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| February 18, 2009 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. |
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Note to Members! We have five copies of the Visio 2007 Bible by Bonnie Biafore to give away. Contribute your favorite advice or tip to our upcoming guide on project management wisdom and we'll put your name in a random drawing. Send your submission, along with name, city, state and MPUG chapter, to editor@mpug.com on or before Feb 20. Put "PM Wisdom" in the subject line. (Void where prohibited.) MPUG WebNLearns Feb 26, 2009 Western NY: Resource Management Capabilities Mar 5, 2009 NorthEast Connection WebNLearn: Project Workspaces Mar 11, 2009 Portfolio Management and "Governance" Mar 18, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Beginning User Apr 15, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User Apr 24, 2009 "More Tips and Tricks" May 20, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Advanced User MPUG Chapter Meetings Feb 18, 2009 Dallas Feb 24, 2009 Sydney Feb 26, 2009 Western NY Mar 5, 2009 Boston Mar 6, 2009 Central Indiana (fee) Mar 11, 2009 St. Louis Mar 12, 2009 Brasil Mar 12, 2009 Montreal Mar 18, 2009 Toronto Mar 19, 2009 New York City Mar 20, 2009 Twin Cities Apr 8, 2009 St. Louis Apr 10, 2009 Paris MPUF Discussion "Kevin, If you are using Project desktop, you can create a master Project file, insert all the other schedules into that file, and then create links between tasks as if they were in one Project schedule. Or..." To participate in this MPUG Microsoft Project Users Forum discussion or post your own question, sign in at MPUG.com with your MPUG username and password, then head to MPUF here: http://www.mpug.com/ membercenter/pages/mpuf.aspx Jobs Microsoft Project Subject Matter Expert, EG&G, Dahlgren, VA Associate Director, Project Services, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD Project Manager, CNET Networks, Bridgewater, NJ Project Manager, Allstate, Northbrook, IL Project Scheduler, CH2M Hill, Colorado Springs, CO Log in with your MPUG membership to gain access to the Career Center. MPUG Resources MPUG Home Join MPUG Microsoft Office Project 2007 site MPUG 1143 Northern Blvd., #315 Clarks Summit, PA 18411 |
 Certification Insider: Ready! Set! Start Creating Tasks!By Bonnie Biafore, MVP After a few energetic sessions of breaking work down into bite-sized pieces (tasks), you’re ready to add those puppies to your Project file. Read on to build a project task list and nail Project certification exam questions at the same time. Plus, test your Project expertise on our practice question!... Sponsored by EPK Group  
Ask the Expert: The Strategies of Microsoft Project and Project ServerBy Ellen Lehnert, PMP, MCT, MCITP Gary in Muscatine, IA; Cindy in Madison, WI; and Pam of Silver Springs, MD write: I took a class in Microsoft Project 2007, and I'm still not sure how to create and manage a schedule. There are so many Microsoft Project Server 2007 options and features; I don’t know where to start. How come I can’t figure out how to make this work for me? Answer: Because Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project Server 2007 are like a game of chess... Featured Event: Mar 6 Central Indiana: Preparing for an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Deployment (fee) When an organization implements an EPM technology for the first time, it migrates from a decentralized to a centralized project management scheme. In this day-long workshop, you'll learn how to prepare your organization culturally, plus you'll gain hands-on experience in setting up migration requirements for a fictitious company. Featuring Gary Chefetz, MVP, CEO of MSProjectExperts; and Ludovic Hauduc, general manager of the Microsoft Project team. |
