While traditional staffing firms and HR departments are able to successfully fill technical positions, project staffing in project management requires a multi-tiered approach. This post will cover the importance of the Process and Quality Assurance...
Read MoreThis 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...
Read MoreTraditional staffing firms are tried-and-true at placing professionals into technical roles, but a different approach is needed for project staffing in project management. PMP certified skills are enough to make a candidate qualified on paper, but the...
Read MoreIn 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...
Read MoreIn 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,...
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreMicrosoft 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...
Read MoreOne 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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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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