Projects: Managing Schedules

Enhance time management and planning skills with our expert guides on managing project schedules. Learn to create realistic timelines, track progress, and ensure timely project delivery with MPUG.

OnePager: Data-Driven Timelines from Project Desktop or Project Online

OnePager Pro helps project managers create data-driven timelines and Gantt charts directly from Microsoft Project plans. Learn how to choose from multiple layouts, group tasks into swimlanes, apply co...

Effective Project Management: Utilizing Baselines and Microsoft Project Views for Comprehensive Progress Tracking

Microsoft Project offers various views and features to help you track project progress effectively. Learn how to utilize baselines to compare actual outcomes against the original plan, and explore dif...

8 Tips for Better Time Management: Project Manager Edition

8 Tips for Better Time Management: Project Manager Edition

Enhance productivity with time management strategies for project managers like peak productivity awareness, smart delegation, and break time.

Introduction to OnePager Pro for Microsoft Project

OnePager Pro is a tool that allows users to create data-driven project timelines and Gantt charts from Microsoft Project plans. Learn about its key features, including multiple layout options, swimlan...

Create a 5/4-9 Calendar in Microsoft Project

Create a 5/4-9 Calendar in Microsoft Project

Background A number of organizations in the United States, including agencies of the US federal government, use a compressed work schedule to manage projects. A common type of compressed work schedule...

Back to Basics: Assumptions vs. Constraints vs. Dependencies

Back to Basics: Assumptions vs. Constraints vs. Dependencies

I regularly provide project management advisory and Project Management Office (PMO) related consulting services to my clients. On many occasions, I have found that project managers do not di...

What You Need to Know About Calendars in Project for the web

What You Need to Know About Calendars in Project for the web

Project for the web “out of the box” contains a default calendar. When you create a new schedule through the website, https://project.microsoft.com, you will be presented with a default, but what does...

Make Saturday a Working Day in Microsoft Project

Make Saturday a Working Day in Microsoft Project

Background There was an interesting question recently in the Tech Community Project user forum. A user asked how to change the default working calendar to allow Saturday as a working day. The question...

You’re Invited to Join a WBS Schedule Pro Presentation

You’re Invited to Join a WBS Schedule Pro Presentation

This is your invitation to join Critical Tools for a webinar presentation of our popular WBS Schedule Pro project planning software. WBS Schedule Pro makes creating and presenting projects easy. Durin...