This years Deltek Insight annual conference is being held on the 23rd-26th October at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center, 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN, 37214. This is an event that attracted over 3,500 people last year and is growing from
Primavera P6 Professional File Transfer Requirements
Are you transferring a Primavera P6 schedule file from one counterpart P6 database to another, most likely from subcontractor to customer? If so, then you and your counterparts will want to establish
Are You Receiving Accurate Project Status Reports?
When project managers turn in their weekly or monthly status reports, the real work begins for the Project Management Office. Even if your project management software does a lot of the data crunching for you, there’s still an element of human interaction
Microsoft Project and Shading Gantt Chart Time Periods
It is possible in Microsoft Project to shade a time period on the Gantt chart as nonworking time, and not necessarily require Microsoft Project to reschedule tasks around this time period. Sometimes schedulers want to shade nonworking time on the Gantt chart
PM Summit – Dublin, Ireland
PM Summit is holding its’ annual summit at Citywest Hotel, Dublin Ireland, on Thursday 5th October 2017. With so many project management related events going on throughout the year, it’s easy to overlook this one in all the noise. Offering a day packed with great speakers sharing
Portfolio Management in Small Companies
“Portfolio management – that’s something only big firms do, isn’t it?” Not at all! Even small businesses can benefit from taking a portfolio management approach to managing their projects. In fact, you could argue that portfolio management is even more important
Microsoft Ignite 2017
Microsoft Ignite 2017 will be held on Monday 25th September until Friday 29th September at the Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819. Microsoft Ignite is a five-day annual conference, which brings together technical communities, IT professionals’ customers and
Microsoft Project and Finish No Later Than Constraints
Unfortunately most projects come with deadlines, a fact that is a challenge when building schedule to meet them. Finish No Later Than (FNLT) constraints are helpful in Microsoft Project to stress the importance of meeting a deadline date
NAVFAC IPS Checklist and Longest Path Considerations
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s (NAVFAC) Initial Project Schedule (IPS) checklist has a number of items to consider in relation to the longest path. Scheduling guidelines are worth studying to increase ones
Guidelines for Insertion of Schedule Constraints
Wide usage of constraints in scheduling is discouraged, but what are specific situations when constraints should be avoided and others when constraints are suitable? Constraints describe important dates in the life of the project that