Upcoming MPUG Global Chapter Events and WebNLearns!
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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.
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.
Mar 5, 2009 New York City WebNLearn: Give Your Project Workspaces a Facelift
One of the most powerful features in Project Server 2007 is the Project Workspace, which is created for each project in the system. These SharePoint collaboration web sites not only come with several powerful features "in the box" such as Issue logs, Risk logs, and Project Document libraries that help project team participants share information, but because they're built using SharePoint technologies, you can also easily add more features and change the design of the Project Workspace -- without the need for any custom programming. MCTS Tony Zink, MSProjectExperts, will show how to give your Project Workspaces a facelift by manipulating the built-in features, adding new features, and changing the overall look and feel of this powerful project collaboration tool.
Mar 11, 2009 WebNLearn: Portfolio Management and "Governance" -- What's It all about?
Governance and enterprise portfolio management are complementary processes and techniques that are mandatory in order for organizations to successfully support corporate strategic objectives. Implementing a portfolio dashboard without strong governance processes in place just makes poor execution more visible. And governance processes alone won’t allow executive decision-makers to continually evaluate the ever changing business environment or adjust IT priorities to effectively support the changes. This presentation will show the steps to creating a highly functional PMO to improve the ability of any organization to balance budgets, prioritize efforts, and easily plan resource requirements to provide real value to the organization. Presented by Serena Frank and Rich Murphy, Managing Partner, EPK.
Mar 18, 2009 WebNLearn: Microsoft Project for the Beginning User -- Learn from the MVP
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Apr 15, 2009 WebNLearn: Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User -- Learn from the MVP
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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
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MPUG Global Chapter Events
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 17, 2009 Atlanta: How to Apply Earned Value Management to Your Project Schedule
Most project managers have an idea of where they stand against their baseline schedule and budget. They say things like, "We are pretty close to schedule" or "We're about half done." However, it's better to be much more precise. Earned Value Management (EVM) gives you the tools and techniques needed to indicate where you currently are compared to your baseline schedule and budget. EVM also allows you to understand project trends so that you have a better understanding of the remaining work and cost needed to complete the project. This presentation provides an overview of EVM and how it is applied and integrated into your project. Note that this presentation is on the concepts of EVM. We won't be covering how EVM is used in Microsoft Project. Presented by Tom Mochal, PMP, president of TenStep.
Feb 17, 2009 Puget Sound: Project and Portfolio Management/Certification
First, Keshav Puttaswamy, GPM, Microsoft Project team, will share Microsoft’s view of the Project and Portfolio Management landscape, key investments made in Project 2007, and a peek into the future. Second, learn how to prepare for Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) exam, 70-632, covering the Microsoft Project desktop application. The prep sessions are led by Carl Chatfield, author of the popular Project Step by Step books.
Feb 18, 2009 Dallas: Project Tips and Tricks
Join us for an excellent presentation of Microsoft Project tips and tricks, appetizers, and networking.
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
Learn how to maximize the resource management capabilities of Microsoft Project in this session, led by Microsoft expert Ira Brown. The topics we'll cover include an overview of Project Server 2007, understanding resource pools, working with resource fields, assigning resources to projects and tasks, working with named and generic resources, managing allocation of resources, and resource reporting. Also presented as a WebNLearn session on the same day.
Mar 5, 2009 Boston: Harness the Power of MS Visio and MS Project Integration
Join Matt Roderman, Microsoft’s National Visio Sales Manager, and learn about the latest integrated Microsoft Visio and Project technology solutions for project managers. In this informative session, you will learn to use the Visio WBS Modeler to create and modify project plans using the graphical capabilities of Visio; create Visio timelines and export them to Microsoft Project; create Project reports with the Visio data pivot diagrams.
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 12, 2009 Brazil: Primeiro Encontro MPUG
In this first gathering of the Brazil chapter of MPUG, you'll learn what MPUG is and how you can benefit by joining. Then Reinaldo Barros and Ricardo Nobile (Microsoft Brasil) will speak about Project Portfolio Server 2007. Next, Barros will discuss SQL Server Reporting Service 2005 and Project Server 2007. Finally, Carlos Magno will demonstrate manual resource leveling in Microsoft Project.
Mar 12, 2009 Montreal Chapter Presents: Best Practices for Creating Project Schedules
Please join us at our Montreal chapter for a stimulating presentation and discussion of best practices in creating project schedules.
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 19, 2009 New York City: More Tips and Tricks with Microsoft Project and Project Server
Engaging and interactive speaker Gary Chefetz, Project MVP, will show you a number of powerful tips and tricks for effectively using Microsoft Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 in real-world projects. He will also discuss the Microsoft certifications for users of Microsoft Project 2007 and Project Server 2007, stressing that these certifications will allow you to prove you know what you say you know!
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.
Apr 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 have five copies of the Visio 2007 Bible by Bonnie Biafore to give away. Contribute your favorite advice or tip to our upcoming guide on project management wisdom and we'll put your name in a random drawing. Send your submission, along with name, city, state and MPUG chapter, to editor@mpug.com by Feb 18. Put "PM Wisdom" in the subject line. (Void where prohibited.)
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