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| April 1, 2009 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. |
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Note to Members! Visit the "Insider's Guide to the Microsoft Project Conference" to learn how to propose a session, save 15% off the price of registration, and find nine other reasons for attending the event this September. MPUG WebNLearns Apr 2, 2009 Advanced Tips & Tricks Apr 15, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User Apr 24, 2009 Tips and Tricks from Gary Chefetz May 7, 2009 Visual Reports Unleashed May 20, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Advanced User MPUG Chapter Meetings
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Apr 7, 2009 Frontrange Apr 8, 2009 St. Louis Apr 10, 2009 Paris Apr 16, 2009 Connecticut Apr 17, 2009 Twin Cities Apr 21, 2009 Atlanta Apr 21, 2009 Puget Sound Apr 28, 2009 London Apr 30, 2009 Sydney Apr 30, 2009 Manchester Apr 30, 2009 San Francisco May 5, 2009 Melbourne May 5, 2009 Central Indiana May 12, 2009 Chicago May 13, 2009 St. Louis May 15, 2009 Twin Cities May 19, 2009 Atlanta Jun 3, 2009 Connecticut Jun 8, 2009 Atlanta Jun 10, 2009 St. Louis Jun 18, 2009 New York City Sponsored Events Next Chapter Leader Webcast, Apr 7, 2009, Noon EDT. On the agenda:
MPUF Discussion "What prevents a task from baselining? I have tasks a single day and greater in duration without any resources assigned that won't baseline..." To participate in this MPUG Microsoft Project Users Forum discussion, sign in at MPUG.com with your MPUG username and password, then head to MPUF here: http://www.mpug.com/ membercenter/pages/mpuf.aspx New in the Knowledge Base Portfolio Management and Governance: What's it all about? Microsoft Project for the Beginning User - Learn From the MVP NorthEast Connection WebNLearn: Give Your Project Workspaces a Facelift Central Indiana WebNLearn: Microsoft Project Scheduling Theory Using SQL Reporting Services with Project Server 2007 To access these WebNLearn recordings, log in with your member name and choose Knowledge Library from the home page menu. Jobs Microsoft Project Schedule Analyst, DEI Services, Orlando/Winter Park, FL Project Manager, AAI/Textron, Hunt Valley, MD Project Engineer III, Goodrich, Chula Vista, CA Senior Project Manager, Laura Mercier Cosmetics/ReVive Skincare, New York 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: Arranging TasksBy Bonnie Biafore, PMP For the 70-632 certification exam the difference between summary tasks and lowest-level tasks might be the most important task organization fact to remember. But learning the tricks of the task arrangement trade can help you pass the test -- and save you tons of Microsoft Project wrangling over the years. Plus, take our one-question test to see how well you know tasks... Sponsored by IIL  
Ask the Expert: When Scheduling, Start at the Beginning By Mike Glen, MVP A reader writes: My boss has said the project must be finished by 8 July. I've tried scheduling from the end date, but is there a better way? Answer: Probably! Scheduling from the end date can be set via Project | Project Information… | Schedule from: | Project Finish Date. Note the words underneath: “All tasks begin as late as possible." Therein lies the rub -- every task is now critical and the project has lost all its flexibility and is likely to be doomed to failure! Sponsored by Microsoft Project Conference 2009  Featured Event: Apr 21, 2009 Atlanta: Project Estimating with Microsoft Project Learn how Microsoft Project can be used more effectively to apply task estimating best practices and processes -- processes that successfully add value to each of PMI's 5 Process Groups: Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor/Control, and Close. Presenter Lee Cash, Senior IT Project Manager for the CDC's Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD), will give real world examples on how to use Microsoft Project to systematically improve task estimating practices, processes, and results.
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