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Microsoft Project Certifications – Is it worth it for the Employer? (1 of 3)

BY:  Collin Quiring   I noticed that Microsoft is retiring a couple Project certifications in October of this year: Exam 74-131: Designing a Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution Exam 70-281: Planning, Deploying, and Managing... (more...)

Project and Project Server Versions, Hotfix’es, Service Packs and Cumulative Updates

BY: Collin Quiring I am asked “What release (version) of Project do I have?” and “What is the latest update?” quite often and this is an attempt to help answer those questions.  And, this also answers the question about what the differences are... (more...)

Project 2010 – Printable New Features Highlights

Tanya Foster has just added a new document to our White Paper section which is formatted to print on one page – with sample images.  This document lists five of the new features and is designed for you to be able to print out to show others about... (more...)

Project Server and Project Professional – Getting them to communicate!

BY: Collin Quiring Microsoft Project Server and Project Professional work very well together most of the time. However, every now and then, particularly if you use multiple instances or Servers, some challenges can arise. Recently, I was confronted with... (more...)

Hanging Christmas Lights can be a Project… Seriously?

BY: Tanya Foster Did you know that all sorts of normal everyday activities can be projects?  We always think of these big, multi-million dollar things as projects… but in reality we start and complete projects all the time. Since it’s the holiday... (more...)

White Papers Section

BY:  Collin Quiring For those that may be getting this blog’s RSS feed but don’t visit our website very often I am sending this out as a quick note.  We have added TWENTY-EIGHT documents to a new White Paper page on our website.  At this... (more...)

Microsoft Project has limits?

BY:  Tanya Foster Ever wondered how many tasks you can put into a single project? Or how many resources you can assign to a specific task?  Believe it or not, Project does have its limits!  Here are some limits that I found helpful to know and hopefully... (more...)

Microsoft Project vs Excel

BY:  Tanya Foster Two great products… each one has its own specialty, but so many people try to use them interchangeably.  I can’t tell you how many times I have seen people using Excel to schedule their projects.  Don’t get me wrong, Excel is... (more...)

Summary Task versus Milestone

BY: Collin Quiring   This is a quick primer on the difference between a summary task and a milestone task.    In the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), version four, the term “Summary Activity” is defined as:  “A group of related... (more...)

Best Practices versus Tool Capabilities

BY:  Collin Quiring   Project Professional 2010 and Project Server 2010 come with great modifications and an improved user experience.  Part of that is to allow all sorts of flexibility in many areas of the tool.  While this is a good thing for many... (more...)

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