I was fortunate enough to speak at the PMI conference in Houston recently, the topic I spoke about was ‘Wave Planning with Project Server’. I promise the attendees that I would write a follow up blog so here it is: What is Wave planning? Wave planning is a dynamic method of assigning resources that allows Read more about Wave Planning with Project Server/Project Online[…]
Assigning cost resources to a task and tracking them is quite tricky in Microsoft Project. If you add a Work resource and a Cost resource to the same task, updating the percent completes only updates the cost of the Work resource. Let’s take a look. I have here a ‘Training’ task, assigned to Tom Henry Read more about Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks in Microsoft Project[…]
EPMA announced today that it will be a 3rd year Platinum Sponsor for the Houston PMI Conference & Expo from June 3 – 5, 2013. The 2013 PMI Conference & Expo slogan is “Leading the Way” and they plan to change things up from the past. This year the conference will allow attendees to earn over 20 PDUs and features Read more about Project Management Institute Houston Conference & Expo 2013: EPMA to be Platinum Sponsor[…]
Within Microsoft Project Sever you may find yourself needing to change the Project Manager of a project schedule from one person to another. To accomplish this there are two steps: The first thing that needs to be done is to set the ‘Owner’ of the project. Once you are the ‘Owner’ of a project schedule, Read more about Changing the Project Manager in Microsoft Project Server[…]
I just realized, it has been just over a year since I started working at EPMA. Time does fly by when you are having fun ! In the past year I have got more experience in the field of Enterprise Project Management than I ever imagined. All this couldn’t have been possible without an amazing Read more about A Year at EPMA![…]
This is the first in a series of Blogs that will briefly cover some of the new features of Microsoft’s latest release of Project; Project 2013. The Highlight Task Path Feature One of the most obvious new features to Project 13 is located in the ‘Format’ Ribbon. It is called the ‘Highlight Task Path Feature’. Read more about Task Path Highlighting in Microsoft Project 2013[…]
I am happy to announce that I have been accepted to speak at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach on a session titled “SharePoint Project Lifecycle Governance using Project Server 2013” on January 5, 2013. It’s an awesome way to kick-off the new year and I am very excited about it. This session demonstrates how SharePoint and Read more about Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach #SPSVB #ProjectServer2013[…]
“So what is the difference between % Complete and % Work Complete ?” Or “Why does Microsoft project have two different fields to track progress?”. These are some of the most common questions asked by a new Microsoft Project user. Well, I am hoping to answer these questions through this blog. Before I can start, Read more about %Complete Vs %Work Complete[…]