About: Darrin Lange
Darrin Lange, PMP, is Director of Operations and Project Management at Advaiya and draws on two decades of diverse project management experience in IT. Darrin has held leadership roles in public safety software companies, Desktop-as-a-Service providers, and consulting firms, bringing a positive impact to the organizations where he has worked. In his current role he's responsible for forming and facilitating cohesive teams, client interfacing, and liaising with stakeholders. He is a believer and practitioner of the "get things done" approach and enjoys helping teams formulate and achieve their goals. Learn more about Advaiya at http://www.advaiya.com/.
All Articles and Webinars by Darrin Lange
Differences Between a Healthy Project and a Healthy Schedule
Written on April 5, 2017, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Project metrics (SPI, CPI, BAC, etc) have frequently been talked about to measure the health of a project. The assumption everyone makes about these metrics are your schedule is…
Gaining Project Insights About Project Extensions
Written on March 1, 2017, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Whether you are looking for quick productivity innovations, more advanced reports or surfacing role-based information, Project Online extensions may be the answer. During this session we will explore using…
Managing Actual Hours in Project Pro and Project Online
Written on February 1, 2017, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: During this session we will explore the various options for tracking action hours on a project. This includes whether you are using Project Pro with and without Project Online….
Project Online/Server Adoption Strategy
Written on January 4, 2017, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Strategic category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Gaining adoption once an enterprise aggregates all their projects into a portfolio can be challenging. Project Pro and Project Online/Server are really good out of the box however, your enterprise…
4 Steps to Tune Your Project Adoption Strategy for Success
Written on January 2, 2017, by Darrin Lange
Achieving a successful deployment of Microsoft Project Online or Project Server requires a well-tuned focus on driving adoption and making sure everyone understands the benefits of working with the new solution. You need to understand the business challenges to be addressed by the new system and ensure your organization is prepared to recognize and reap…
Deep-dive project team collaboration with SharePoint team sites
Written on July 26, 2016, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Whether you are using Waterfall, Agile, Lean or anything in between, team collaboration has to be a priority. To their detriment, project teams will frequently rely only on emails for…
6 Essential Elements for Your Project Team Site
Written on July 18, 2016, by Darrin Lange
Project collaboration and communication are vital to the success of a project. We have all heard it said, but, what does it really mean? Proper subjects on emails? Setting up a thoughtful agenda for meetings? Creating a proper level of specificity in your work breakdown structure? Following PMI’s best practices when setting up a WBS?…
Critical Path: Using MS Project to determine where projects lie in relation to the Critical Path
Written on April 20, 2016, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Resources, resource managers and PMO managers expect you to know at all times whether a task in “on the critical path”. Why is this critical path so important? In this session…
What is the Critical Path?
Written on April 11, 2016, by Darrin Lange
If your goal is to make certain that projects are completed on time and within budget, then understanding the “critical path” is, well, critical. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI)®’s Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) 5.0, critical path is defined as the “sequence of activities that represents the longest path through a project, which…
Structured Project Management using EPM, Jira, and TFS
Written on February 25, 2016, by Darrin Lange
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Strategic category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: The event title has changed from ‘Agile Methodologies with Microsoft’ to ‘Structured Project Management using EPM, Jira, and TFS’ for a better description of the material covered. Learn how to harness the power…