One of the less expensive ways to earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) is by reading books. Currently, every three years, you are required to earn 60 PDUs. Apart from taking formal training classes, you also can attend
Updating Schedule Progress in Microsoft Project 2013
Knowing how to update your schedule in Microsoft Project is essential to accurately tracking your schedule progress. Here we look at the major steps to updating your Microsoft Project 2013 schedule based upon the progress
4 Career Paths For PMO Professionals
Let’s get one thing straight: the Project Management Office is not a dead end job. If you’ve heard that myth, then put it to one side now! PMOs are consistently gaining credibility in their organizations and they focus on maintaining standards and maximizing economies
Assigning a Project Specific Fixed Price Material Expense in Microsoft Project
The Resource Sheet and Resource Names column In Microsoft Project are great for assigning labor and material generic resources to a schedule. However, if you have a subcontractor doing all the work
Free Schedule Assessment
The Ten Six ‘Pulse Check Schedule Assessment’ looks at 10 key schedule health metrics and provides initial analysis around the results. The metrics are focused on areas that have proven to be weak spots in schedule health over time and represent areas that the project should review. This would ensure a better understanding as to […]
What Do You Do About Out Of Sequence Activities?
An out of sequence activity is an activity that is worked in an order other than how it was originally planned. When you build a schedule with relationships, you’re not only doing so to enable the tool you’re using to
5 Things You Can Do Today To Make Risk Management Successful
Despite all the planning, deep thought and assumptions you put into a project plan chances are there is still risk of not meeting your goals once you move beyond planning and get into execution…“Stuff” happens.
Microsoft Project: Displaying the Total Float (Slack) of Tasks on the Gantt Chart
To better understand the total float of tasks in your schedule, it’s often very useful to display these on the Gantt chart. A Gantt chart view of total slack may complement or even provide more insight than a tabulated list of values.
5 Personalities You’ll Meet On An EPM Implementation
An enterprise project management implementation means big changes for a company. You might not have had a Project Management Office before. Even if you did, it may not have had such far-reaching
Primavera P6 Downloads
Primavera P6 Downloads We’ve posted over the past few years some really handy eBooks, guides, desktop aides, tips and step-by-step instructions related to Primavera P6. Here we’ve consolidated some of the most popular downloads and requested materials that we’ve received over time. So, whether you’re a seasoned veteran user of Primavera P6 or new to […]