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Portfolio Management with Project for the Web
Project Portfolio Management, or PPM, is the continuous process of selecting, prioritizing, executing, and monitoring all the projects and portfolios in an organization. PPM’s primary goal is to judge...
Managing Projects during Wartime
PM Stories from the Front War is hell, and not something any sane person plans for (outside of the government, that is). As the events of late have unfolded, the need for wartime planning of projects ...
Automate Microsoft Planner reporting using Microsoft Power Automate and Power BI – Lesson 2 Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s webinar, Automate Microsoft Planner reporting using Microsoft Power Automate and Power BI (Lesson 2), being provided by MPUG for ...
Building and Analyzing Kanban Cumulative Flow Diagrams with MS Project (Agile)
Like Sprint or Release Burndown charts in Scrum, cumulative flow diagrams (CFDs) are frequently used in projects using a Kanban framework. This is because one of the fundamental aspects of Kanban is t...
Microsoft Project vs. Microsoft Planner
In any project management process, there is one shared concept — to define and set clear goals. Achieving the goal may vary depending on which method the PMO director chooses. Some projects may be sim...
JIRA Panel Discussion Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Michael Dennis and J Caldwell’s Jira Panel Discussion, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this tra...
Back to the Future: What PM Skills Are Called for in 2022 and Beyond?
First…Back to the Past Let’s first travel back in time and look at the state of data processing and information technology (IT) historically. Knowing the past gives us a basis to move forward, and in ...
Managing A Hybrid-ScrumBan Project with MS Project Agile
Many times, managing a Hybrid-Agile project with a sole Lean-Agile approach doesn’t meet the needs of an organization, the expectations of stakeholders, required delivery frequency of customers, or ad...
Note to Self: Automate in 2022!
Automation – What’s in it for us? Automation is a historically-significant concept, understood around the globe by most in modern business since the ‘60s. Yet automation has meant many different...