Microsoft Ignite 2019 is an annual conference, which is being held November 4-8 at Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. This event is huge with over 25,000 delegates ranging from technical developers, analysts, IT professionals to program, portfolio and project managers from all types of communities descending on Orange County. Microsoft has a habit of […]
How to Use External Dependencies in Microsoft Project
Using External Dependencies in Microsoft Project Sometimes schedulers need to link a task in one project with a task in another project, but instead of creating a master schedule, they want to keep the two projects separate. This can be achieved by creating cross-project dependencies between the two projects. Let’s take a closer look at […]
EVMP Symposium 2019
The Earned Value Management Practitioners Symposium (EVMP Symposium) are holding their annual forum over two days, on October 9-10. In its’ ninth year, the EVMP Symposium 2019 is held in association with Federal Publication Seminars (FPS) and is going from strength to strength. EVMP is organized by EVM application users to share best practices and […]
6 Tips to Impove Your PMO Staff Performance
6 Tips to Improve Your PMO Staff Performance As a manager, one way to improve your PMO staff performance is to avoid micromanaging. If you micromanage, your PMO team will believe you have little or no faith in their abilities. This can be detrimental to your teams motivation and performance. To improve your PMO staff performance […]
Using Microsoft Project Organizer to Transfer Project Calendars
The Microsoft Project Organizer is a cool capability that allows you to transfer views and other defined objects between opened project files. The Organizer is one of the lesser-known features in Microsoft Project and is often overlooked. And yet, it can help build templates and make already built-in elements available across different projects. For example, […]
Oracle OpenWorld 2019
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 is an annual conference aimed at all Oracle customers including us Primavera users. Oracle Openworld is huge, attracting over 65,000 delegates from around the globe. This years’ event will take place from Monday, September 16 until Thursday, September 19 at the Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 94103. With all […]
What is ScheduleReader? – A Full Review
ScheduleReader (formerly known as PrimaveraReader) is a desktop software application that allows you to view projects exported from Oracle Primavera P6 in .xer, .xml or .xls file formats. The application converts data from these imported files and visually presents the project schedule. ScheduleReader is useful in that project plans created in Primavera P6 can be shared with teams, […]
Using Microsoft Project’s Task Notes
Microsoft Project’s Task Notes are often used for additional information about a process or activity for other departments when commencing a project, for example the safety department may look at specifying the safety procedures in order to identify health and safety risks and plan assurance for the labor force, whereas the Quality team will look […]
Deltek Cobra 8 Orientation – Online Video Training
We are now offering our Deltek Cobra 8 Orientation online video training free of charge. Get up to speed with the new features and capabilities in Deltek Cobra 8. This course is ideally for folks who are already familiar with Deltek Cobra 5 and wish to learn about this major newer version. This 40 minute […]
PMI Global Conference 2019
The Project Management Institute (PMI) ® is holding their annual PMI Global Conference from Oct 5-7 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. This is a huge event with Chapters from over 66 countries represented. As a global leader in project management this event attracts over 1450 organizations and there are plenty of opportunities to […]