Author: Ben Howard
Ben Howard – Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series and has over 30 years of experience of implementing enterprise solutions for customers worldwide. During that time, he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project, Project Online and Power BI implementation and training services. He has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 13 years, blogs semi-frequently at www.applepark.co.uk, produces video training for Pluralsight and his own YouTube channel, and finally was responsible for producing P2O, an application that exports tasks from Microsoft Project into Outlook. You can catch him at ben@applepark.co.uk
Microsoft® Project 2016 Essentials – Part One
Watch Session 2 Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 2 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Getting Started with Project Management and the Microsoft® Toolset -What Is a Project? -What Is Project Management? -Who are Project Managers -Key Goals & Challenges Facing Projects -Tools, tools and more tools See part 2 and part 3 of Microsoft® Project 2016 Essentials Series on-demand, these recordings were featured as part of the Microsoft® Project Virtual Conference 2016. Presenter Info: Ben Howard, MVP Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Microsoft® Project 2016 Essentials – Part Three
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 2 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Getting Started with Project Management and the Microsoft® Toolset -What Is a Project? -What Is Project Management? -Who are Project Managers -Key Goals & Challenges Facing Projects -Tools, tools and more tools This webinar recording is part three of the three part Microsoft® Project 2016 Essentials series. Presenter Info: Ben Howard, MVP Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: The Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Project: Part 3
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical Project Management talent triangle category. If you are claiming this session, you must submit it to your MPUG Webinar History after it has been completed in its entirety. Event Description: Part 3 is all about communication and tracking of the project. We’ll make sure that: We are able to print off the project, exactly in the format we want to The project is updated using the appropriate method and frequency We can create and print off relevant reports We can add new tasks, and mark ones we no longer need Presenter Bio: Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: The Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Project: Part 2
Watch Session 3 Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical Project Management talent triangle category. If you are claiming this session, you must submit it to your MPUG Webinar History after it has been completed in its entirety. Event Description: In part 2 we’ll take our schedule from part 1 and do the following: Enter dependencies, lead times and lag times Model any external dependencies that impact our activities on the project Enter deadlines for our key milestones Assign resources to the plan Presenter Bio: Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: The Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Project: Part 1
*Please Note: Due to a technical issue with part 1 that resulted in it ending approximately 38 minutes into the session, we reorganized part 2 and 3 to include the remainder of part 1. This Webinar is not in the PMI® system. However, it is eligible for self-directed learning PMI® PDU credit. Watch Session 2 Lesson Description: In this initial session you will learn the following: Presenter Bio: Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: Exporting and Importing Data into Project, Excel and Outlook
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical Project Management talent triangle category. If you are claiming this session, you must submit it to your MPUG Webinar History after it has been completed in its entirety. Event Description: Microsoft Project is a fabulous tool for Project Managers, but it’s not always the best tool for Team Members. In this session we’ll investigate two common scenarios. The first one will be exporting task related data to Excel to that we can use it as the basis of a timesheet, and then import the modified data back into Project. The second scenario is exporting the data to Outlook so that it appears in a user’s calendar. It’s a lot to cover in 60 minutes, so climb on board for a pacey ride! About the Presenter: Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: New Year’s Resolution: Use Project Like a Pro!
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This webinar is eligible for 1 Category A PMI® PDUs in the Technical Project Management talent triangle category. If you are claiming this session, you must submit it to your MPUG Webinar History after it has been completed in its entirety. Event Description: Join Microsoft MVP Ben Howard and spend an hour of your time learning to use Project like a Pro. Ben will show you a mixture of tips and tricks, shortcuts, and best practices that he uses to ensure that you can create and manage a project schedule with the minimal of hassle and fuss. About: Ben Howard Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: Tabular Reports to Customized Management Dashboards – Project 2013 Reporting
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This webinar is eligible for 1 Category A PMI® PDUs in the Technical Project Management talent triangle category. If you are claiming this session, you must submit it to your MPUG Webinar History after it has been completed in its entirety. Event Description This MPUG event will pay you back multiple times – in it I’ll show you how to use the new reporting features of Project 2013 so that you never have to manually create a project report in PowerPoint or Excel again. You will learn how to create everything from simple tabular reports to customized management dashboards with drill-through capabilities. No stone will be left unturned as we review all of the new reporting capabilities in Project and discuss best practice reporting techniques. I’ll discuss the types of information available for each report (Project and task progress, costs, work) and how to customize and personalize the look and feel of each report. Finally, I’ll show you how to link the link the reports together to create a drill-through management dashboard linking all of your reports together. The techniques discussed are equally applicable to a single project or a programme of work, and I’ll show you how to consolidate several project reports into a single programme report. Presenter Ben Howard Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series. Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 5 years, and has published the successful “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” book. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]