Author: Michelle Chambers

Enterprise Resources Need Vacations Too – Which Can Impact Your Project Timeline

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Yes, Project Resources Need Vacations Too… Everyone loves a vacation!  And most of us look forward to that much-needed (and mostly deserved) time away from work!  And, whether those vacations are ‘stay-cations’ or well-planned global adventures, the bottom line is, time off means resources will not be available for project work.  All Project Managers (PMs), Read more about Enterprise Resources Need Vacations Too – Which Can Impact Your Project Timeline[…]

Preventing Task Updates from Project Resources in Project Online

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With the use of Project Online, a common question is how Project Managers can control when project resources submit task updates or charge time, via timesheets, to their projects.  For example, if a task, with dependencies is scheduled to start 4 months in the future, and the project resource has access to the task in Read more about Preventing Task Updates from Project Resources in Project Online[…]

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Resource Allocations can Make or Break Your Project

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Over/Under-Allocated Resources Your project schedules may be outlined and detailed to perfection according to the project scope, agreed-upon deliverables, and organization standards and methodologies, however, if you’re not careful by the time for project execution, resource issues can overwhelm the project before the first status meeting. If your project resources are over-utilized across the organization, Read more about Resource Allocations can Make or Break Your Project[…]

Leveraging the MS Project Organizer

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The ‘Organizer’ within Microsoft Project (Standard and Professional) allows one to quickly copy various Microsoft Project objects (fields, groups, filters, calendars, tables, modules, reports, and views) from one Microsoft Project file or Enterprise Project schedule to another. Learn how leveraging the MS Project Organizer will help with your templates and elements. In a Microsoft Project Read more about Leveraging the MS Project Organizer[…]

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How To Use Deadlines in Microsoft Project

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When you’re working on a project, you need to understand how your different tasks will affect when your project ends in order to reach important deadlines. To help manage those important dates, Microsoft Project offers functionality to allow Project Managers the option to enter/set a deadline for any task in the project schedule. Deadlines in Read more about How To Use Deadlines in Microsoft Project[…]

Deleting An Existing ‘Auto-Approval’ Rule

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• WHO: Project Manager / Status Manager • WHERE: Project Online/Project Server PWA TO ACCESS THE ‘APPROVAL CENTER’: Access the ‘Approval Center’ by: a. Navigating to your Project Online environment. b. From the Quick Launch Menu, click the Approvals link (or ‘Approvals’ tile, if visible) to access Project Online’s ‘Approval Center’. TO DELETE AN EXISTING Read more about Deleting An Existing ‘Auto-Approval’ Rule[…]

Copying An Existing ‘Auto-Approval’ Rule

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WHO:              Project Manager / Status Manager                WHERE:         Project Online/Project Server PWA TO ACCESS THE ‘APPROVAL CENTER’: Access the ‘Approval Center’ by: a. Navigating to your Project Online environment. b. From the Quick Launch Menu, click the Approvals link (or ‘Approvals’ tile, if visible) to access Project Online’s ‘Approval Center’ TO COPY AN Read more about Copying An Existing ‘Auto-Approval’ Rule[…]

Running a Pre-Defined ‘Auto-Approval’ Rule In Project Server/Online

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TO ACCESS THE ‘APPROVAL CENTER’: Access the ‘Approval Center’ by: a. Navigating to your Project Online environment. b. From the Quick Launch Menu, click the Approvals link (or ‘ ‘Approvals’ tile, if visible) to access Project Online’s ‘Approval Center’ TO MANUALLY RUN AN ‘AUTO-APPROVAL’ RULE: 2.Click the ‘Manage Rules’ button located on the ‘Navigate’ section Read more about Running a Pre-Defined ‘Auto-Approval’ Rule In Project Server/Online[…]