There are many questions about resource management that probably keep you awake all night. Ok, maybe you can sleep just fine, but perhaps there are questions that perplex you during the day. There might be dozens of questions that you have but here is a small sample that you (or maybe management) might be wondering about.
• Who is working on what projects?
• What tasks are they doing on those projects?
• When are they doing those tasks?
• How many hours of work are assigned for those tasks?
• What is the capacity of each person?
• Who is scheduled to their capacity or over-capacity? Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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 »
In my last article I focused upon the largest cost component in most projects, resource or people costs. Allowing for all costs in a project can serve to illustrate the true cost of conducting the project which in itself can be quite an education for some people. It is to be hoped that if Project Managers are made aware of the true cost of their project they will be more prudent and judicious in managing the project and keeping it within the budget allocated. Having identified the true cost of the project we can use this information in a variety of ways.
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Gartner, the leading provider of independent research and analysis on the information technology industry has just published (13th June 2011) MarketScope for Project and Portfolio Management Applications.
This in-depth research rates PPM software solutions (Strong Negative, Caution, Promising, Positive, Strong Positive). Microsoft Project Server 2010 received the highest Strong Positive rating and the message from Gartner is:
Customers:
Continue with planned investments.
Potential customers:
Consider this vendor (Microsoft) a strong choice for strategic investments. Read the rest of this entry »
