MPUG Category: Views
Data Visualization with Excel Lesson 3
Event Description: Data visualization is the representation of numerical data in a visual format so that your audience can quickly and easily understand it and gain insight from it. Until a few years ...
Data Visualization with Excel Lesson 2
Event Description: Data visualization is the representation of numerical data in a visual format so that your audience can quickly and easily understand it and gain insight from it. Learning Objective...
Data Visualization with Excel Lesson 1
Event Description: Every Picture Tells a Story” is a popular saying which is true not only in everyday life but in Excel too. Behind your set of numerical data is a story waiting to be told. The...
Late Tasks: Starts and Finishes
The Background Story… I have been a project manager for over forty years. Over that time, I got into the habit of checking my projects for late starts and finishes two or three times a month. This wou...
Entering Actuals During the Tracking Cycle
In my recent Tracking Starts with a Status Date article, a four-step tracking cycle was defined. It includes setting the status date, entering actuals, rescheduling incomplete work, and resource level...
Webinar Recap: How To Modify Microsoft® Project for the web Using Custom Fields
In a recent MPUG survey we asked our members to share their top frustrations. We got the following question: Is there a way to customize Project for the web? For example, how can I add costs for tasks...
Another Common MS Project Misconception: “P4W Can’t Be Customized”
As I explained in my previous article, with all the updates Microsoft has made as of late, it’s no wonder people have misconceptions or don’t fully realize the strategy Microsoft has around growing an...
Building A Sprint Backlog with All Scrum Events in MS Project Agile
One of the key artifacts in a Scrum Project is the Sprint Backlog, with others being the Product Backlog and (Product) Increment. The Sprint Backlog is prepared during the Sprint Planning event, and i...
Quickly Determine if a Task Has Been Baselined
Manually Checking for Un-baselined Tasks How do you know whether a task has been baselined in a Microsoft Project schedule? The direct way to determine if a task has been baselined is to apply any tas...