Projects: Managing Costs

Gain insights into effective budgeting and cost control strategies. Learn how to manage project costs, track expenses, and optimize budget allocation for project success with MPUG’s resources.

Misconception #4: Managing Resources in Project is Too Hard

Misconception #4: Managing Resources in Project is Too Hard

Managing resources in Project is certainly not simple. If you’ve worked in Primavera or other scheduling tools, you know there’s even more complexity for how to utilize resources. Of course, there are...

Multiple Views into the Same Project File

Multiple Views into the Same Project File

Different views into the same MS Project file enables us to see a schedule from multiple perspectives. Using the split view feature is one way to do this. The Project window is split into two panes, w...

Sharing Resources Across Multiple Projects

Sharing Resources Across Multiple Projects

A resource pool can help you see how resources (i.e., work or materials) are used across multiple projects, so you will be able to track costs per plan, as well as the cumulative costs across multiple...

Extending the Resource Usage View

Extending the Resource Usage View

The Resource Usage view is a powerful view in Microsoft Project. The Usage table on the left side of the view displays each resource in your project team, along with the tasks to which each resource i...

Earned Value Management (EVM) in Agile Development

Earned Value Management (EVM) in Agile Development

In this article, we are going to explore Earned Value Management (EVM), a widely used traditional management technique, but we are going to look at it within the context of an Agile domain. Let’s cons...

How To Reschedule Incomplete Work

How To Reschedule Incomplete Work

A colleague posed a problem recently. He recorded earned value after tracking work done in the first status period of his project. When recording work done in the second status period, he returned to ...

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