The summer vacation season is upon us! With Project Online, a common question is how should organizations without the use of the Project Online timesheet functionality, enter resource vacation schedules to impact capacity planning and project scheduling? The steps detailed below will provide a workaround...
Success begins from the start with managing resources. Effectively managing resources allows you to save money through resource optimization and reduced bench time. With such considerable benefits, it's no wonder organizations are increasingly focused on enterprise resource management to ensure effective and efficient resource utilization. Project...
We've all made mistakes in the workplace - The email that sent too early and of course, showing up to a meeting unprepared. Unfortunately, it happens. However, few mistakes cost more and occur across the entire organization than a wrong hire. The real cost varies among...
If a project schedule was created and saved outside of the Microsoft Project Online environment, use the Import Project Wizard to properly import that project file to MS Project Online by following the steps below. Launch Microsoft Project Professional. Choose the appropriate profile to connect to...
When commencing a deployment of Project Online, our customers often ask “should we deploy a single instance, or multiple instances” of the solution. Here are some considerations when making this important decision. First off, what is an ‘instance’ of Project Online? Think of an instance as...
You’ve got a mix of both agile and waterfall methodologies? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. According to Forrester’s The 2017 State of Agile Development: Learn from the Agile Expert Firms report, since 2013, there are twice as many companies using Agile to help create more value...
Years of recession, business austerity and highly competitive environments have increased the requirement for managing and delivering projects with fewer and fewer resources. Now is the time to leverage the time and cost value of online PPM. Microsoft Project Online offers a flexible, powerful, comprehensive solution...
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has been a major buzzword in the future of how our societies will run and the benefits of AI are just as great as the conflicting opinions toward them. Some believe AI will usher in a new world of technological advances...
The following content is a subset of data that will be presented in an upcoming webinar – Agile and Traditional Project Management, Homogeneous or Hybrid? Most organizations today are delivering both agile and traditional projects within their project portfolio, but are these projects segregated or unified? In...
Project Online 2016: Resource Engagements Some resources have limited availability, and may have their time scheduled by a resource manager. With Project, resource managers and project managers can negotiate an agreement, called a resource engagement, to make sure that resources are being used appropriately and effectively...
