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The Catapult EPM team is responsible for delivering Microsoft project and portfolio management solutions. Their blog reflects team insights and real-world experiences developing world-class EPM solutions.
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May20

1 Year & 100 Posts – You’d Think We Almost Planned That

Yep, our little ol’ blog was officially 1 year old last month.  That means we’re ready to graduate from the baby cereal stuff to something with substance.  I hope you’re all getting half as much out of reading this blog as we get out of writing it. Here’s a self-selected best of listing of some of the posts that we’ve published…. Category Post Deployment Epistemological Challe...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:36.
1 Comment | Categories: Administration, Business Intelligence, Project Server 2010, SharePoint, Reporting

 
May12

Houston, We Have Launch…

Follow today’s Project Launch events here, and check out all the great content that just got unveiled here. ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 02:27.
0 Comments | Categories: Project Server 2010, SharePoint

 
May5

The 2010 Event

First Cinco de Mayo, then the 2010 Event.  May just keeps on giving.  Check it out on May 12th for all of the buzz around the launch of the Microsoft 2010 products. This is how our Denver office is feeling….   …and as for the Houston office…. ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 12:47.
1 Comment | Categories: Project Server 2010, SharePoint

 
Mar19

More SharePoint BI Links

Great post from Doug Ware rolling up some of the top SharePoint BI features – with links…I know we’ve talked about how some of them enable us to surface Project Server data, but this list has a couple more items on my hit list.   The Top SharePoint Server 2010 Feature Set You Probably Don’t Know About...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Friday, 19 Mar 2010 03:55.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint

 
Mar17

Houston SharePoint Saturday Now Registering (5/1)

From Rafael’s blog: The Houston SharePoint User Group (HSPUG) is proud to present the first SharePoint Saturday event for the greater Houston area on May 1, 2010. This event will be from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm at Norris Conference Center, 803 Town & Country Lane, Houston, TX 77024.  713-590-0950.  We will provide a continental breakfast, break refreshments and hot lunch.  Parking is free in t...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010 04:07.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint

 
Feb12

Repost: Catapult Systems Webinars

Reposting content from Matt McD’s blog:   Announcing Catapult Systems Web Cast Series Catapult Systems is taking the most popular in-person events and producing a series of web casts. SharePoint 2010 Webcast Series Wednesday, March 17th - 11:00am CST: Managed Metadata Wednesday, March 31st - 11:00am CST: Social Computing Wednesday, April 14th - 11:00am CST: Search Wednesday, Apri...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Friday, 12 Feb 2010 08:11.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint, Business Intelligence

 
Feb2

Houston SharePoint Event: Search TechDive on 2/10

Reposting teammate Rafael Perez’s invite to what is sure to be a scintillating (or at least mildly interesting if you’re into such things) evening talking about search capabilities in SharePoint 2007.  Come away with ideas of how to optimize your SharePoint based PM Information System. SharePoint TechDive: http://www.sptechdives.com/  The event is at the Catapult office at Richmond & the ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Tuesday, 2 Feb 2010 08:24.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint

 
Feb2

Austin PMO LIG: PM & SharePoint (2/24)

I am not sure how the Austin PMO LIG stacks up, but the Central Ohio one I used to attend was a great forum for sharing ideas and mixing with local program/portfolio managers.  This event is at the Texas Association of School Boards.  From the invitation e-mail I received yesterday… ****** Have you wondered at all buzz regarding SharePoint and Project Management? Well, come join us for a de...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Tuesday, 2 Feb 2010 08:23.
0 Comments | Categories: Project Management, SharePoint

 
Jan19

Modifying the Default ODC Files to Filter on Specific Projects

This is another posting from our BI presentations last week in Houston and Dallas.  This is the first part of creating a dynamic Visio report, with the second part coming out later this week.  For that post, I plan to tackle the question of creating a dynamic Visio timeline linked to project data.  In the meantime, this is the prerequisite information on how to modify the Office Data Connector ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010 06:45.
0 Comments | Categories: Project Server 2010, SharePoint

 
Jan12

Document Automation with the REST.API

One of the top client requests I often see is document automation.  Many clients have bits and pieces of reusable content that they wish to automatically populate into PowerPoint or Word documents.  Ira Brown of Project Widgets did an impressive webinar the other day on using macros to automatically move data from MPP files to Office files.  Continuing on the BI thread this week, here’s how you...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010 07:40.
0 Comments | Categories: Project Server 2010, SharePoint