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On Tuesday August 13, 2013, The Boston Chapter of MPUG will be holding a membership meeting in conjunction with SPTechCon. This interactive presentation and discussion will be facilitated by Mr. Jacques Goupil of integent! and Mr. John Riopel at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA. The Three Musketeers, The Three Amigos, and The Three […]

If you want to change a resource’s rate on all future assignments but maintain the original rate on past assignments, follow the steps below: In PWA, navigate to the Resource Center. Check the box next to the names of resources whose rates need to be adjusted. Click the Open icon on the ribbon at the […]

This is part 2 in a 4 part series on Managing Resource Allocation in Project Server. If you missed part 1, check it out here before you read this post. Here are a few tips on preventing over allocations: Assign Generic Resources first. If you do this, you can easily determine exactly how many hours […]

We recently received a question from a user regarding Work and Duration estimates. She wanted to know how to estimate both and let MS Project calculate the percentage of a person’s time that would be allocated to the task. In a nutshell, here’s how to accomplish this: If you are entering estimates BEFORE you assign […]

From our friends at Microsoft…. The premiere event for the worldwide Microsoft Project Community is back.Join us February 2-5, 2014 in Anaheim, CA for Project Conference 2014. Visit www.msprojectconference.com and sign up to receive conference updates. Start the Project Conference conversation with the #ProjConf and follow @msftProject on Twitter. You can also share your thoughts […]

This is part 1 of a 4 part series on managing resources with Project Server. Does anyone ever have enough resources to do the work in the time allocated? If you happen to be someone who does, please leave me a comment and explain. I’ve yet to come across a client who didn’t struggle with […]

For those of you who have ever pulled your hair out over attempting to manage resource allocations in Project Server, you have landed in the right spot. Well, almost. I’m going to write a 4 part series all about managing resource allocation. Here’s what you have to look forward to: Viewing Resource Allocations Preventing Over […]