MPUG Category: Project Desktop
5 Compelling Reasons to Upgrade to Project 2007: Change Highlighting
Change Highlighting isn’t available in previous versions of Microsoft Project. Like my previous topic, Multiple Undo/Redo, Change Highlighting may be all the reason you need to upgrade. If you m...
5 Compelling Reasons to Upgrade to Project 2007: Multiple Levels of Undo
In my position as a trainer I’m continually asked if there are any specific advantages to purchasing Microsoft Office Project 2007 or upgrading from a previous version. If your organization is l...
Viewing Task Status in the Current Schedule
Have you ever heard the line, “if it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done?” This refers to the tendency for procrastinators and those managing multiple priorities to put off...
Microsoft Project Management Certification: How to Get Started
Now that Microsoft has the elements in place for a full-fledged program to certify experts on its Project products, maybe it’s time for you to consider enhancing that Project Management Institut...
How to Put a Resource Plan to Work in Your Project
In Project Server 2007, Microsoft introduced the concept of Resource Plans in order to help plan and assess resource requirements for work or projects that weren’t fully defined. This article di...
How to Report Tasks by Department/Group
Don M. of Bozeman, MD asks: Our projects are performed by multiple departments within our organization. How can I get a Gantt chart and task list per department? It’s a little known feature of t...
Tasks by Week Report
What I would really like to see is a report that would show me all tasks that are due by week. When I use the date range filter, I am getting too many tasks. How could I create this report? I like thi...