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"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson

Feature Product:
"How to Effectively Build a Project Schedule with MS-Project" - By Tactical Project Management - See Details Here

Survey Results from March:
Is the value of your PMO understood by senior management?
24% - Yes
54% - No
22% - My company doesn't have a PMO

Question of the Month:
Which is LEAST important on your current project?
- Scope
- Time
- Cost
- Quality
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Upcoming Events:
2009/04/06 Managing Projects from Foundation to Enterprise using Project Server
2009/04/06 Managing Projects using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 EXAM PREP
2009/04/06 Web - Mastering Advanced Project Management Techniques using Microsoft Project
2009/04/06 SharePoint Summit
2009/04/06 PMP® Exam Boot Camp
2009/04/06 Web - Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2007
2009/04/06 Developing a Project Management Office
2009/04/07 How to Thrive in a Project-Centric Business Environment
2009/04/07 LouisvillePM Networking / Free PDU Event
2009/04/07 Project Visualization and Why It Matters
2009/04/07 Word and SharePoint: I didn't know you could do that!
2009/04/07 Free Project 2007 Training
2009/04/07 Web - Planning Agile and Iterative Projects
2009/04/07 Web - How To Keep Your Project On Schedule And Within Budget
2009/04/08 Web - Project Server 2007: Disaster Recovery
2009/04/08 Cultural Impact of Implementing MSP
2009/04/08 The RegPM Program and Process
2009/04/08 Rest Assured: the role of the Project and Programme Assurance
2009/04/08 Web - Microsoft Project Tips and Tricks for Effective Project Management
2009/04/08 Web - Enhanced Reporting with Project Server 2007
2009/04/08 Web - Collect Requirements: Action Steps that Get Results
2009/04/08 Web - Paving the Road to a Software Measurement Program
2009/04/08 Web - Transform Your Business with Innovation Management
2009/04/08 Web - Successfully Manage your projects using MS Project
2009/04/08 Web - Earned Value Management Made Easy
2009/04/09 Web - Office Project Client Programmability
2009/04/09 Web - Manage Your Project, Not Just Your Schedule
2009/04/09 Web - EPM Content Management
2009/04/09 Web - Reporting and Dashboards
2009/04/09 Web - Harness the Power of MS Visio and MS Project Integration
2009/04/09 Web - Project Management Lessons Learned from the Movies
2009/04/10 Powering-Up Your Interaction Quotient
2009/04/10 Web - “A BETTER Day in the Life of a Project Manager”, featuring Project 2007
2009/04/10 Management by Project in 21st Century
2009/04/10 Success with Data Driven Business Operations
2009/04/10 Color Code a SharePoint Calendar
2009/04/12 Preparation for Project Management Professional Certification
2009/04/13 PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) Exam Prep Course
2009/04/13 Web - New York Metro Webcast Series - Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/13 Web - GE - Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/13 PMI SeminarsWorld
2009/04/13 Working together to work together
2009/04/13 Web - Success Strategies for the Female Project Manager
2009/04/14 Immediately Impact Your Bottom-Line by Undertaking a Project Health Check
2009/04/14 Project Portfolio Management Overview + Hands-on ROI Workshop
2009/04/14 Web - ABCSI presents: Project Beginners
2009/04/14 Web - Thomson Reuters - Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/14 Web - IBM - Microsoft Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/14 Web - ABCSI presents: Project Advanced
2009/04/14 PMI SeminarsWorld
2009/04/14 Performance Auditing and Program Evaluation
2009/04/15 Web - Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User
2009/04/15 Web - Citi - Advanced Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/15 Web - Prudential - Advanced Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/15 Introduction to Business Ethics - What is it; why is it needed
2009/04/15 Web - Using Project 2007 in a Manufacturing Environment
2009/04/15 Web - Enterprise Measurement - What makes it useful to all of us?
2009/04/15 Web - Capital Planning and Investment Control for Government
2009/04/16 Value of Project Management
2009/04/16 Project Portfolio Management Overview + Hands-on ROI Workshop
2009/04/16 Predicting the Unpredictable
2009/04/16 Web - ITT - Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/16 Web - MetLife - Advanced Project Tips and Tricks
2009/04/16 Project Management Process Better Practices
2009/04/16 Web - Communication between Project Professional and Project Server
2009/04/16 Project Server 2007 Events and Workflow (Level 400)
2009/04/17 PMI-SOC Half Day Seminar
2009/04/17 Leveraging Microsoft Project Baselines and Critical Path
2009/04/17 Program Management Under the Recovery Act
2009/04/18 PMP Review Sessions
2009/04/18 Project Management for Business Professionals Certificate
2009/04/18 Web - Configuring Microsoft Project for a New Project
2009/04/18 Web - How To Build A Better Project Plan
2009/04/20 An Overview of the Home Care System in Ontario and our Portfolio Management Appr
2009/04/20 Web - Managing Projects from Foundation to Enterprise using Project Server
2009/04/20 Web - Managing Projects using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 EXAM PREP
2009/04/20 Asia Pacific Project Management Conference
2009/04/20 PRINCE2 Practitioner Course
2009/04/20 Web - Show Me the Measures: Performance Measurement 101
2009/04/20 Web - Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2007
2009/04/20 COACHing for Performance, Maintenance and Recognition
2009/04/20 Web - MS Project 2007 Standard
2009/04/20 Web - Hurricane Katrina: A Lesson for Project Managers
2009/04/20 Establishing a Project Management Foundation using Microsoft Office Project 2007
2009/04/21 Risk Management: Adding value to your organisation
2009/04/21 Green Energy Future Infrastructure Requirements
2009/04/21 Project Management MSc Awards 2009
2009/04/21 Project Portfolio Management Overview + Hands-on ROI Workshop
2009/04/21 Web - Ensuring Project Success through Automated Project Governance
2009/04/21 Web - Real World Ethics
2009/04/21 Web - Scope Management and Work Breakdown Structures Made Easy
2009/04/21 Project Estimating with Microsoft Project
2009/04/21 Puget Sound: MPUG Meeting
2009/04/21 Best Practices using MS Project 2007 - PMI Sponsored
2009/04/22 Web - Project Server 2007 Demonstration
2009/04/22 ENCOURAGING WOMEN IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2009/04/22 Understanding Risk Management in PPP Projects
2009/04/22 Web - Deploying integrated Enterprise Project Management (iEPM)
2009/04/22 Web - Connecting the Worlds of Project Portfolio Management & Application Lifecy
2009/04/22 Web - Delivering Successful Projects with TSP and Six Sigma
2009/04/22 Establishing a Project Management Foundation using Microsoft Office Project 2007
2009/04/22 Web - Start Your Project On The Right Track With A Successful Kickoff Meeting
2009/04/22 Kansas City MPUG Chapter Meeting
2009/04/23 Program Management Workshop
2009/04/23 Improving Business with Project Management
2009/04/23 Project Portfolio Management Overview + Hands-on ROI Workshop
2009/04/23 Web - Turn SharePoint into a Project and Work Management Business Intelligence T
2009/04/23 Web - Manage Project Scope - Don't Let Creep Happen!
2009/04/23 Web - Office Project Client Programmability
2009/04/23 Global Projects: The ‘virtual’ and ‘cross-cultural’ double whammy
2009/04/23 The Role of the Management Coach
2009/04/23 Balanced Scorecard Certification
2009/04/23 Web - Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals
2009/04/23 Web - How to Prioritize IT Projects to Reduce Costs (Level 100)
2009/04/23 Managing Digital Projects
2009/04/23 IT Project Management for Financial Services Professionals
2009/04/23 Web - Preparing for the PMP Exam Overview
2009/04/23 PMI Palmetto Chapter – Annual Symposium 2009
2009/04/24 Web - More Tips and Tricks from eDale, MVP
2009/04/24 Preparing Your Organization for an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Deploymen
2009/04/24 PMP® Certification Exam Preparation Course
2009/04/24 Web - Leveraging Microsoft's EPM and MOSS Solutions to Effectively Drive Change
2009/04/26 PMP® Exam Preparation Course
2009/04/27 Project Summit
2009/04/27 LEADing the Way to Project Success
2009/04/27 Moving Project Management from Good to Great
2009/04/27 PRINCE2 Practitioner Course
2009/04/28 IT Portfolio Management
2009/04/28 Web - IT Governance
2009/04/28 Web - ABCSI presents: Project - Beginners
2009/04/28 MPUG London: Chapter Meeting
2009/04/29 Web - Project Server 2007: Virtualization
2009/04/29 2nd Annual Women in Project Management Conference
2009/04/29 Role of Project Management in a Rapidly Changing Economy
2009/04/29 Project Management Planning & Scheduling
2009/04/29 The suicidal project manager
2009/04/29 Web - Reduce Costs: Seven Steps to Optimize Project Portfolio Selection
2009/04/29 Gartner Risk Management and Compliance Summit
2009/04/29 Web - SharePoint for Project Management: The Top 12 Features you get Out-of-box
2009/04/29 Web - Right-Sizing Requirements Elicitation: Balancing Lean, Six Sigma, & Agile
2009/04/29 PMP® Exam Simulation
2009/04/29 PMI Manitoba's Annual Spring Conference
2009/04/30 Leading on Purpose for Project Managers – The Art of Facilitative Leadership
2009/04/30 Web - IT Governance
2009/04/30 PMI Oklahoma City Chapter 2009 Spring Symposium
2009/04/30 Drive down project costs with EPM and Sharepoint
2009/04/30 SharePoint information sharing and discovery
2009/04/30 Web - Earning PMI's Program Management Professional Certification
2009/04/30 Web - Project Portfolio Management - Live Case Study
2009/04/30 PMI Nashville 2009 Spring Symposium
2009/04/30 Sydney: MPUG Chapter Meeting
2009/04/30 Quality Verification of Project Schedules and Version Control and Project Server
2009/04/30 Reporting using Microsoft Project and Project Server
2009/05/02 Secrets of Microsoft Project - Level 200
For details on any of these events, visit our Event Calendar

Project Management:
%age of completion - An Innovative Approach 10 Project Management Trends in 2009 10 Tips for Running a Project Team 10 Tips for Running Projects 10 Ways to Use Project Management to Gain Control and Achieve Success 5 Points You Can Use to Show Why Project Management is Indispensable in Turbulent Times A management context for sucessful projects Agile Methods 101 - Slides Avoiding Project Disaster: 6 Fail-Safe Tactics Better or Worse?Can You Still be Trusted as a Leader? Capacity Planning: Respecting the Buffer Choose The Right Team Model Common Project Issues: Budget Overrun Common Project Issues: Keeping Bad News from the Customer Common Project Issues: The Weakest Link Common Project Issues: Underestimating Complexity Community Works Critical Chain Project Management - Estimating and Scheduling Dealing with Difficult People on the Project Team. Part 2 Differentiating between Project Success and Project Management Success Do You Know Where Your Project Is?Get What You Inspect: Maximizing Expected Project Value Handling multiple projects How project managers establish power How to Interview the Project Sponsor How to Successfully Execute Projects Ideal Team Size: Is there a magic number? Implementing Project Management Software During the Initiation Phase It used to be the Iron Triangle Leadership in Times of Crisis Leveraging the Role of Your Project Sponsors and Steering Committee Love Your Projects and Respect Your Team Members Make or Break: Why Accurate Cost Estimation Is Key Managing Hidden Project Costs for Better ROI Managing Projects in the Context of Continuous Change Managing Stakeholder Expectations Managing Stakeholders: The Myth and the Reality Managing The Gray Areas - Video Mastering Credibility Part I: It's What You Know NASA Needs PM Discipline Non-Rational Factors Affecting Risk Perception PM Network Online - April 2009 Project Management E-book: Project Shrink Linear Edition Project management in drilling Project Management: Success is in the Fundamentals Project Managers And Blogging - video Project Risk Management in 12 Questions Projects can die a good death Ranking Risks: Rare to Certain, Negligible to Catastrophic Reducing Churn: Resource Planning and Project Life cycle Management Security Considerations for Managing Project Information Seven Tips on How to Build a Solid Schedule The Blending of Traditional and Agile Project Management The History of Project Management - Video The Leader and Conflict Management The Psychology of Risk and How It Relates to Project Risk Management The Stakeholder Tool The Troubling Project Management Triangle Top Tips for Project Managers Transitioning into an Industry that is New to You?Trust, Business Stakeholders and Your Workforce Twenty Ideas du jour for the Practicing Project Manager Using Scrum For Project Management Using Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) to Speed Up Project Plan Creation What is stakeholder analysis and why should you do it?When Talk Fails, So Do Projects Who’s Really on Your Team? How to Work with Difficult People

Microsoft Project:
A Practical Perspective of WBS via PMP and MS Project 2007 (Part - 1) A Practical Perspective of WBS via PMP and MS Project 2007 (Part - 2) Arranging Tasks Code to Show Which Tasks have Which Baselines Saved Color Coding Tasks Based Upon Date Range~Customize Project with these Tricks Earned Value and Microsoft Project - 1 Earned Value and Microsoft Project - 2 Earned Value and Microsoft Project - 3 Export MS Project to Excel, Update, Then Import Updates Back Into MS Project~Finish to Start Is All There Is Gantt Chart view How to Display the Resource Histogram (Part 2 of 2) More Project 2007 Tips & Tricks MS Project Training Number Tracking in Project Set working times, vacations, and holidays for your project The Case of the Broken Task in Microsoft Project Top 3 Settings in Microsoft Project - Video Top 3 Settings in MS Project for a Beginning User When Scheduling, Start at the Beginning Why is % Complete always a whole number in Microsoft Project?Work with the Gantt Chart view Certifications
Microsoft Project Practice Exams -- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Templates
Wedding Planner (2003)

PMP:
10 Free PMP Exam Prep Questions 50 Free PMP Exam Prep Questions A Brief Overview of the New PMBOK - Change Is Inevitable Free PMP Exam Prep Questions Nine Myths and Facts on PMI-PMP Examination PMBOK 4th Edition Features - Data models per process PMBOK: Which edition should I study?Steps for getting the PMI-PMP Certification : Myths, and Facts Why Are YOU A PMP? Looking for more free exam prep questions? Find thousands in our Research Center

Program Management and PMO:
Assessing Your Project Management Expertise Do You Need A Project Management Office?Establishing the PMO Value Proposition Evolving the PMO - Slides General Motor's PMO How PMO Leaders Can Support an Environment of Learning and Improvement Just Eight Percent of PMO Executives Believe Their PMO is Successful Picking the Project Manager PMO Metrics and Measures - Lessons Learned PMOs & PPM - slides Project Control - Addressing the Challenges Project Management Maturity Model Reporting, Prioritizing and Closing the Loop Selecting the Right Project Management Methodology Seven Fallacies That Delay Project Management Maturity Strategic Goals Drive Programs The difference between projects and programmes Three Reasons Why a PMO Should Love the Recession What are your Project Managers really worth?Why Have a Separate Project Management Methodology?

Microsoft Project Server:
10 Best Practices For Building SharePoint Solutions Breaking the WSS Top Link Bar in two with jQuery Create a SharePoint Site plan in less than 5 minutes - video Enabling Silverlight 2 in SharePoint / The easiest sample How to Fix PWA Reminders web part in MOSS Microsoft Project Server / EPM Case Studies My Tasks? Surely not all of these!Pivot Table Width on Cube View Admin page Preventing Committed Generic Resource Assignments from Crippling a Project Manager’s My Tasks Page Project Server 2007: Cumulative Update for February 2009 Project Server 2007: Cumulative Updates Update Project Server as a Work Intelligence Tool - Establishing a Solid Data Foundation Project Server as a Work Intelligence Tool - The Basics SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2007 IS NOW FREE! Portfolio Management:
Aligning PPM & PMO for Project Success Aligning Project Management with Organizational Strategic Objectives Answering PPM's Most Fundamental Questions Business Process Management: The Key to Strategic Project Alignment Combining Projects into a Project Portfolio Database Complexity Considered Distinguishing Portfolio Management, Program Management and Project Management Get Your PPM Efforts Off the Ground How to Align Project Management with Organizational Strategic Objectives Opportunity Knocking PPM Requires Strong Group Management 1 PPM Requires Strong Group Management 2 PPM: Deciding Where to Begin Project & Portfolio Management Services: Need a Hand? Project / Program / Portfolio Management – What Does it Really Mean?Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Domains: Part 4, Portfolio Execution Project Portfolio Management: Managing the Project Pipeline Rationalizing Software with PPM The New Face of Strategic Planning Tying Projects to Organizational Strategy Understanding PPM Best Practices Using PPM to Manage Risk Where Governance and Portfolio Management Intersect: What You Need to Know

Microsoft Portfolio Server:
The Microsoft EPM Solution: Blending Tools to Create an Automated Project Management Environment Other:
Create a dynamic summary slide in PowerPoint 2003 Sharkworld - A project management game - Video

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Published on: 2006-01-04 (15987 reads)

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