Author: Ira Brown
Ira Brown is a leader in the field of project management and a recognized Microsoft Project expert, Project Widgets is well-known for offering add-on products for Microsoft Project and Project Online, as well as for creating custom solutions that meet their client's unique business requirements. This company continues to extend the scope and breadth of their offerings, thereby increasing the value they provide to customers, by creating Microsoft Project solutions that are tailored to an organization's unique needs. They even have several free, downloadable widgets available on their website that you can begin using right away.
Microsoft Project 2010 Feature Rally: Departmental Fields
One of the exciting new features introduced in Project 2010 is the ability to create Departmental fields. Although the previous version of Project Server allowed for the creation of unlimited Enterprise fields, it was often the case that one group within an organization needed to use certain fields that only applied to their group. Unfortunately, once an Enterprise field was created, all users would see this field, even if it didn’t pertain to their group. In addition, if one group wanted a field to be mandatory, it would be necessary to create a value list option such as Not Applicable for the other groups that didn’t have the need to use this field. In Project 2010, we now have the ability to create Departments, and an Enterprise field can be associated with a particular department. Using this approach, a user from Human Resources would see a different set of fields than a user from the Accounting department. Additionally, an organization can define global fields that go across departments to capture attributes that are applicable to all projects. Departments can also be associated with resources and Enterprise Project Types, providing an organization with even more control over the data exposed to its users.
Webinar: Beyond Macros, Part Three: Creating a Custom Project Initiation Wizard in VBA
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1.5 PMI® PDU in the Technical Category of the Talent Triangle. Event description: Ira Brown, a recognized Microsoft Project expert, continues his popular series on automating Microsoft Project by showing you how to create a custom Project Initiation Wizard using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This fun and informative presentation will show you how to design a VBA form that can be used to create a new project. You don’t need to be a programmer to attend this session, as the presentation and examples are geared toward the business user. This session provides practical, real-world illustrations for solving common business challenges a user faces when working with Microsoft Project to initiate a new project. Topics include: Designing a VBA form for the Project Initiation Wizard Using the wizard to populate Enterprise Project attributes Creating automation to save your project using your organization’s standard naming conventions The presentation and the VBA code created during this session will be emailed to attendees upon request. Ira has over fifteen years experience helping organizations implement Enterprise Project Management solutions, and is a widely published author of several Microsoft Project books. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]
Webinar: Beyond Macros – Automating Microsoft Project for Non-Techies
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical Category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Ira, recognized as a Microsoft Project expert, delivers this fun and informative presentation that provides you with an understanding of the automation capabilities of Microsoft Project. The session is geared toward the Microsoft Project business user, rather than a technical programmer, providing practical, real-world illustrations for solving the common challenges a user faces when working with Microsoft Project. Topics include: Recording and editing basic macros Assigning a macro to a custom toolbar or menu Creating automated printing routines, including to-do lists for each resource Creating a routine to inflate or deflate work by a specified % Importing tasks from a Microsoft Excel file Distributing your macros and toolbars to others Presenter: Ira Brown, Project Widgets, has over fifteen years experience helping organizations implement Enterprise Project Management solutions, and is a widely published author of several Microsoft Project books. Have you watched this webinar recording? Tell MPUG viewers what you think! [WPCR_INSERT]