MPUG Category: Project Desktop
Microsoft Project: Do You Ever Find It’s Doing Its Own Thing?
Nowadays, most software is easy to use, and MS Project is one of the most user friendly out there. Unlike many other scheduling tools, you don’t need a user manual to begin utilizing the main features...
Using Custom Fields and Graphical Indicators to Analyze the Quality of Your Schedule
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDUs in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: T...
Understanding the Meaning of Scheduling Ignores Resource Calendars
Background Information In Microsoft Project, you can completely override the schedule of any task by assigning a Task calendar to the task. Common needs for using a Task calendar might include the fol...
A Roadmap “Step By Step” Guide
Imagine you are a running a program containing five separate projects. The following “step by step” guide will help you set up a Roadmap for managing your projects. Obviously, the laid out scenario is...
Using Custom Fields and Graphical Indicators to Analyze the Quality of Your Schedule
Project managers are responsible for building and updating quality project schedules. When building these schedules, it’s important to ensure they are free of potential scheduling issues. Issues can b...
Two-Pass Technique with MS Project
Event Description: In schedule management, one of the scheduling approaches to develop a project or program schedule is the Critical Path Method (CPM), which determines the critical path. You, ...
Understanding Dependencies, Leads and Lags with MS Project
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDUs in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: A...
Drag and Drop Tasks from One Resource to Another
Dragging and Dropping Tasks Many Microsoft Project users probably know that you can move tasks in any task view, such as the Gantt Chart view, by “dragging and dropping” the tasks. To drag and drop a ...
Understanding Dependencies, Leads, and Lags with MS Project
There are many knowledge areas, such as integration management, schedule management, cost management, quality management, risk management, etc., that a project manager needs to thoroughly consider whe...