Microsoft Project’s timescale feature has the functionality to display ordinal dates on the Gantt chart. Although a little involved, it’s possible to display ordinal day columns in the task table. Let’s explore. The impetus behind wanting to display ordinal dates is that your project at its early stage of development does not yet have an […]
5 Benefits of a PMO Health Check
Making time for a PMO health check is perhaps not top of your list of priorities right now. We understand that running a PMO can be an all-consuming job. We understand that running a PMO can be an all-consuming job. That’s exactly why it’s worth putting some time in your schedule now and give your […]
The 14-Point Assessment and Schedule ‘Missing Logic’ Inspection
Schedules are meant to be dynamic: they should have the flexibility to adjust to the changing project scenarios. Schedule logic is the driver that determines how dynamic and flexible a schedule is. Let’s explore an assessment to confirm your schedule is not ‘missing logic’. A helpful measure of the effectiveness of project schedules is the […]
Time To Give Your PMO A Health Check?
You regularly assess the performance of projects, but as a Project Management Office team, how often do you assess your own performance? It might be time to give your PMO a health check. In this article, we look at why you would want to do that and when is the right time. We also look […]
Microsoft Project and Deadlines
Need to know how to insert Microsoft Project deadlines into your schedule? Let’s say that your customer has told you what date your project deliverables are due. The good news is that your schedule is on target to complete before this date. However, you still want to highlight the requested completion date on your schedule. […]
The 14-Point Schedule Assessment and the Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
Many project managers look to Earned Value Management (EVM) values to predict whether or not their project will complete on time. Recently, the Baseline Execution Index (BEI) has been popularized as a schedule completion early warning metric. Let’s discuss. The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) developed a 14-point assessment for gauging the quality or soundness […]
5 Difficult Conversations for PMO Leaders To Have
Difficult Conversations For the leader of a Project Management Office, much of the working day is taken up with operational issues and ensuring that projects, programs and portfolios are operating as they should. From time to time you’ll have to face difficult conversations to ensure that you can still deliver those projects, programs and portfolios […]
Microsoft Project and Ordinal Gantt Chart Dates
If you are asked to develop a schedule in the early stages of the project life cycle it’s likely the project may not even yet have a specified start date and deadline. Displaying calendar dates on the Microsoft Project Gantt chart in these situations may cause confusion. Let’s explore an alternative Gantt chart labeling approach
Ten Six Announces New Deltek Cobra 8 Training Classes
With the release of Deltek Cobra 8 today, we are pleased to announce a free of charge and updated Cobra training classes. This release brings many changes and new features, particularly with the user interface, that we have previously written about that you can read here. This release is available today and existing users with […]
What Sort Of PMO Are You?
However, there are 5 types of PMO that we see most commonly. They were also identified in a study by PMI® called PMO Frameworks (available free on the PMO Thought Leadership page of the PMI website)