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| May 13, 2009 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. | ||
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Successors Availability Schedule Note to Members! MPUG is seeking articles from members on the following topics: worked on... I ever got... MPUG WebNLearns May 20, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Advanced User Jun 3, 2009 Got Project Professional? Jun 4, 2009: Managing Programs in Tough Economic Times Jun 19, 2009 More Tips and Tricks from Gary Chefetz Jun 26, 2009: Fully Enabled Project Portfolio Management MPUG Chapter Meetings May 13, 2009 St. Louis May 15, 2009 Twin Cities May 19, 2009 Atlanta Jun 2, 2009 Phoenix Jun 2, 2009 Frontrange Jun 3, 2009 Farmington, CT Jun 4, 2009 Boston Jun 5, 2009 Twin Cities Jun 8, 2009 Atlanta Jun 9, 2009 Baltimore-Wash, D.C. Jun 10, 2009 St. Louis Jun 16, 2009 Stamford, CT Jun 18, 2009 New York City Jun 24, 2009 SE Michigan Aug 4, 2009 Phoenix Sponsored Events May 27, 2009 Custom Toolbars and Screens Sep 14, 2009 Microsoft Project Conference 2009 MPUF Discussions "I want to create an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) by inserting the individual MS Project files that reside on SharePoint 2007 within a Master Project File that will also reside on SharePoint 2007..." "I just completed an 1100 line project schedule in MSP 2007. When using the "Critical" filter, a set of 15 tasks at the end of the project is displayed..." "...As far as collaboration, we are interfacing to the issues and project/tasks areas first. Are there other integration points MPUG users see as possibly beneficial?..." 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 Jobs Microsoft Project Master Scheduler, Achieve-it, Columbia, MD Project Manager (12 Week Summer Internship), AllState, Northbrook, IL Operations Project Manager, Citi, O'Fallon, MO Project Manager - Client Technical Implementations, JPMorgan, Chicago, IL Project Controls Specialist, EG&G/LSI, Batavia, IL Installations Project Specialist, Fiserv EFT, Portland, OR 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 |
 Scheduling Master: Finish to Start SuccessorsBy Jim Aksel, PMP, PMI-SP, MVP In addition to creating schedule logic the way people ordinarily perform their business activities, it's important from a scheduling logic perspective to also include at least one Finish-To-Start successor to each detail level task in a Microsoft Project schedule model. To illustrate this, I'm going to use a wildly exaggerated example...
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Ask the Expert: Creating a Limited Resource Availability ScheduleBy Ellen Lehnert, PMP, MCT, MCITP Ira H. of Northbrook, IL asks: I have a schedule for a short project where the resources are working on other projects as well. Because of this, I can’t assign any of the resources to more than 15 hours per week. What is the best way to create this schedule and keep the assignments at this level of effort?
Answer: It seems that most schedulers and project managers are constantly trying to balance limited resource availability for projects. Microsoft Project can help you create this type of schedule as long as you give it all of the information that it will require... Sponsored by Microsoft Project Conference 2009  Featured Event: Jun 4, 2009 Boston: Building Collaborative Teams Collaboration is when one team can move synergistically together towards one common vision. It’s a place where communication flows and creativity flourishes. Join DecisionEdge's Kimberly Joyce as she shows how a strong collaborative team can improve project performance.
How Gantt Chart-Literate Are You: The Puzzler Solution In Eric Uyttewaal's last article, "How Gantt Chart-Literate Are You?" he posed a challenge that many of you took him up on. Only one person noticed that if an entire portfolio is scheduled to start on April fool’s day, it can't be taken too seriously. However, here is his solution from that puzzler.
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