Cost Resources
New Features of Project for the web
Overview Ever since the introduction of Project for the web in late 2019, Microsoft has slowly and steadily rolled out new features for this software application. In this article, I want to document t...Read More
Webinar Recap: Understanding the Cost Model in Microsoft Project
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Dale Howard’s Understanding the Cost Model in Microsoft Project webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wis...Read More
A Beginner’s Guide to Resource Leveling in MS Project
How would you feel about someone else doing a job for you and not charging you a penny? I am sure we’ve all had moments when this would sound pretty good, but what if this person botched up the job or...Read More
Calculating Project Costs in MS Project
How does Microsoft Project calculate project costs? Most people assume that the calculation of project cost is the result of the formula, Standard Rate x Work. Close, but no cigar! This simple formula...Read More
Webinar Recap: Estimating Annual Budgets using Project Server and Online
Please find a transcription of the audio portion of Michael Wharton’s Estimating Annual Budgets using Project Server and Online webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You m...Read More
Understanding the Impact of Progress on Expense Cost Resources
Background Information A user in the Microsoft Project user forum recently asked a question about problems he was experiencing with using Expense Cost resources in his project. The user stated that wh...Read More
Integrating Top Down Budgeting and Cost Management with Microsoft Project
If you are an IT Project Manager, you’ve probably faced a moment where you’ve said something like this to yourself, “I’ve been appointed as the PM for this major project. It’s starting soon, but the p...Read More
Levels of Project Scheduling Proficiency
Summary ‘ Time Modeling’ is the simplest way of working with project scheduling applications (like Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera) that everyone can learn in one or two days of training (‘intr...Read More
How to Handle Fixed Price Contracts in Your Project Schedule
A fixed-price contract means someone has agreed to deliver a chunk of work for a fixed amount of money. That’s a sweet deal, both financially and project-management-wise. If the contractor’s cost surp...Read More
Using Cost Resources: Best Practice
Cost resources are a very useful feature of Project (and also therefore of Project Server), but there is at least one rule you need to follow. Rather than telling you how to use cost resources, plea...Read More
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