MPUG Category: Microsoft
MPUG’s newest course, Data Visualization with Excel
“Every Picture Tells a Story” is a popular saying which is true not only in everyday life, but in Excel, too. Behind every set of numerical data is a story waiting to be told. The telling ...
What is Agile Project Management?
A Getting Started Guide According to the 15th State of Agile Report, 94% of companies are practicing Agile. This statistic is somewhat misleading as it does not mean that all of these companies are re...
Use Agile project management with MS Project
Event Description: For users of Project Online desktop client (subscription version), this is your chance to learn more about Agile in Microsoft Project. The presenters wrote an entire chapter on Agil...
Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1
Event Description:The next generation of the PMBOK® Guide presents a major breaking point with legacy options. Where the previous versions were primarily process-prescriptive, this edition provid...
Ten Best Microsoft Project Tips & Tricks
Event Description: Nowadays, most software is easy to use. MS Project is one of the most user friendly software out there. Unlike other scheduling software, you don’t need a user manual to use the mai...
Boosting the Effectiveness of your MS Teams Meeting
Event Description: MS Teams has become the center of our day-to-day work, especially when we are collaborating with your colleagues virtually. This session will provide you a useful insight into usin...
Why Project Managers Should Care About a Project Baseline!
During the many years I have spent in the project management field, I have come across many project managers (PMs) wondering why they need a project baseline. Many know at the start of a project the d...
How Much Time Do I Have Before My Task is Late in Microsoft Project?
Background Information In my first MPUG post about the Deadline dates feature in Microsoft Project, I documented how to set a Deadline date on a task to specify the “target” date for when that task ne...
Back to Basics: What is the Project Lifecycle?
Fun fact: Try typing “lifecycle” into Google and you will see results for “life cycle.” Over the years, people have started using the single word instead of two words, but its meaning can be best unde...