About: Sander Nekeman

Sander Nekeman has focused on change management and embedding Microsoft Project and Project Server into daily operations since 2006. Through Enabler Consultancy Sander delivered project guidance at more than 40 organizations, including ASML, Feadship and PostNL. Now, along with business partner and life-long friend Edwin van den Broek, he delivers Project training through comprehensive e-courses at ms-project-elearning.com. Their approach for showing others how to successfully embed Project into an organization incorporates a maturity-level approach, a proven way of work, weekly quality checks on schedules and ample tips and tricks for saving planners time. Learn more at their website.

All Articles and Webinars by Sander Nekeman

Get rid of your last separate Excel sheets: Use your MS project schedule for project financials

Written on November 2, 2016, by Sander Nekeman

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: Many, many times we see that project timing and project resourcing are managed in MS Project, while project finances are kept in Excel. Using the financial governance capabilities in MS…

How to Do Your Cost Management Right in Project

Written on October 31, 2016, by Sander Nekeman

Often, we see that project timing and project resourcing are managed in Microsoft Project, while project finances are kept in Microsoft Excel. Using the financial governance capabilities in Project is often an unexploited area. If you think about it, this is a waste. Assuming you add rates to resources in Project, that gets you halfway;…

Finally: The Resource Leveling Feature Explained!

Written on May 4, 2016, by Sander Nekeman

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: Friend or foe? A bug? The magic button? A huge pain? Or simply – the best feature you can not live without! Whatever your feelings are regarding resource leveling, there are…

Finally, Resource Leveling Explained

Written on April 25, 2016, by Sander Nekeman

You have a project with several tasks and resources assigned to those tasks. Some resources are assigned to multiple tasks, resulting in over-allocated resources. Resource leveling is the act of taking a resource-loaded schedule and making it so that those people don’t have to work overtime. The main goal is to have a critical path that is corrected…