MPUG at PMI: Reports from PMI's Global Congress 2011

• Socializing with Microsoft's Brian Ru
• Ask the Experts: Don't Add That Task Just Yet!
• How Monte Carlo Can Help You Make More Accurate Estimates
• Getting a Jumpstart with Project Server
• Creating a PPM Maturity Model
• A Two-Minute Education on Agile PM
• Extending Project Server with Control Functions
• An Easier Way to Get Those Schedule Estimates Out of People

Socializing with Microsoft's Brian Ru

Brian Ru, new product manager with the Microsoft Project group, talks about what he'll be doing for the community and shares the team's broad plans for using social media to reach out.

Ask the Experts: Don't Add That Task Just Yet!

Ask the Experts columnist Ellen Lehnert tells us why it's important to set up all of your calendar options before you start adding tasks to your project in Microsoft Project.

Monte Carlo for More Accurate Estimates

Tony Welsh has written four Monte Carlo simulations in his distinguished career. The latest provides risk analysis insight specifically for Microsoft Project.

Getting a Jumpstart with Project Server

Longtime Microsoft Product Manager Tad Haas recently joined SharkPro Software. Here Haas lays out how SharkPro Projects helps organizations jumpstart their use of Microsoft Project Server and hints at what we can expect in the near future.

Creating a PPM Maturity Model

Doc Dochtermann, Vice President of Microsoft consulting partner Advisicon and leader of the Project Management Institute's Community of Practice for Scheduling, describes a new initiative he presented on at the Global Congress and is guiding at PMI: development of a Project Portfolio Management Maturity Model.

A Two-Minute Education on Agile PM

Valerie Graves, Trainer at project and portfolio management company Sciforma, explains how agile project management differs from traditional project management.

Extending Project Server with Control Functions

The Project Group (TPG) America recently released Project Management Control System, a new application that provides extensions to Project Server. First customer: Microsoft. MPUG Contributor and TPG Senior Project Management Consultant Michael Steinberg explains what Control Server does and how Microsoft is using it.

Getting Those Schedule Estimates Out of People

Microsoft Partner DeltaBahn (formerly BlueBadges) introduced GET it! at PMI Global Congress. GET it uses Project 2010 and SharePoint to allow project managers and people who need to provide estimates on specific tasks to collaborate more easily. In this short clip Chief Engineer Vivian Dracon explains why she developed this inexpensive application.