It’s the beginning of a new year, and that’s the perfect time to be thinking about what you’d like to approach differently this year. Not sure where to start? We’ve got some suggestions for you. Here are five resolutions for your PMO that you can apply this year. Traditionally, New Year’s resolutions are goals we […]
How to Define Material Resources In Microsoft Project
It is feasible to define work, cost, and material resources in Microsoft Project. Let’s look at the definition of material resources first. What makes the material resource definition interesting is the requirement to include a unit of measure in addition to a standard rate. This unit definition may be any unit of measure specified by […]
Business Case Benefits for a Project Management System
Many times we are asked by folks implementing project management systems to help with the business case and in particular, the benefits to the business. What are the project management business benefits from your system? Articulating the project management business benefits of a project management system is normally done at a high level and signed off […]
What To Include In a PMO End of Year Report
What do you put in your PMO end of year report? Another 12 months has passed and it’s time to take stock of what your PMO has achieved in the last year. A PMO end of year report is a common deliverable for all teams, and the PMO is no exception. In this article, we’ll […]
PMO Trends to Watch in 2019
PMO Trends to Watch in 2019 Two things happen about this time of year: we all start talking in the office about how fast the last 12 months have gone. And we pour through journals, trade magazines and sum up our diverse experience with clients to assess what trends will be hitting Project Management Offices […]
7 Key Criteria for Successful Risk Management
Risk management is often seen as something that project managers do. However, an effective way of managing risk across the business relies on taking a joined up approach. Risk management should be integral to the way your teams work. Here are 7 key criteria that can help you manage your approach to risk and be […]
10 Project Selection Criteria for Your PMO
10 Project Selection Criteria for Your PMO The lifeblood of any Project Management Office (PMO) is a stream of new ideas that turn into projects. Projects help deliver strategy, and they keep the team busy doing valuable work that helps the business achieve its objectives. The biggest challenge for business leaders is to decide what […]
Making Deltek Acumen Fuse Metrics Available to New Workbooks
Many folks want to create and save Deltek Acumen Fuse Metrics and make it available to new Acumen Fuse workbooks. Deltek Acumen Fuse software provides a plethora of metrics for inspecting the quality of your respective schedule. It also organizes these metrics into metric groups. This includes the Schedule Quality group that Acumen provides as […]
Deleting Tasks in Microsoft Project and How to Delete a Relationship
There is more than one way to delete a task in Microsoft Project. Here we explore a few different approaches that folks use. Relationships often change throughout the planning stages of a project. And it may be just as helpful to know how to delete a relationship, as it is to create one. Yes, there […]
Introduction to BI Publisher Webinar
Join our last free 2-hour webinar of 2018 Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher Join our Introduction to BI Publisher webinar. BI Publisher is Oracle’s powerful report development tool that is integrated with Primavera P6 EPPM, Primavera Contract Management and Primavera Unifier. However, BI Publisher can also be used as a reporting tool for any application […]