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| February 10, 2010 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. | ||
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Note to Members: Show Your Face on the MPUG Home Page! MPUG is redesigning its home page at MPUG.com, and we'd like to show members as part of that! If you're a member, hit us with your best shot! Send your favorite headshot of yourself, along with your name to editor@mpug.com. MPUG WebNLearns Feb 11 Get a Shot of Microsoft Project Feb 25 Chicken Tips for Project Soup Mar 3 Creating a Custom Project Initiation Wizard in VBA Registration closes 24 hours before event. MPUG Chapter Meetings Feb 16 Puget Sound Feb 19 Tampa Feb 19 Twin Cities Mar 1 Delaware Valley Mar 9 Phoenix Mar 12 New York City Registration closes 24 hours before event. Sponsored Event May 17: BusinessAnalystWorld Toronto 2010 Jobs IT Project Manager/Sr. Project Manager, Peterbilt, Denton, TX Senior Project Manager, HCI, Paso Robles, CA Technology Project Manager, Excel Partners, Norwalk, CT Program Manager/Project Manager, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia HIM Project Manager, Joy Merrill, Sacramento, CA Project Leader, San Francisco Master Planner & Schedule for Corporate PMO, enXco, Escondido, CA To view these and other job postings, visit http://career.mpug.com/. New in the Knowledge Library Recorded WebNLearns: MPUG Certificate Programs: Microsoft Project Essentials To access resources, log in with your member name and choose Knowledge Library from the home page menu. MPUG Resources MPUG Home Join MPUG Contact MPUG Contact Chapter Relations Contact Newsletter Editor Contact Advertising Team Event Inquiries Microsoft Certification Microsoft Office Project 2007 site Microsoft Office Project 2010 site MPUG 1143 Northern Blvd., #315 Clarks Summit, PA 18411 |
 Certification Insider: Understand Critical Path By Bonnie Biafore, PMP The critical path sounds like a new rock 'em sock 'em blockbuster movie. In project management circles the critical path attracts as much attention as an award show's red carpet, but for very different reasons. It's the sequence of tasks (each one a critical task) with the longest duration, so it controls when a project finishes. If a delay occurs on the critical path, the project finish date slips. So, it's a good idea to keep your eye on the critical path, whether you're building your project schedule or trying to keep the project on track...
(Available to MPUG members only.) Sponsored by Versatile  The New Year's Resolution of a Project Manager MPUG recently invited its members and guests to tell us about your resolutions for the New Year. You came through loud and clear. Here we publicly post those resolutions to spur the project managers who made them to continue their efforts. We expect to report back in 2011 with success stories from each of these brave individuals. In the meantime, Joann, Lanka, Tom, Lynn, Andrew, Diane, Jim, and Robin, your books are on the way! Good luck with your quest!...
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Versatile's hands-on curriculum helps you learn proven best practices more completely and in less time. http://www.versatilecompany.com Featured Event: Feb 11: Get a Shot of Microsoft Project The New York City MPUG Chapter gives you a chance to get your Project questions answered by an expert. Presented by Jacques Goupil, this online session will share techniques that can fill in the gaps in your Project training, including coverage of Project 2007 enhancements, Project 2003 Resource Pools, the Portfolio View, and other topics that you, the viewers, want to cover. Submit your questions today!
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