An optimized schedule is good, but a resilient schedule is better. It provides for a more reliable plan that is less susceptible to risk and more able to recover from unexpected external events. Most inexperienced sea voyagers plan the shortest route to their destination, but any sailor “worth his salt” knows better. The shortest way […]
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How To Add Task Notes In Microsoft Project
Sometimes your project task requires special accompanying instructions. The best way to include these details is using the task notes in Microsoft Project. Projects are not planned in isolation. Usually several departments will review a schedule and provide their input or special guidance during the planning and approval stages of a project. The safety department […]
10 Ways To Promote Your PMO
Once your new Project Management Office is set up, you need to find ways to tell people that it exists and what it can do. Promote your PMO. This can feel a bit uncomfortable, especially if you have come from a project delivery organization or an established PMO where this wasn’t needed. But think about […]
Top Competencies for PMO Leaders
It’s not like a project manager, where you have a number of people in the project management role, delivering projects and (hopefully) learning from each other. The PMO leader position can be quite lonely. There’s no in-built support network. There might be other leaders at the same level on the corporate hierarchy but none will […]
Microsoft Project and Super Critical Bars
Microsoft Project displays a critical bar for activities that have zero or less total slack. You may, however, want to specifically highlight activities that have less than zero total slack. These are referred to as super critical activities. The critical path is the shortest path through the schedule. And activities along the critical path cannot […]
5 Benefits of Starting Projects Right
From the moment an idea arrives in the project pipeline, you can take project initiation steps to ensure that it’s dealt with in a certain way. This gives it every chance of turning into a successful project, delivering all the expected benefits, later down the line. An important part of any PMO activity is selecting […]
Deltek Acumen Fuse and the Baseline Execution Index
Deltek Acumen Fuse is becoming increasingly popular because of its numerous tools for analyzing schedule quality. Among its many schedule quality inspection features is the Baseline Execution Index (BEI). Here we take a look at the Deltek Acumen Fuse Baseline Execution Index feature. It’s good project management practice to closely monitor schedule progress. And schedulers […]
Microsoft Project and Physical % Complete
Microsoft Project has three ways to progress the schedule. If your resources have a non-uniform production rate then Microsoft Project Physical % Complete type is the best way to progress the schedule. The simplest way to progress the schedule is to use the % complete type. This progress way considers the duration of the task. […]
What Does It Mean To Have a Risk Culture?
People talk about having an organizational risk culture that recognizes risk, and where risk management is embedded throughout the layers of the company. But what does that actually mean? Below we look at four things that you’ll see in organizations with a risk culture so that you can decide if your business is on the […]