Author: Jeremy Cottino

Jeremy Cottino, PMP, ITIL certified, is a senior project manager with eight years of experience in project planning/scheduling and management of large IS/IT projects for multinational companies. He’s also a technology enthusiast and Microsoft Project MVP. Visit Jeremy’s blog or email him at jcottino@hotmail.com.

How To Remove (blank) Values in Your Excel Pivot Table

You might call it perfectionism, but I hate when my reports don’t look their best. One of the most irritating elements is the “(blank)” text you may have on your Excel pivot tables. ...

The Uses of Office 365 Planner for Project Management

Microsoft Office 365 Planner, announced in September 2015, is an application that “offers people a simple and highly visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to creat...

How to Manage Risks and Issues with Project Server 2013 or Project Online

As part of your project management work, you’ll most probably have to manage risks and issues. The goal of this article is to show how risks and issues (but also documents or deliverables) can b...

Understanding Resource Engagements in Microsoft Project 2016

“Resource engagements,” a new feature in Microsoft Project Online, is the way project managers and resource managers come to agreement on resource allocations. The resource engagement feat...

How to Estimate Your Project Effort

The practice of estimating in project management is one of the most challenging. Whether you’re trying to figure out project effort, duration or cost, given the inherent uncertainty of projects ...