Content Types: Article
What is the Project Lifecycle?
Fun fact: Try typing “lifecycle” into Google and you will see results for “life cycle.” Over the years, people have started using the single word instead of two words, but its meaning can be best unde...
How to Optimize Project Management for Remote Business
Remote work is a trend that was already becoming commonplace before the pandemic hit. Now, it’s become the new norm for millions of business owners and workers. As a result, many project manager...
Set a Target Date for Task Completion Using Deadline Dates
Background Information Many years ago, I was working with a client located in downtown Denver, Colorado. I was teaching the project managers in the client’s PMO how to use the new version of Microsoft...
Project Management and Jira: What Do You Want to Know?
Last year, we ran a poll and asked which tools, alongside Microsoft Project, you’re using within the Microsoft ecosystem and beyond to manage your projects. One of our top responses was Jira, and we’r...
Advanced Excel and PowerBI Reporting for MS Project
Often project data is requested for stakeholders who do not have MS Project installed or are not experienced enough to work with it. MS Project reporting to MS Excel or other visualization software is...
Critical Path Modeling Using Microsoft Project: Lesson 1 – Estimating Resources and Using Resource Calendars Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Sam Bell’s course, Critical Path Modeling Using Microsoft Project (Lesson 1: Estimating Resources and Using Resource Calendars), being provide...
Late Tasks: Starts and Finishes
The Background Story… I have been a project manager for over forty years. Over that time, I got into the habit of checking my projects for late starts and finishes two or three times a month. This wou...
How to Earn PMP PDUs in 2022 : A Step by Step Guide
I have been conducting PMP training for about 15 years. During training workshops, I get all kind of project management-related questions, but one of the most frequently asked questions is about PMP c...
MPUG 2022 Call for Content
We know it takes a community to build top-quality, useful content. In 2021, we asked you to share your biggest frustration with the project management tool(s) that you use. Then, we followed with a po...