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Edit the Assignment Details Page to have work shown in days - October 5, 2011

A recent request from a user was to be able to have the work values displayed in the Assignment Details Page display as hours rather than days. Read the rest of this entry »

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Microsoft Project, the right tool for the job! - October 4, 2011

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project is the world’s best-selling scheduling tool but intriguingly it is not the world’s most popular tool for planning and managing projects. Amazingly there are more people using Microsoft Excel to manage projects than there are users of Microsoft Project.

I have met some people who insist that Microsoft Excel is perfectly adequate for managing projects which then begs the question why would Microsoft develop Project if Excel is good enough for the job? The simple answer is that a lot of people are either intimated by or unaware of the existence of Microsoft Project and how it can benefit them in their role as a Project Manager. Read the rest of this entry »

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Financial Metrics in Project Server 2010 -

Financials in Project Server 2010

In my last article I touched upon cross charging, capital or revenue considerations and the correlation between budget size and the probability of failure. The correlation between increased costs and increased chances of failure suggests that having a better grasp on the finances would probably result in a reduction in the number of failing projects. Read the rest of this entry »

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