Upcoming MPUG Global Chapter Events and WebNLearns!
Featured Event: Jul 9, 2009 WebNLearn: Deploying an EPM Solution -- Learn from a Microsoft expert
This session looks at the benefits of an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution and investigates the different deployment options available. You'll learn how to improve team collaboration and communication, increase visibility to projects, and publish plans to a browser to drive stakeholder consensus.
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.
Jul 9, 2009 Deploying an EPM Solution -- Learn from a Microsoft expert
This session looks at the benefits of an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution and investigates the different deployment options available. You'll learn how to improve team collaboration and communication, increase visibility to projects, and publish plans to a browser to drive stakeholder consensus.
Jul 15, 2009: How to Create Executive Dashboards in Project Server 2007
Learn how to use the new Microsoft SQL Server ad hoc reporting tools and Excel to quickly create dynamic, visually appealing reports that provide insight into your most critical programs and projects.
Jul 24, 2009: Using Graphical Indicators and Gantt Chart Views to Create Executive Level Reporting in Microsoft Project
This session focuses on the development of dashboard views using graphical indicators and customizing Gantt Chart views in Microsoft Project. Through this session you'll learn how to: gather requirements to meet executive level reporting needs; apply logic to create formulas to support requirements for schedule and cost management; create stoplight indicators; and customize Gantt Chart Views with Indicators, filters/groupings, and bar styles. Presented by Chris Mauck with Jacobs Technology.
Aug 19, 2009: Learn from the MVP, How to Manage Programs in Project Server
Microsoft Project Server 2007 has powerful features that enable you to manage large programs (a group of projects), but there's no feature to turn on called "Manage Programs." In this session learn how to use Project Server and SharePoint to manage your most critical programs.
Aug 27, 2009 UK: Learn from the MVP Desktop Series
Join our MPUG UK chapter leaders and Mike Glen, Microsoft Project MVP, as they present "Microsoft Project Customization, Resource Assignment, and Leveling". Bring your questions, insights, and input to this informative online event.
Sep 23, 2009: Learn from the MVP: Use Workflow to Automate your Governance Process
SharePoint offers a powerful workflow engine that will benefit your Project Server 2007 users by automating manually documented processes. This session will teach you how to set this up step by step.
MPUG Global Chapter Events
Jul 21, 2009 Atlanta: Project Status Monitoring and Management using Microsoft Project
This presentation will examine the ways that project managers may use Microsoft Project to receive status updates, monitor project status, and proactively keep a project on course. Participants will learn about time sheets and how Project Server offers extended and needed capability over Project by itself. They will also learn how time sheets can be used. Presented by Dr. Dominic Thomas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University.
Jul 28, 2009 Delaware Valley: Project Server Deployment Success
Former Hershey Entertainment and Resorts PMO Myles Miller shares his recipe for Project Server deployment success, including use of custom training events around the technologies to drive acceptance and adoption. Miller and Neall Alcott, Springhouse VP of Technology Services, share their strategy for deploying the server environment.
Jul 30, 2009 South Africa: Basic Principles of EVM and How to Implement Them in Microsoft Project
Earned Value Management (EVM) gives a project manager the tools and techniques to report project progress against the baseline in a consistent and repeatable way. EVM further allows you to make forecasts about the estimated completion time and cost of your project. This presentation covers the basic principles of EVM and how EVM can be integrated into your project. Presented by Werner Meyer, ProjectLink Consulting.
Aug 4, 2009 Phoenix: Networking Event and Microsoft Project Certifications
Enjoy informal networking followed by a presentation on Microsoft Project certifications, which can help promote your scheduling skills! Pizza and door prizes provided!
Sponsored Events
Sep 14, 2009: Microsoft Project Conference 2009
Project Conference 2009 is the global event to attend. It’s sure to be one of the most exciting and valuable Project conferences yet with high-impact keynotes, 75-plus in-depth breakout sessions, hands on labs, demonstrations, and many opportunities to connect and collaborate with your peers, industry practitioners, certified partners and the Microsoft Project team. In the current economic climate, it’s vital to keep both your individual skills and organizational capabilities moving forward -– don’t miss the opportunity!
Note to Members!
These chapters are looking for volunteers who want to prove their leadership skills: Boise, Calgary, Columbus, Houston, and Nashville. Chapter officers can also earn 10 PDU credits per year for volunteering. Please contact chapters@mpug.com with any questions or visit the MPUG Chapter Advocates page to learn more.
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