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As Project Managers,You Are Key…
New logo, new direction… Project Plan 365 and Project Viewer 365 are undergoing dramatic changes for 2019 and beyond, and this post explains why… When we first started out with our viewer tool, we were mainly focused on providing users with a new and better way to view their Microsoft Project plans (.MPP files). Since then, […]
Project Planning without Excel
Are you frustrated with spreadsheet-based project plans? Do you struggle when creating, editing or updating spreadsheets used as project plans and schedules? Figuring out formulas got you down? Has sharing project data via spreadsheets become cumbersome or untenable during the life of your project? If you answered YES to any of the above, then this […]
Mind-Mapping Your Way to Better Project Plans
How to use mind maps to create a WBS… Mind-mapping (or as it is also known, concept mapping) is a proven method and technology for organizing your thinking, no matter what you are thinking about. Students learn this technique in school these days, so that term papers and research reports are better thought out and […]
The Essential Toolkit for Project Management Students & Educators
Calling all Project Management Students & Educators! If you are a student at university or enrolled in any other Project Management (PM) training, then this article is for you. For example, if you are a PMI student striving for PMP® certification or a graduate student studying for the Georgetown Master’s in Project Management degree, then […]
Turbo-charging Your PM Tools for Better Construction Productivity
Turbo-charging Your PM Tools for Better Construction Productivity According to Mckinsey Research, the number one laggard in global productivity for the past several decades has been the Construction Industry, which even falls well below the total economic average for just about everything. This dismal state of affairs comes on the eve of what is expected […]
Leverage your Microsoft Project Investment
Leverage your Microsoft Project Investment Increasingly, fellow Mac users come to me with this common challenge: how to open, edit, view or even print MPP files (the file format for Microsoft Project) when using standalone versions of Microsoft Project. After researching the problem, I found that Microsoft flat out does not provide a solution, as […]
The Importance of Resource Calendaring
The Importance of Resource Calendaring With so many projects of late either failing, partially failing or coming in way over budget, those of us in the business of managing projects are concerned, and rightly so. The reason for project failures and cost bloats are many fold, and this article only covers one problem that falls […]