Tag: microsoft project server

In part 1, we outlined the problems that many customers encounter managing operational work in Project. We need to capture this information for higher fidelity resource capacity. However, previous methods required more work on the part of Resource Managers than desired. In this article, you’ll see how to set up an operational project plan template […]

Many organizations struggle to manage resource capacity. If they are following the OPRA Resource Capacity model, the need to track recurring operations work immediately becomes necessary. This article is based on real world experiences while managing large Project Implementations. Current tracking methods will be examined and some suggested approaches will be presented. The old way […]

The need to extract Microsoft Project Task level data in an efficient manner is growing as many Project Server and Project Online clients are creating Power BI models over this data. Unfortunately, many did not account for this BI need when creating their project template structures. This leads to Project template designs that make it […]

[fusion_text]I was sitting in my graduate level statistics class when it hit me, Expected Value calculations could be used to solve my project contingency budget problem! My Quandary Earlier that same day, I was sitting in a project review with my senior management. The project team had identified a number of risks with the project. […]

Properly close out your project’s tasks in Microsoft Project, ensuring team members don’t see related tasks in their Project Online timesheets.