Mar3
This is a question that’s come up multiple times with folks I’ve worked with, and is something I consider best practice. The last time someone asked me about this, I figured I’d just blog it up with screenshots and send him the URL. So Daniel, this post is for you….
For years Project has had a function which remarkably few people know about, and even fewer people use – that is the intelligen...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010 07:57.
Feb3
A lot of folks ask in the newsgroups how to save a Project file to Access. This may be done for a number of reasons:
Connecting to a reporting structure. (See an old article by Neville Turbit on project reporting in Access)
Connecting to a SharePoint front end. (Richard Fennell’s take on Access Services in SharePoint 2010, a video demo of Access Services 2010)
Interacting with homegrow...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Wednesday, 3 Feb 2010 07:02.
Oct14
Following up on a previous post on setting schedule buffers, I figured it was about time to revisit the topic of buffers, this time with cost. This post will discuss best practices in setting cost buffers using the budget resource feature in Microsoft Project 2007.
First off, why should we set buffers on a project? Simply put, buffers make projects more predictable and allow better planning ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 11:23.
Oct7
Updating my blog list after the EPM Conference a couple of weeks ago. Figured I'd share with the crowd. Note that this is not scientific, and some of these may be dead links. Some of these blogs haven't been updated in a while, but still have good information posted. Some of these blogs aren't really Project or Project Server focused, but still mention it from time to time.
RSS feeds ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 11:28.
Sep23
For years, the PMI has teased me with mentions of a Schedule Management Plan in the PMBOK. It obviously existed, and even was listed as an input to one of the Time Management processes, but it never got called out as its own separate artifact with its own planning process. Obviously, this implied some sort of bias against the scheduler caste. Didn’t Risk, HR, Communications, Quality and Proc...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Wednesday, 23 Sep 2009 08:10.
Sep16
Yes, ladies and germs, today was actually my first rodeo. A major milestone perhaps.
Today was Day 1 of the actual conference formal, Day 3 of the overall festivities including the top secret Ignite presentations which will get unveiled tomorrow mid-morning or so, PST. On this day, we saw Tad Haas, Doug McCutcheon and EPM Joe take to Microsoft branded horses (!) and do their best Three Amigo...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 07:56.
Sep15
One of the great benefits of attending the Project Conference is the ability to network with the larger Microsoft Project implementing community. After the reception, a group of us headed out into the quiet night of downtown Phoenix for dinner. (Peter will be posting the video of the discussion later if he can actually figure out how to use the Flip.)
We ended up chatting with Vadim Bogdanov...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009 08:48.
Sep11
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Friday, 11 Sep 2009 08:23.
Aug24
Vaughan Merlyn has a great post on his IT Organization Circa 2017 blog on how hard a consulting company should push its clients in adopting organizational change. On the converse side, it also discusses what a client should expect from a consulting company that implements tools supporting organizational change.
http://vaughanmerlyn.com/2009/08/24/how-hard-should-management-consultants-push...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on
Monday, 24 Aug 2009 12:50.
Aug5
In case you missed the EPM Webinar on Maximizing Your Investment in Microsoft Project Professional and Project Server 2007, you can access the recording at mms://videos.catapultsystems.com/Marketing/epm1.wmv.
Please also visit http://www.catapultsystems.com/NEWS/EVENTS/Pages/default.aspx in order to register for two other upcoming webinars.
Maximizing Your Investment in Windows SharePoint S...
Posted by Victor Richardson on
Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 03:46.