Upcoming MPUG Global Chapter Events and WebNLearns!
MPUG Global WebNLearns!
Finding it hard to attend meetings in person right now? Hone your Microsoft Office Project skills and stay up with professional networking through MPUG WebNLearns -- delivered via LiveMeeting on your computer and an Internet connection.
11/6/2008 WebNLearn: Microsoft's Ludovic Hauduc on the Project 2007 Infrastructure
The Project 2007 Infrastructure Update, released in July 2007, is an Office Server-wide effort to focus on high priority issues of importance to both customers and partners. In this online WebNLearn session -- open to all MPUG members -- General Manager Ludovic Hauduc will discuss several usability and performance updates for the Office Project Server 2007 family as well as his team’s quality crusade.
11/12/2008 WebNLearn: Setting the Foundation for a Confident Schedule
Setting up the project schedule the right way prior to tracking is critical to a project's success and will help avoid pitfalls along the way. This LiveMeeting session will teach techniques for setting the foundation such as:
- Automatically integrating a Work Breakdown Structure into your Gantt
- Using a Map Day to set task dependencies and quick 'import' the data into your project schedule
- Applying all the correct MS Project options and understanding their functionality
- Learn to use a project setup checklist prior to formal project execution
- Avoid common pitfalls and settings that cause many MS Project Gantts to fail
Presenter Spencer Lamoreaux currently works for Intel as the Product Manager of Microsoft Project Server, overseeing proper usage and set-up for 700-plus projects and programs.
11/13/2008 Northeast Connect WebNLearn: The Power of Integrating Visio 2007 and Project 2007
Effective project management requires the use of visual diagrams, such as work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, and timelines. Through a combination of both native and COM add-in features, Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office Visio 2007 provide powerful integration capabilities. Visio provides tools for accessing Project timelines and Gantt chart data from the Visio Data menu. From Project, there are several Visio templates available that use the Project Visual Reports tool for creating Visio diagrams. The Visio Connector for Project/EPM/SPS provides additional tools that enhance the integration between Project and Visio. During this session you will learn how to: generate Visio process flow diagrams with critical path from project schedules, generate project schedules from Visio WBS and process flow diagrams, diagram the status of scheduled tasks, create Visio timelines from project schedules, and use PivotDiagrams with Project data. Please join us for this special LiveMeeting online session sponsored by the Connecticut chapter of MPUG and featuring Matthew Roderman, Visio Solutions Specialist for Microsoft’s Northeast District.
11/18/2008 WebNLearn: Business Benefits of Mature Scheduling Practices
Project managers can waste a lot of time on creating their schedules if they don't set them up the right way in the first place. Symptoms of poor scheduling capability include complaints from project managers about the effort it takes to report on their projects, ever-changing baselines and an originally approved schedule that magically disappears, and critical paths that are often incomplete and that don't reflect your expectations. In this presentation, project management expert trainer Eric Uyttewaal will discuss why scheduling is important and what organizations can do to improve their scheduling practices and capability. He will present a scheduling maturity model and discuss the steps to develop the scheduling capability within your organization.
11/25/2008 Phoenix WebNLearn: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint 2007
In this online session learn how you and your teams can get more work done in less time by taking advantage of two familiar and widely used Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint 2007.
12/4/2008 Northeast Connect WebNLearn: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project and SharePoint: Collaboration, Automation and Intelligence
Please join us for this special webcast, featuring MCTS Tony Zink and sponsored by the New York City chapter of MPUG.
1/9/2009 WebNLearn: Tips and Tricks Project 2007
Dale Howard is one of only eight Microsoft Project MVPs in the United States and VP of Educational Services for msProjectExperts. He has used Microsoft Project for over 11 years and has traveled globally to teach project managers how to most effectively use both Microsoft Project and the Microsoft EPM tools. Known for his highly interactive and engaging presentations, Dale will show you a number of powerful tips and tricks for effectively using Microsoft Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 in real-world projects. He will also discuss the new Microsoft certifications for users of Microsoft Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 that will help you prove you know what you say you know!
MPUG Global Chapter Events
11/17/2008 Western NY Chapter: How do you Status your Schedule?
This session will cover: Task and Option Settings; formatting graphic indicators; views of status worksheets; Status note-taking; how worksheets are distributed; and how schedules and spreadsheets are printed.
11/18/2008 Edinburgh: Best Practices for Real World Projects
Please join us to "kick off" our Microsoft Project Users Group Edinburgh chapter. Meet your peers in the local community, share best practices, and enjoy a drink.
11/18/2008 Puget Sound: Prepare for the new Microsoft Project exam
Prepare for the new Microsoft Project exams with your peers at the Puget Sound MPA chapter. Our upcoming chapter meeting provides demos and hands-on practice with the learning objectives of the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) exam 70-632 covering the Microsoft Project desktop application. The prep sessions are led by Carl Chatfield, author of the popular Project Step by Step books. Hands-on help is available from the MPA chapter officers (all Project experts as well). Whether you take the exam or not, these prep sessions will give you a thorough introduction to the major features of MS Project and allow you to hear real-world advice about their best uses.
11/18/2008 Atlanta: Chapter Meeting
Topics to be determined.
11/18/2008 Connecticut: Business Benefits of Mature Scheduling Practices
Renowned author and trainer Eric Uyttewaal, of ProjectPro Corp., will discuss why scheduling is important and what organizations can do to improve their scheduling practices and capability. He will present a scheduling maturity model and discuss the steps to develop the scheduling capability within your organization.
11/19/2008 Sydney: Meeting and Mixer Ask the Microsoft Office Project Experts
Please join us at the Microsoft Offices in Sydney to meet with your peers in the project management field, ask questions of our panel of experts, share best practices and enjoy appetizers, drinks and a raffle with cool prizes!
11/21/2008 Twin Cities: YJTJ (Your Job, Tool’s Job)
The YJTJ concepts provide the foundational building blocks that enable successful project, resource, and portfolio management. This session will provide you with tools and strategies to assist with the management of projects and your mastery of Microsoft Project. Presented by Dan Renier, Principal Consultant at Milestone Consulting Group, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
11/28/2008 Réunion de Chapitre de Paris
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la prochaine réunion de l'association MPUG Paris (Microsoft Project User Group). MPA est entre temps devenu MPUG, mais les ambitions de ce groupe d’utilisateurs restent les mêmes: réunir les utilisateurs Microsoft Office Project et EPM afin d’échanger idées et expériences. Au programme de cette réunion:
- 9 h 00 Liens inter-projets. Michel Buisson, de M7, nous expliquera comment traiter des dépendances entre projets : liens de Project et livrables dans EPM.
- 10h30 Management des risques. Laurent Saby, de Pcubed, abordera ce sujet à partir de ses retours d’expérience chez AXA et Thomson.
- 11h45 Plan de charges des ressources. Marie-Christine Noblanc, de M7, présentera les possibilités offertes par Project.
- Rolland David, de PCubed, montrera comment aller plus loin avec EPM.
12/2/2008 Phoenix: Resource Leveling and Visual Reports in Project 2007
Resource leveling is the process that ensures resource demand does not exceed resource availability. This session will review the options and suggested procedure for successfully using Resource Workload Leveling in Microsoft Project. Presented by Kenneth Steiness. Visual Reports is a new feature in Project 2007 that allows you to report on your project’s data in Excel using PivotTables and PivotCharts, and in Visio using a new feature called PivotDiagrams (think fancy WBS charts). Using Visual Reports you can now easily create eye-catching reports that are also informative of data from your project using formats that are familiar to your target audience. Presented by Mary Hershner.
12/2/2008 Central Indiana: An overview of a Project Server 2007 Upgrade/Implementation, Successes and Failures
Monica Faurote will present an overview of the BFS (Firestone) upgrade/implementation of their Project Server 2007 Project, including its successes and failures.
12/3/2008 Manchester: Best Practices for Real World Projects
Please join us to "kick off" the Project User Group here in Manchester.
12/16/2008 Atlanta: Advanced Resource Management Using Project and Project Server
Details to come.
Share Your Leadership Skills! A Call for Officers!
MPUG has a number of officer openings for chapters worldwide. Currently, the following chapters are seeking leadership. This is a great opportunity to participate in your professional community. Any MPUG member is welcome to volunteer. Chapter officers can also earn 10 PDU credits per year for volunteering! Openings currently exist for the following chapters:
- Canada - Montreal
- Canada - Quebec City
- Norway
- UK - London
- UK - Edinburgh
- UK - Manchester
- Central Ohio
- Chicago
- Houston
- Las Vegas
- Orange County, CA
- Portland-Cascade
Please contact chapters@mpug.com with any questions or visit http://www.mpug.com/chaptersites/Pages/GetInvolved.aspx to learn more.
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