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We're putting together a guide to project management wisdom, which we'll make available to members early in 2009. Submit your advice, tips, experiences, or formulas for success to editor@mpug.com. Be sure to include your name, city, state and organization! Put "PM Wisdom" in the subject line. MPUG WebNLearns 1/9/2009 Tips and Tricks 1/14/2009 Project Portfolio 1/20/2009 Baselining, Tracking, and Reporting 1/28/2009 Project Server and SQL Reporting Services 1/30/2009 SharePoint Dashboards MPUG Chapter Meetings 1/9/2009 Twin Cities 1/14/2009 St. Louis 1/14/2009 Dallas 1/21/2009 Toronto 1/21/2009 Baltimore-DC Metro 2/11/2009 St. Louis 2/13/2009 Twin Cities 2/24/2009 Sydney 3/11/2009 St. Louis Jobs Project Manager/Project Analyst, Omnicare, Indianapolis, IN Technical Project Manager, Fiserv, Morris Plains, NJ Associate Director, Project office, Abbott Labs, Illinois Senior Project Manager, Walmart, Brisbane, CA Sr. Technology Project Manager, JP Morgan Chase, Chicago Log in with your MPUG membership to gain access to the Career Center. Industry Events Optimizing Project Schedule with Limited Budget & Resources Using Microsoft Office Project 2007, webinar, 1/12/2009 Project Tracking & Reporting using Microsoft Office Project 2007, webinar, 1/13/2009 PMI AGC 12th International Seminars, Conference and Exhibition, Bahrain, 1/27/2009 Managing Multiple Projects Using Microsoft Office Project 2007, webinar, 2/16/2009 Microsoft® Office Project 2007: New Features and Benefits, webinar, 2/17/2009 3rd International Houston Conference on Project Management Best Practices, Houston, TX, 2/24/09 Microsoft Tech*Ed, Los Angeles, 5/11/09 Send your event details to editor@mpug.com. MPUG ResourcesMPUG Home Join MPUG Microsoft Office Project 2007 site MPUG 1143 Northern Blvd., #315 Clarks Summit, PA 18411 |
 Ask the Expert: Separating Time Completed from Work CompletedBy Ellen Lehnert, PMP, MCT Bob from Atlanta, GA asks: The primary tracking method we use is percent duration complete. I don’t want the hours that a resource works updated when I update the percent duration complete. Is this possible? Answer: Yes, you can turn off this feature if you would like. I feel it is appropriate in some cases but could cause problems in others, so consider the impact of turning this option off...  Extended Due to Popular Demand! Two Free Gifts with Your New MPUG Membership!
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 Certification Insider: Defining Working Times with Project 2007 Calendarsby Bonnie Biafore, PMP The Microsoft Project desktop certification exam, 70-632, has at least one question on each new feature in Project 2007, so you can expect some interrogation about new calendar features like work weeks and exceptions. Although these features take some getting used to, defining project work times is much easier than in earlier versions of Project... Featured Event: 1/14/2009 St. Louis: Visio Integration with Project. This breakfast meeting features Microsoft's Carson Shelly presenting on how to integrate flowchart application Visio with Microsoft Project.
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