Level of Effort (LOE) or hammock activities do not produce any one particular deliverable, but they span the entire duration of the project. Yes, it is possible to define hammock activities in Microsoft Project. Deliverables in Microsoft Project are defined by summary tasks, and the work required to produce those deliverables by detail tasks. But […]
How To Measure Risk Management Maturity
How to measure risk management maturity? When you look at companies who are doing risk management well, what do you see? Embedded processes, dedicated and trained staff? Senior management buy in, and PMO support? Wherever you are on your journey to improving risk management maturity in your organization, rest assured that what you see elsewhere […]
What Is Deltek Acumen Fuse?
Deltek Acumen Fuse is a tool that complements your existing scheduling and Earned Value Management tools. Acumen Fuse provides advanced analytics and project intelligence, which can quickly highlight improvements to your schedules, improves schedule quality, schedule maturity, compliance and accountability. But it’s so much more than a just scheduler analyzer, so let’s take a closer […]
Improving Project Communication Through Risk Management – Downloads
Thanks for attending our webinar Improving Project Communication Through Risk Management. Below are the links to the webinar’s presentation slides, video and the Risk Management Maturity Questionnaire. Improving Project Communication Through Risk Management Presentation Slides Risk Management Maturity Questionnaire Key Webinar Points The main points we hope you took away from the webinar are: Risk […]
Displaying Driving Tasks in Microsoft Project
The larger and more intricate the schedule the greater the challenge to understand the relationships between tasks. Finding the one predecessor among several that may the cause of slippage can quickly become tedious. But Microsoft Project has features to support displaying driving tasks. Understanding the root cause of schedule slippage is a common dilemma in […]
Using a PMO in Strategic Planning
Using a PMO in strategic planning. If you want to move the discussion away from strategic alignment for projects and towards strategic execution – doing the work that will help you meet your business goals instead of just talking about it – then strategic planning is essential. The Project Management Office (PMO) has a huge […]
8 Benefits of Risk Management (Beyond Project Control)
Risk management is a core leadership approach that ensures any potential threats to success are identified and dealt with before they derail your project. For a project manager, risk management is a key process for project control. Armed with a risk log and a switched on team, the project manager can plan for any eventuality. […]
Webinar: Improving Project Communication Through Risk Management
Join our free 60 minute webinar Improving Project Communication Through Risk Management Risk management tools, processes, and information are often required for projects. Often, when it is done, risk management practices and process capture risks from within a project and entering them into a risk register. This is fine once the decision is made to […]
Displaying Free Float and Total Float Gantt Chart Bars in Microsoft Project
How to display free float and total float Gantt Chart bars in Microsoft Project. Total float is important because it specifies how many days a task can postpone without delaying the entire schedule. A lesser known, but helpful tool is free float, which tells how many days a task can postpone without delaying a successor […]
Webinar: Improving the Effectiveness and Maturity of Risk Management Processes
Risk management is often required for projects, especially those that are large, high value or high risk. The more important a project/program is, the greater the likelihood that risk management will be carried out. However, in our experience, risk management, as a practice is not done consistently nor well enough to be helpful to the […]