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Five Interpersonal Skills Every Project Manager Should Have
What does it take to be an excellent project manager? While degrees and certifications and/or the ability to carry out daily tasks and responsibilities are important, being a highly effective project ...
Microsoft Project Quick Tip: Using the Predecessors Column to Select Multiple Predecessors
Many years ago, in Microsoft Project for DOS, the only way to set task dependencies was to manually type task ID numbers into either the Predecessors or Successors column for each task in the project....
Webinar Recap: Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 3: Creating Reports using the Power BI Desktop App
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 3: Creating Reports using the Power BI Desktop App, being provid...
Share your Biggest Frustrations with Project Management Tools
We’d like to invite you to take a moment to share your biggest frustration, problem, issue, bug, or pain point with the project management tool(s) that you use. We’ll use your anonymous response...
How to Elevate Your Impact with Less Effort and None of the Stress
Look around at the challenges facing society today: a global pandemic, economic challenges, societal unrest, and more. So-called black swan events that just a year or two ago were seemingly unthinkabl...
Webinar Recap: Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 2: Deep Dive into Shaping Data using Power Query
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 2: Deep Dive into Shaping Data using Power Query, being provided...
Chess and Project Management
Many kids learn to play chess in school or after school. I was a member of my school’s chess club when I was in the 7th and 8th grades. I only played chess a few times since those junior high days, bu...
Time Management Strategies for a Chaotic World
If you have trouble managing your time, you’re definitely not alone. Washington State University recently reported that over 7 billion dollars is lost every day due to unrecorded work activity and pro...
Webinar Recap: Introduction to the Power BI Suite
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 1: Introduction to the Power BI Suite, being provided by MPUG fo...