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PMConnection Articles"Connecting the Project Management World"
June 10 Components of Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management Solution Aligned to RolesHere is the list of components in Microsoft's EPM Solution:
Here is a matrix of these components aligned to roles within an organization.
Here is a brief summary of each component: Portfolio Server - A top down planning tool. Used to help align potential projects to organization strategy. Useful in determining which projects are of priority and should be initiated given the constraints and objectives of the organization. Project Server - Best to describe as a suite of the following three products:
For more information on these components, try these links: April 20 Dumbing Down Microsoft ProjectCreating a Checklist or To-Do List in Microsoft Project
Ok…so you’ve got a VERY small project, or simply a collection of tasks that you need to complete. Call it a checklist or a To-Do list if you will. You know MS Project is a powerful tool and can be used to manage very complex projects. But you don’t really need a full blown dynamic schedule, so you are thinking of creating your list in Excel…WAIT!!! This article will show you how to “dumb down” Microsoft Project for the purposes of creating a simple To-Do list. You’ll learn some easy, yet powerful features that will make creating and maintaining a To-Do list easier in Microsoft Project than Excel. Building the List
Managing the List Reporting from the List Result: b. Complete tasks Result: c. By Resource Result shows any task assigned to Sam:
Result: 8. Autofilter You can now click on the auto filter dropdown for any column and leverage it to filter the list. A good example is you could click on the dropdown for Name, use the custom option and filter for only the tasks that contain the name “furniture”. Result: 9. Compare to Baseline 10. Insert Project Summary task to get overall % Work Complete Result: 11. View as Calendar Question: Now…can you do all that in Excel? CAUTION: Using this approach removes the dynamic scheduling capabilities of Microsoft Project. In other words, if the tasks on your To-Do list must be done sequentially, and you experience a delay in one of the “upstream” tasks, you will need to manually change the dates of all the downstream tasks. This is not the best approach when working with Microsoft Project. However, as the article started, if you currently create and maintain To-Do lists in Excel, you may find using this approach in Microsoft Project to be more beneficial. Microsoft Project Templates Added To Research CenterPMConnection recently acquired a website (www.projecttemplates.4t.com) that provided free Microsoft Project schedule templates. PMConnection then added more free templates to this list! There are currently over 80 free templates in all. These templates can be sorted by Title, Popularity or Date added. New templates will be added in the near future. These templates can be found within the Research Center at www.pmconnection.com, or found directly by clicking this link. So if you are getting ready to start a new project, why not start with a pre-populated Microsoft Project schedule? Remember, saving time saves money! March 22 Microsoft Project Certifications InsightAt the time of this article, Microsoft has moved three of the four proposed certifications that align with their project management tools to a "production" state. Finding one page on Microsoft's site or any website that pulls the details of these certifications together is virtually impossible. Thus the reason for this article!
Additional information on these certifications. The tests are NOT taken using the software. They all consist of multiple choice questions. You get 2.5 hours to complete the exams. Register for these exams with Prometric. The cost is $125.00 Get a second chance to pass your Microsoft Certification exam—free offer! Learn where the MCTS & MCITP certifications fit within Microsoft's certification framework - Here Interesting Article "The Value of Certification" *Exact details not yet available. This site will be updated as more information becomes available. February 15 The Faces of Microsoft ProjectMicrosoft Project Through the Years Thought you might like to take a stroll down memory lane! Where were you when these pictures were taken?
For help with Microsoft Project, try this link.
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