Upcoming MPUG Global Chapter Events and WebNLearns!
MPUG Global WebNLearns!
Finding it hard to attend meetings in person right now? Hone your Microsoft Office Project skills and stay up with professional networking through MPUG WebNLearns -- delivered via LiveMeeting on your computer and an Internet connection.
Jan 30, 2009 Twin Cities WebNLearn: Building SharePoint Dashboards
Everything in SharePoint is a list, which works great when you're managing the sea of data that is needed for true team collaboration. But how do you present this data in a format that provides project status to your sponsors? This LunchNLearn will give you the tools you need to turn SharePoint data into a straightforward, accessible dashboard. You will learn how to display Gantts, graphs, and usable data from SharePoint and other sources to enable your sponsors to make better-informed decisions. Presented by Digineer's Larry Christofaro.
Feb 10, 2009 Central Indiana WebNLearn: Microsoft Project Scheduling Theory
In this session presenter Chris Oxtoby, MCP, will define task, resource, assignment, work and duration; explain the scheduling equation; lay out task types; discuss effort-driven scheduling; present the scheduling settings in Microsoft Project; cover scheduling Smart Tags; and provide a scheduling demonstration with Microsoft Project. He'll also share best practices and answer your scheduling questions. This meeting is also available as an in-person meeting on the same day.
Feb 18, 2009 Webinar: Resource Leveling, Critical Path, and Critical Chain, Module 4 (fee)
Presented by Intel IT Microsoft Project server Product Manager Spencer Lamoreaux, this session will focus on core and advanced techniques for leveling resources while staying aware of the critical path and critical chain. You'll learn techniques to manually handle resource over-allocations, discover how to use the automated resource leveling features of Microsoft Project, gain special views to clearly see both resource allocations and the critical path; and get an understanding of the critical chain or critical resources using concepts of the Theory of Constraints.
Feb 26, 2009 Western NY WebNLearn: Maximizing the Resource Management Capabilities of Microsoft Project
Ira Brown, well known Microsoft Project book author, will share how to maximize the resource management capabilities of Microsoft Project. He'll provide an overview of Project Server 2007, explain resource pools, show how to work with resource fields and assign resources to projects and tasks, and demonstrate how to work with named and generic resources, manage allocation of resources, and perform resource reporting. This event is also available as an in-person meeting simultaneously.
Mar 18, 2009 WebNLearn: Microsoft Project for the Beginning User -- Learn from the MVP
Details to come.
Apr 15, 2009 WebNLearn: Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User -- Learn from the MVP
Details to come.
Apr 24, 2009 WebNLearn: More Tips and Tricks from eDale, MVP
Please join us for another round of Microsoft Project and project management tips and tricks, presented by lively and engaging trainer Dale “eDale” Howard, MVP.
May 20, 2009 WebNLearn: Microsoft Project for the Advanced User -- Learn from the MVP
Details to come.
MPUG Global Chapter Events
Jan 29, 2009 San Francisco: MPUG Presents: Personality Types and Predictable Projects
In this two-topic session, Gilles de Bordeaux, PMP, DESS, will warm-up the audience with a session entitled, “Personality Types and Project Management." Then Oliver Gildersleeve will follow with his session, “Predictable Projects." De Bordeaux is a director of project management, quality assurance, documentation, software applications development and operations teams. Gildersleeve is a contract project manager who teaches, both project management and sailing.
Feb 3, 2009 Phoenix: Tips and Tricks on Project 2007 Certification
Presented by Robert Happy, with PMPractice.
Feb 3, 2009 Frontrange Colorado: Utilizing Enterprise Collaboration Tools to Better Manage Projects
Speaker John T. Kelly, consultant with Microsoft Enterprise Services, will explain how to use enterprise collaboration tools to better manage projects.
Feb 4, 2009 Chicago: Leveraging technologies to maximize reporting in Project Server 2007
This sesson on leveraging technologies to maximize reporting in Project Server 2007 will cover various reporting options and topics, including: standard and visual reports in Project Professional; dataViews in Project web access using the OLAP cube; SQL Reporting Services; Excel Services; business objects; and extending the Microsoft Reporting database. Presented by Mike Brown, JP Morgan.
Feb. 6, 2009 Paris: Deuxième réunion du groupe utilisateur
Au programme de cette deuxième réunion: 1) Gestion des activité récurrentes; 2) Ressources budgets/coûts; 3) Gestion des risques.
Feb 10, 2009 Central Indiana Chapter: Microsoft Project Scheduling Theory
Join us to discuss Microsoft Project Scheduling Theory with expert Chris Oxtoby, MCP. Chris will deliver a presentation covering
definitions; the scheduling equation; task types; effort driven scheduling; setting scheduling settings in Microsoft Project; scheduling smart tags;
scheduling demonstration with Microsoft Project; and best practices. This meeting is also available a WebNLearn presentation on the same day.
Feb 11, 2009 St. Louis: Reporting: Project Level, Portfolio Level, Custom Cubes
Please join the St. Louis Regional Chapter of the Microsoft Project Association for breakfast, networking and an informative presentation.
Feb 13, 2009 Twin Cities: Integrating Project Server and Project Portfolio Server
This is the third session of a three part series aimed at expanding your knowledge on what is project portfolio management and how Project Portfolio Server delivers. This last session will focus on the integration between Microsoft Project Server and Portfolio Server along with the in-flight project dashboard reporting functionality.
We will do a quick refresher overview of what was covered during sessions one and two, and then dive into the remaining functionality. Presented by Colin Leckie with Digineer.
Feb 18, 2009 Dallas: Microsoft Project Tips and Tricks
Details to come.
Feb 24, 2009 Sydney: MS Project Server Integration with Sharepoint
In this two-topic session, Shimron Shimla, practice manager for software development from NT Solutions, will present on how to integrate Microsoft Project Server with Sharepoint and Ian Baxter, GM from the Australian Institute of Project Management, will explain what the AIPM is and how it can serve you.
Feb 26, 2009 Western NY: Maximizing the Resource Management Capabilities of Microsoft Project
Ira Brown, well known Microsoft Project book author, will share how to maximize the resource management capabilities of Microsoft Project. He'll provide an overview of Project Server 2007, explain resource pools, show how to work with resource fields and assign resources to projects and tasks, and demonstrate how to work with named and generic resources, manage allocation of resources, and perform resource reporting. This event is also available as a WebNLearn online meeting simultaneously.
Mar 6, 2009 Central Indiana: Preparing Your Organization for an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Deployment (fee)
Whether you're thinking about implementing an EPM solution for the first time or planning a system migration, you should manage your deployment or migration like a project. All EPM deployments are migratory in nature. When an organization implements and EPM technology for the first time it migrates from a decentralized project management scheme to centralized project management scheme. It is not surprising, then, that system-to-system migrations require the same careful steps that apply to new implementations, even if you can execute them more rapidly. 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.
Mar 11, 2009 St. Louis: Create Project Forms/Templates in SharePoint 2003 & 2007
This breakfast meeting will provide a presentation on how to create Microsoft Project forms and templates to be housed in SharePoint 2003 and 2007.
Mar 18, 2009 Toronto: Giving Business What They Want: Is Scheduling the Problem or the Solution?
Organizations invest time and money adopting “mature” scheduling disciplines but soon feel they are not getting the benefit they expected and feel overwhelmed by the administrative overhead. The key lever for driving programs successfully is accurate status and reliable estimation. There is a pragmatic flexible way to do this without having to adopt unwieldy project management processes that interfere with delivery. Presented by Adam Roberts, with PCubed Canada.
Mar 20, 2009 Twin Cities: Microsoft Visio example solutions for Project Management, Portfolio Management, & Product Lifecycle Management
Daniel Rohwer from Visibility.biz will present a firsthand look at customer solutions that extend Microsoft Visio beyond the box to integrate with Microsoft Project, Project Server, and product lifecycle management applications in order to help organizations better communicate project, portfolio, and PLM status.
April 8, 2009 St. Louis: Cultural Impact of Implementing MSP
This roundtable breakfast meeting will explore the cultural impact of implementing Microsoft Project in your organization.
Share Your Project Management Wisdom
We're putting together a guide to project management wisdom, which we'll make available to members in 2009. Submit your advice, tips, experiences, or formulas for success to editor@mpug.com. Be sure to include your name, city, state and organization! Put "PM Wisdom" in the subject line.
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