Natasha has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course
Visio Introduction course
Resource Planning
Is Microsoft Project the best program for working with resource only projects
RE: Resource Planning
Hi Natasha
Thank you for your question and welcome to the Forum!
It's hard for me to answer your question as there are many alternatives to MS Project and I don't have direct experience of them.
Take a look at the Microsoft Project page
http://www.microsoft.com/project/en-us/project-management.aspx
You may find the case studies and background information helpful. I would say that MS Project has been around for a long time and as such is established and stable which can make a big difference not least from the perspective of performance and reliability.
I hope this helps - do let me know if you have any further questions.
Kind regards,
Andrew
RE: Resource Planning
Hi Natasha
One extra thing - I said I'd add some Earned Value information - I hope the following is useful for you.
Kind regards,
Andrew
From the Microsoft website:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/analyze-project-performance-with-earned-value-analysis-HA101819808.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/about-earned-value-analysis-HP001034258.aspx
Also the following forum posts may be of interest:
https://www.stl-training.co.uk/post-17604-earned-value-formulas.html
https://www.stl-training.co.uk/post-30293-budget.html