The Microsoft Project Quick Access Toolbar is a great tool that can help the project manager with repeated commands. This can be extremely useful particularly during schedule creation or going through the updating process. There is normally more than one way to perform a feature command in Microsoft Project. Additionally, Microsoft recognizes that you may […]
Managing Project Risk
How well are you managing your project’s risk? For many project managers risk analysis is an addendum. And it’s not even the icing on the cake; it’s the sprinkles. Yes, most project managers do not think of risk management as an area of essential focus on their project. But risk management, never-the-less, is a primary […]
PMO Management: The Global Challenge to Stay Relevant
Research out from analyst firm Gartner last year points to a shift in the business drivers behind PMOs. A few years ago, they report, the main reason for having a PMO was to drive through measures that supported the economic survival of companies. Executives looked to PMO management to manage process improvement, improve standardization and […]
DCMA’s New Data Driven Approach To EVMS Compliance Validation/Surveillance Reviews
With the new thresholds for EVMS compliance being rolled out, a new approach to how DCMA manages its Validation review workload is being rolled out as well. In the past, DCMA would perform validation and ongoing surveillance reviews on any contract exceeding $50M. Now with the new thresholds in place, DCMA will only perform validation […]
Replacing Primavera Contract Management
We previously announced last March, that Oracle released three new Cloud Services Accelerators for Primavera. These Accelerators help organizations get up to speed faster with pre-configured solutions. One of these Accelerators, the Oracle Contract Management Cloud Accelerator is tailored specifically for the engineering and construction industries and offers the best opportunity for users of Primavera […]
PMO Trends To Watch In 2016
PMO Trends To Watch In 2016 You’d be forgiven for thinking that the PMO world moves quite slowly, given that the focus of many corporate PMOs is on delivering services in a standard way, over and over again and with a strong eye on governance. In fact, the PMO is one of the most dynamic […]
GAO Releases Schedule Assessment Guide
Just before the end of 2015 the GAO (Government Accountability Office) released its Schedule Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Project Schedules. This has been a long time in the making. It was originally started in November 2010 with a draft released in 2012 for comment. The GAO Schedule Assessment Guide develops scheduling concepts and presents […]
Deltek Releases Acumen 7.0
Great news for Deltek Acumen users and those considering buying Acumen. Deltek releases Acumen version 7.0 today and it is available to all customers, both existing and new! There are some great new features and enhancements that help project teams deliver more realistic and achievable plans. Deltek Acumen New Features and Enhancements Risk Register Mitigation […]
Translating Microsoft Project Custom Fields to Primavera P6
Translating a Microsoft Project schedule into Primavera P6 Professional is a relatively straightforward process. If you want to include Microsoft Project custom fields in with that translation than you will have to
Quick Ways to Monitor Schedule Progress in Microsoft Project
Schedulers are always looking for quick ways to spot trouble in their project schedule. The good news is that Microsoft Project has a number of great features to assist in this effort. Here are some quick ways to monitor schedule progress in Microsoft Project. As projects become larger it becomes increasingly difficult to track the […]