Using Project to Collaborate with Team Members In this example, I will demonstrate how to use Microsoft Project with a list of tasks in a schedule, to communicate expectations to team members using SharePoint and Teams, and received updates from those members back into Microsoft Project. First, I’ll create a Project file, with a test…
Using Project to Collaborate with Team Members In this example, I will demonstrate how to use Microsoft Project with a list of tasks in a schedule, to communicate expectations to team members using SharePoint and Teams, and received updates from those members back into Microsoft Project. First, I’ll create a Project file, with a test…
Ensuring expenses align with organizational goals Effectively managing resources allotted for I.T. is critical for the success of an organization, especially as competition for those resources continues. I.T. managers must utilize budgets as their primary strategy for managing these resources. Comprehensive budgets should include precision and categories which encompass the entire technological enterprise. Such categories…
Ensuring Tasks with Dependencies Occur within Sequence Often within during the execution phase of a project, tasks occur which are dependent on other tasks being completed before they can begin. This analysis should obviously be realized during the planning phase. In Microsoft Project, you can instruct the program to ensure tasks with dependencies occur in…
Ensuring Project Files Adhere to Proven Practices When using Microsoft Project, the project manager (PM) will ensure their time spent managing tasks and resources is most efficient by leveraging practices commonly used by the project management community as illustrated below. Auto Scheduled Task Mode When entering new tasks, the PM can save a lot of…
Keeping projects in balance. Though simple, this little diagram represents what occurs during all projects and its concepts are crucial to remembering when managing project work. Three aspects of all projects The Budget The irony of the budget is that many projects treat it as an island which allows the other two sides: Time and Scope, to constantly threaten…
The “nuts and bolts” of a project. Areas of Responsibility There are four major areas of responsibility for a project manager: Identify requirements for project: Get project details, figure out what it will take to make the project a success. Establish objectives that can be achieved: Plan goals that the team will work toward and the way in…
The purpose and benefits of project management. As I describe in my Bio my second Bachelors degree was in Project Management. Not only did I learn and was challenged more than originally planned, I was most struck by how of my knowledge related to it was incorrect and even dangerous to apply within technical management. Thankfully, the Project…
While technical skills are crucial to deliver and product/service, leadership and project management or “soft skills” are just as important to ensure those resource are expended wisely to achieve strategic goals. My articles below provide a road map to such success. Project Management What is Project Management? The purpose and benefits of project management. Process…
Leveraging Agile practices to provide transparency, rapid feature delivery, and more consistent user acceptance within projects.
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