Inserted or Moved Tasks’ Setting in Microsoft Project[…]
This is the first in a series of common mistakes that I see people making within Microsoft Project on a daily basis. This series will hopefully help you to avoid these mistakes and use the tool more efficiently. Mistake: Manually Scheduled Tasks as default When you first install Microsoft Project on your computer the default Read more about Common Mistakes People Make in Microsoft Project (1 of 5)[…]
Did you know there are several things about Microsoft Project 2013, you may not know. In the words of Farmers Insurance, “What you don’t know, can hurt you.” Let’s start with the Gantt chart display. When you update the project calendar (i.e., standard, overnight, etc.), the ‘non working time’ does not display on the Gantt chart. Read more about Something You Didn’t Know about MS Project 2013[…]
Today, while configuring Active Directory Resource Pool Synchronization for a client of ours, I ran into what seems to be a pretty serious issue. I was unable to save the AD group from the Settings page. When I went to click “Save” nothing happened, not even an error. I’ve configured this before for other clients Read more about Active Directory Synchronization Not Saving in PWA 2013[…]
You may initially think that Microsoft Project’s auto save feature can be a great life saver… but beware! When you save a project schedule in Microsoft Project — either manually or automatically — all of your ‘undo’ operations are removed. Prior to the save: After the save (notice the ‘Undo’ button on the Quick Access Read more about Beware of Auto Save in Microsoft Project![…]