Tag Archives: progress
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 when he marked a task 100% complete, the Expense Cost resource assigned to the task was not marked as complete as well. What’s going…
Best Practices for Baselining and Variance Analysis
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1.5 PMI® PDUs in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: In Microsoft Project, a baseline is like a “snapshot” of your project before you begin entering actual progress. In this MPUG webinar, you will learn the following: Best…
Using Microsoft Planner
This is the first part of a two part series on using Microsoft Planner. Planner Overview Microsoft Planner is an Office 365 application which is aimed at providing a simple, visual way to organizing teamwork. Whereas Project is really aimed at the “serious” Project Manager, providing advanced functionality such as resource and schedule management, Planner…
Updating Projects Progress with Microsoft Project
Start a free trial to watch the full training session and earn 1.5 PMI® PDUs Event Description: In this video viewers will learn how to update their project to reflect any work that has been carried out. Viewers will learn how to push out work that didn’t get started on time and best practices around these process. Presenter Info:…
Updating Projects Progress with Microsoft Project
Watch Task Planning using Microsoft Project Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This short video is NOT eligible for PMI® PDU credit. Event Description: In this video viewers will learn how to update their project to reflect any work that has been carried out. Viewers will learn how to push out work that didn’t get…
Kanban: The Secret of High-Performing Teams at Microsoft
If you are a project manager or a program manager, or aspiring to be, one of the best project management tools you can add to your toolbox is the Kanban. In fact, if somebody were to ask me, what’s the single best way to exponentially improve project execution, I would probably say, the answer is…
