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| May 27, 2009 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. |
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Win Friends Note to Members! MPUG is seeking articles from members on the following topics: worked on... I ever got... MPUG WebNLearns 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 Jul 24, 2009: Executive Level Reporting in Project MPUG Chapter Meetings Jun 2, 2009 Phoenix Jun 2, 2009 Frontrange Jun 3, 2009 Farmington, CT Jun 4, 2009 Boston Jun 4, 2009 Montreal Jun 5, 2009 Twin Cities Jun 8, 2009 Atlanta Jun 9, 2009 Baltimore-Wash, D.C. Jun 10, 2009 St. Louis Jun 12, 2009 Paris Jun 16, 2009 Stamford, CT Jun 17, 2009 Toronto Jun 18, 2009 New York City Jun 23, 2009 Melbourne Jun 23, 2009 UK Midlands Jun 24, 2009 SE Michigan Aug 4, 2009 Phoenix Sponsored Event Sep 14, 2009 Microsoft Project Conference 2009 For Officers Only LiveMeeting recording available for Apr 28, 2009 MPUG Chapter Advocates meeting. Download your chapter newsletter for distribution at your next meeting! To learn more, log in and visit the Chapter Admin site. MPUF Discussions Project 2007 Printing Plug-Ins? "Anyone ever heard of any add on software that would make ad hoc reporting easier?"" Protected actual: "For reporting do you use actuals or protected actuals?" 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: Member Home | MPUF. New in the Knowledge Base Project for the Advanced User -- Learn from the MVP Process, People, and Tools Project Server Reporting Portfolio Management Jobs Project Coordinator - Customer Programs, McKesson Health Solutions, Malvern, PA PV Project Manager, iPower, Novato, CA Specialist Project Management, Motorola, Plantation, FL Project Manager, CitiMortgage, O'Fallon, MO 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 |
 The Power of Local Resources in
Microsoft Project Server By Larry Christofaro, MCITP, MCTS, PMP Using local resources can help project managers enhance their project plans when more resource options are needed than what is available in an enterprise resource list...
Sponsored by MSProjectExperts  
Ask the Experts: When % Complete Won't CalculateBy Marc Soester, MVP Nancy asks, "My % Complete column has stopped calculating. Also, the Actual Duration and Remaining Duration are not being updated either. Actual Duration is always zero even though it’s well into the task. So Remaining Duration equals Duration. What would cause that?"
Answer: This one is really puzzling... Sponsored by Microsoft Project Conference 2009  Featured Event: Jun 8, 2009 Atlanta: Enterprise Project Management Best Practices This session emphasizes enterprise project management (EPM) best practices for each phase of the PMI five process groups (Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor/Control, and Close) when deploying Microsoft's project management tools, such as Portfolio Server 2007, Project Server 2007, and SharePoint Server v3.0. Come hear practical advice on matching the capabilities of these tools to your organization's needs and abilities to successfully leverage these powerful tools.
 How To Influence Tasks and Win Friends (in Microsoft Project) by Bonnie Biafore, PMP Task links, aka task dependencies or relationships, tell Project how tasks influence one another, which it uses to calculate task start and finish dates. This month's column describes the different types of task dependencies and different methods for creating and modifying them.
 "Everything is automatic. The coffee turns on at 7:00. The coffee smell goes upstairs at 7:10. They come down at 7:20. They go to work at 7:25 and we go up and get in their bed." |