Posts from:Enterprise Project Management
Does the organization play together? (Part 5 of 5 – Potential Solutions)
BY: Collin Quiring In part four (click here) we talked about some of the technology constraints, or freedoms, that can be realized that either hinder, or help, an organization present a unified approach between various departments. An organization doesn’t... (more...)
Linking Projects / Tasks in Project Professional
BY: Collin Quiring Quick note – This is a post that is similar in nature to the White Paper about linking Projects found here. This is about the occasional need to link two (or more) schedules using Project 2010 stand-alone. When using Project... (more...)
Does the organization play together? (Part 4 of 5 – The Technology)
BY: Collin Quiring In part three (click here) we talked about how disciplines that certain departments may concentrate upon can actually deter the organization as a whole. Of course, the discipline that you work in and are certified in is probably the... (more...)
Does the organization play together? (Part 3 of 5 – The Disciplines)
BY: Collin Quiring In part two (click here) we ended with an example of how departments of an organization can become myopic and think that their level of expertise for how they do their specific functions is greater than the whole organization. We... (more...)
NULL Task UID – might be a bug, might not be
BY: Collin Quiring The Background: We are using Project Server 2010 with Timesheets and have Project Managers and Timesheet Managers. Resources are assigned to tasks and the Resources report time weekly in the Timesheet page of Project Web APP (PWA). ... (more...)
Does the organization play together? (Part 2 of 5 – Setting Expectations)
BY: Collin Quiring In part one, (click here) we explained how OPM (Organizational Project Management) and OPM3 (Organizational Project Management Maturity from Project Management Institute) helps the entire organization and increases an organization’s... (more...)
Approval Center History Sorting Bug – Project Server 2010
BY: Collin Quiring We have run into this a number of times in the last year and so we are just documenting it here. In Project Server 2010 in the Approval Center you can look at the History of the approvals that you have accepted or rejected. And,... (more...)
Does the organization play together? (Part 1 of 5 – The Concept)
BY: Collin Quiring I sometimes feel like George Costanza on Seinfeld when he talks about Worlds Colliding! For most organizations, no single area can work in isolation. Everything affects everything. But, some organizations become so large or... (more...)
Preview Updates – Grayed Out in Ribbon – Project Server 2010
By Collin Quiring In Project Server 2010, part of the process of the Update Cycle from Team Members to the Project Manager is for the Project Manager to use the Approval Center and Accept or Reject that tasks. One of the options for the Approval Center... (more...)
Process Status Field
By Collin Quiring I was teaching a class on updating tasks in Project Web App for Project Server 2010 and was asked a few questions about the Process Status updates field shown in the default My Assignments Process Status column. I went through a couple... (more...)