Posts from:Portfolio Server
Creating a New Project in Portfolio Server 2007 Part 3
BY: Tanya Foster Today we’re going to talk about the Scheduling information for our new project that we created last time. The Start and End date are required fields. These dates are the expected Start and End dates of the project. To set the Start... (more...)
PSDBUpdater errors
By: Collin Quiring This is a more technical blog entry than most of the ones that we put here. However, a lot of time and effort was spent on this and if I can save somebody else from having to expend that much energy I am happy to do it! First,... (more...)
Certifications
In looking at the number of Microsoft Certified Professionals worldwide I am amazed at both how many people have proven their expertise by taking the tests and by how few have taken those tests in the Project Server area. A certification, combined with... (more...)
Creating a New Project in Portfolio Server 2007 Part 2
By: Tanya Foster Last time, we began the process of creating a new Project in Portfolio Server. Below is a screen shot of the entire Project Info tab that we will have to fill out. I wanted you to see the entire screen, but we are going to focus... (more...)
Gain vs Loss – Project Management’s Conundrum
By: Collin Quiring Project Management is usually involved in the creation of “the new” or the modification of “the old”. In the beginning stages of a Project almost everybody involved talks about the great benefits, the wonderful aspects of... (more...)
ROI and Value of Project Management
By: Collin Quiring I know in previous posts I have droned on and on about ROI. As I have mentioned in the past, ROI is a metric and is usually a financial (aka: highly measurable) item. But, “value” is really the important item to think about. ... (more...)
A PMO’s PMO – Project Management Office’s Project Marketing Office
By: Collin Quiring Gantthead has a series this month about project promotion and in at least one article has a suggested acronym for a department that would do this – a Project Promotion Office (PPO). The specific article I am referring to is found... (more...)
Project Server 2010
By: Collin Quiring I have a previous post about upgrading from Project Server 2003 to 2007 or waiting for 2010. I mentioned some of the timing and costs associated with the two upgrades. I recommend that you read that post, however, the Project Server... (more...)
PM Magnitude – 1 for 10 or 10 for 1?
By: Collin Quiring Why is it that so many companies will honor and consider a Project Manager as one of the leaders of their PM organization when they have one large project? One Project Manager is given a ten million dollar project and they are held... (more...)
Creating a New Project in Portfolio Server 2007
By: Tanya Foster Last week we talked about settings and having the right person in the role of Portfolio System Administrator. This week we are going to walk through the steps of creating a new project for an existing program or portfolio. We’ll... (more...)