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Managing projects is a serious business. Time to invest in some serious learning. All around the world, Project Managers trust Microsoft Project to help them plan and manage billions of dollars across their projects, programs and portfolios. So why leave any of this to chance by not investing in the best training? 7 key reasons why Read more about Learn PPM from Microsoft MVPs[…]
Just a quick tip from me today. The first thing a Microsoft Project user should do when starting a new project is set up some high level information. This typically involves setting the project start date, the project calendar and any other project Meta data that needs to be captured. This quick tip will prompt Read more about Prompt for Project Information[…]
Earned Value (EV) is a method for measuring project performance.; it combines three parameters: scope, schedule and cost in a single integrated system. Earned Value provides you with a factual way of measuring project performance and predicting project outcomes. It enables you to report progress with greater accuracy and forecast any issues/risks ahead of time. Read more about The Concept of Earned Value[…]
Have you ever considered using the leveling tool in Microsoft Project? It can be a little confusing at times however, if you know what you’re doing it can be extremely useful! Check out this short video on how to level resources correctly: Thanks for watching! Please feel free to leave comments below or check out our Read more about Using the leveling tool in Microsoft Project[…]
A project charter can be as extensive or as brief as we need it to be, but as long as we cover the 8 most critical elements referred to in this video as the charter must-haves, we can greatly increase our chances of delivering a successful project. Interested in how EPMA can help you create Read more about 8 Project Charter Must-Haves[…]
The other day I was searching my outlook but I found that if I searched for a particular person it would bring back a long list of emails from that person but in addition any email they were cc’d in, it would also search the body of all emails and if that person’s name was Read more about Searching Emails Efficiently in Outlook[…]
If your using a Project Server 2010 solution and are restricting the ability to ‘Set a Baseline’ to a particular ‘Group’ of people, you may have noticed that Project Mangers that don’t have permissions to ‘Save a Protected Basline’ you will find that they are able to update attributes found in the ‘Baseline’ table (or they can insert these baseline values Read more about Reasons to Upgrade to Microsoft PPM 2013 That you May Not have Known[…]
Some people learn by reading and others by seeing, so here is a video tutuorial of my last blog on how to create project templates in Microsoft Project 2013: Thanks for watching! Please feel free to leave comments below or check out our other blogs on Microsoft Project, Project Server, SharePoint and Project Management Methodology. Read more about Creating Project Templates in Microsoft Project 2013 Tutorial[…]