Where Project Managers and Microsoft® Meet
April 2020
Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template
Event Description: Microsoft Project can be turned into an estimating tool with continuously improving data. You can copy these features from a schedule template found here, for instance. Making schedules for specific projects from a template provides consistent schedule structure and vocabulary, accumulating lessons learned, and estimating data. The features enable two techniques, 1) analogous estimating, which is scaling parts of a schedule or an entire project estimate, and 2) parametric estimating, which is scaling the number of items…
Find out more »Beyond Macros Revisited: Automating Microsoft Project for Non-Techies Part 2
Event Description: Due to the positive response to our previous session regarding the use of macros in Microsoft Project, Ira Brown, a recognized Microsoft Project expert, will build on his last demonstration to show you even more exciting ways that macros can be used to automate this application. This session, which is geared toward the Microsoft Project business user rather than a technical programmer, will provide practical, real-world illustrations for solving the common challenges a user faces when working…
Find out more »May 2020
Visual Awesomeness: Enhance Your Project Online Power BI Reports with Custom Visuals
Event Description: Come and join us for a hands-on session where you’ll learn how to use custom visuals to take your PPM reports to the next level! During this presentation we will build a report with three visuals that can greatly improve the way Executives, PMO members, and Project Managers can see, evaluate, and interpreter their project, resource, and portfolio data; providing them with more accurate user-friendly information so they can make better decisions. Project Management Institute (PMI)®…
Find out more »Microsoft Planner Deep Dive
Event Description: In this webinar we’ll take a deep dive into Microsoft Planner and talk about the sweet spot for using it, compared with Project or Project for the Web. We’ll check out a couple of different use case scenarios, and importantly, how you can use Power BI to report across multiple different Planner plans. Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 0.75 PMI® PDUs in the Technical category of the Talent…
Find out more »June 2020
Agile Project Management with Microsoft Teams and Planner
Event Description: Companies today must be able to work on projects with agility in the era of digital transformation. Microsoft Teams and Planner are the perfect tool combination to support agility and ensure businesses are fit for the future. They enable organizations to implement and map agile management methods to make organizations more productive and efficient. Join Dux Raymond Sy in this interactive session as he walks you through best practices for agile project collaboration and management. Project…
Find out more »How to Run Scrum Projects with Project for the Web
Event Description: Scrum is the most famous Agile Methodology. However, it is impossible to run with the Microsoft Project Pro version. But we can do it with the new Project For the Web. What are the advantages and limitations when you use it? How can you get most of it and avoid typical mistakes? You will find all of these answers and more in this workshop. Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible…
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