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Back to Basics: How to Start a Project?

Aristotle was a great philosopher, but it’s my belief that if he had lived today, he would have become a great project manager. Living in 4th century B.C., Aristotle wrote a series of books on politic...

Misconception #4: Managing Resources in Project is Too Hard

Managing resources in Project is certainly not simple. If you’ve worked in Primavera or other scheduling tools, you know there’s even more complexity for how to utilize resources. Of course, there are...

What frustrates the Microsoft Project User Community?

We surveyed MPUG members asking, “What is your biggest frustration, issue, bug, or pain point with the Microsoft Project tool?” The results are in….     We’re addressing th...

Microsoft Project Custom Reporting with Excel – Transcription

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Chamberlain’s session, Microsoft Project Custom Reporting with Excel, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may ...

How To Modify Microsoft Project for the Web Using Custom Fields – Transcription.

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Nenad Trajkovski’s session, How To Modify Microsoft® Project for the Web Using Custom Fields, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of ou...

Exploring VBA: Microsoft Project’s Macro Language – Transcription

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ira Brown’s session, Exploring VBA: Microsoft Project’s Macro Language Part I, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You ...

Integrating Top Down Budgeting and Cost Management with Microsoft Project

If you are an IT Project Manager, you’ve probably faced a moment where you’ve said something like this to yourself, “I’ve been appointed as the PM for this major project. It’s starting soon, but the p...

How to Stay Focused in an Age of Distraction

Picture this: You started work an hour ago and decide to check emails on your phone. You don’t want to miss an important question from a stakeholder or a status update from your staff, after all. As i...

Reporting On Your Microsoft Project Plan in SharePoint

Microsoft Project with SharePoint integration allows project managers to maintain their project schedule with all the heavy lifting in MS Project, while project team members collaborate and work on th...