Learn effective project management techniques using Microsoft Project to plan, execute, and monitor projects successfully.
When managing a project using Microsoft Project, stakeholders often need to receive progress updates. Because not everyone can read a Gantt chart, MS Project comes with a set of pre-designed reports and dashboards to help you better understand your data. You can easily create amazing reports with Microsoft Project. Below is an explanation of the […]
How to add Multiple Timelines in Project 2016 One of the new features of Project 2016 is being able to add more than one Timeline for a project. If the Timeline is not displayed just select the View tab and click Timeline. What is a Timeline? The Timeline was introduced with Project 2010 and has […]
Visual reports are another fantastic way to share figures with stakeholders in way that’s digestible and easy to break down. In Project 2013, you can view specific project data in a visual report in Excel or Visio, if you have those programs installed. How to: Select Reports, Visual Reports, select an Excel or Visio report for your project […]
Cost Overview Reports Where is your spend going? Could your resources be better allocated? Cost Overview reports in MS Project are a great way of keeping track of your budget in a way that’s digestible and simple to share with colleagues and clients. The Cost Overview report shows the following prior to setting a baseline: […]
Project 2013 comes with a brand new set of pre-designed reports and dashboards to help you better understand your data. You can visualise performance and analyse resources in ways that weren’t previously possible in Microsoft Project. The burndown report is a much-requested feature that will be especially interesting to those of you practicing agile and […]
The Timeline feature was first introduced to MS Project users in 2010. It helps to display a visual summary of a project. This post will detail the many functions of the Timeline feature and which benefits it can offer in addition to the normal Gantt view. In its simplest form, the Timeline can be used […]
The Sigmoid Curve, or S Curve as it’s otherwise referred to, can represent any number of things. Its characteristics are easily recognisable with a period of slow initial growth, through rapid expansion and finally reaching a plateau. Its use varies from illustrating the lifecycle of a new product, the cost effectiveness of a training course, […]
Project management can be a daunting task, especially if you are new to the role. To ensure that you stay on top of things throughout the course of your project, whilst keeping everyone happy, we recommend using Earned Value Equations. This article will discuss the benefits of using Earned Value Formulae when conducting your projects, […]
A question that often arises with a newly launched version of an application is; Will the new file format be compatible with an older version? If you are a Microsoft Project user then this question is asked more often than with other Microsoft applications. If you have been sent a Project MPP file created in […]