2016 - Project Assistants

The Importance of Project Expertise for Staffing Project Managers

As we covered in an earlier post, while traditional staffing firms and HR departments are able to successfully fill technical positions, project leadership roles require a multi-tiered approach. This post will cover the importance of the Process and...

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Project Staffing

Finding and Acquiring Excellent Project Leaders

This post will cover how to find and acquire top leadership talent rather than candidates who are merely technically qualified. While it takes a multi-tiered approach to adequately address project leadership needs, talent acquisition is the first and...

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General Project Management, Project Staffing

Getting Beyond PMPs and Staffing Excellent Project Leaders

Traditional staffing firms are tried-and-true at placing professionals into technical roles, but a different approach is needed to place project managers. PMP certified skills are enough to make a candidate qualified on paper, but the soft skills and...

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General Project Management, Microsoft Project, Theory

Types of Variances: The Different Variance Fields in Microsoft Project

In our last post, we covered the differences between Favorable and Unfavorable Variances. This post will cover the differences between the various Variance Types in Microsoft Project. The below summarizes the variances, how they’re calculated and...

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General Project Management, Theory

Types of Variances: Favorable versus Unfavorable

In project management terms, a variance is the difference between the anticipated state of the project and the actual state at a particular point in time. At the beginning of the project, when the planned schedule, budget, scope, etc. have just been calculated,...

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Microsoft Project, Resource Management, Technical How-To

Replacing Resources on Task Assignments in Microsoft Project

In our last post, we covered several different ways to assign tasks to resources. This post will cover the factors around changing task assignments and techniques for doing it in Microsoft Project.

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Microsoft Project, Resource Management, Technical How-To

How to Assign Resources to a Task in Microsoft Project

The following guide demonstrates how you can assign resources in various ways and avoid some overallocations by using tools available through the Assign Resources dialog box. These techniques apply whether you are working with local resources or those...

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Microsoft Project, Resource Management, Technical How-To

Assigning a Resource to a Task: Introduction

Microsoft Project 2016 enables you to assign resources to tasks in a variety of ways. Resource assignments clarify responsibility for doing tasks and also help you to determine how long a task will take and how much it will cost. This series will demonstrate...

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Microsoft Project, Technical How-To

Reporting Made Easy: Using the Copy Picture Command

One way to use the communication power of the Gantt Chart view is to photograph it and send the picture as part of another document (e-mail, webpage, PowerPoint, etc.). Below are the steps for doing this.

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Finding the Right Information in Microsoft Project

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Finding the Right Information in Microsoft Project

The trick to using Microsoft Project effectively is first to know what type of information you are looking for and then to know which view you can use to display this information. A view is a set of formatting instructions that tells Microsoft Project...

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