Effective Project Management with MS Project
For many years I have managed projects for professional services companies, where I was responsible for the development and execution of projects. More recently I have changed direction slightly, using...
View ArticleEffective Project Management with MS Project – Planning for holidays
When developing a project schedule, you can spend days making sure the schedule includes the correct tasks and realistic estimates, but ultimately if the schedule is unrealistic, then the project is...
View ArticleEffective Project Management with MS Project : Planning for the Unexpected
Even the best crafted project plan can be derailed by something unexpected happening, like your main developer becoming sick or losing network connectivity for a day. Such unexpected events can disrupt...
View ArticleEffective Project Management with MS Project : Resource overallocations
Another potential area where errors can creep into project schedules impacting the delivery of a project is that of overallocation of resources. An overallocation is where a resource is assigned more...
View ArticleEffective Project Management with MS Project – Estimation
In previous posts we have covered how to handle holidays, contingency and overallocations, in this post we will look at another common area where errors can creep in, estimation. When developing a...
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