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My Old Friend: The Right Mouse Button

I recently taught an open enrollment Microsoft Project 2013 Advanced class to a wonderful group of students here at EPMA. During the class, I suddenly realized how many times I had asked my students to right-click on something in the software to access a shortcut menu. Often times, the fastest way to perform a procedure Read more about My Old Friend: The Right Mouse Button[…]

Tracking Project Progress in Microsoft Project 2013

In this video you will learn how to track project progress in Microsoft Project 2013. Interested in how EPMA can help you with your project schedules? Contact us today at 1.888.444.EPMA or [email protected]. Thanks for watching! Please feel free to leave comments below or check out our other blogs on Microsoft Project, Project Server, SharePoint and Read more about Tracking Project Progress in Microsoft Project 2013[…]

Manually Scheduled vs Auto Scheduled – Part One

Microsoft Project gives you the choice between Manually Scheduling your projects or using Microsoft’s Auto Scheduling engine. The question is, which method do you prefer? The major difference between Manually Scheduled and Auto Scheduled Tasks is that the Manually Scheduled feature enables user controlled scheduling and gives the user responsibility to track schedules on any Read more about Manually Scheduled vs Auto Scheduled – Part One[…]

Force Check-In Projects in PWA

In this video you will learn How to Force Check-In Projects in PWA. Interested in how EPMA can help you with your projects? Contact us today at 1.888.444.EPMA or [email protected]. 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 Force Check-In Projects in PWA[…]

Using Budget Resources in Your Projects

Creating a Budget Cost, Budget Work, or Budget Material Resource Many users are probably aware that it is possible to create a Budget Cost resource in Microsoft Project 2010 or 2013, which allows you to specify an overall cost budget for your entire project. However, I suspect that most users do not know that it Read more about Using Budget Resources in Your Projects[…]

Key Causes of Project Schedule Corruption in Microsoft Project

EPMA have been getting a lot of support tickets recently from users that their schedules have become corrupted.  The most common scenario is this: “I opened up my project schedule and half of the task names are missing.” My first response is usually: “Did you have special characters in the schedule?” Their response will usually be: Read more about Key Causes of Project Schedule Corruption in Microsoft Project[…]

Estimating Work Effort and Duration in Microsoft Project

Have you ever estimated the duration for a task in Microsoft Project but wished that you could estimate real ‘Work Effort’? For Example; I have a task that is going to take 2 days to complete however, within that two days Tom is only going to spend 2 hours on completing the task… We can model this Read more about Estimating Work Effort and Duration in Microsoft Project[…]

Estimating Duration in Microsoft Project

In this video you will learn how Microsoft Project estimates duration. Interested in how EPMA can help you with your project schedules? Contact us today at 1.888.444.EPMA or [email protected]. 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. Follow Read more about Estimating Duration in Microsoft Project[…]