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Many customers want to know, what are the main reasons I should start using Microsoft Project Online. One of the biggest reasons we see that benefits customers is the ability to make data driven decisions. Project Online is outstanding at equipping team members with the information they need to stay informed and make better business […]

We are all looking for ways to improve our performance and get more done. Here a five simple ideas: Reassess Your Project Stakeholders for Better Communications - Depending on the length of a project, it may be necessary to check back with your stakeholders to see if there are any new contacts or if any […]

Risk management is an essential part of any project: Whether you’re climbing a mountain or changing a light bulb, there are always risks. For anyone who’s ever been leery about flagging risks, or is just looking for some new approaches, here are five tips. Think of risk management as a way to get what you […]

The prototypical project manager needs financial, scheduling and management skills to keep projects on time and on budget. They also must communicate effectively to diverse business and technical teams, and that's just the beginning. Here's how to target the qualities to find the elusive perfect project manager (or even be the best PM). Project managers […]

Jeff Pikulik from Microsoft wrote a great Article with 5 tips to drive project success that we wanted to share with you: 1) Ensure that you have full project details before starting - This is a critical. 2) Have the right project management team in place -Limit the number of people involved; smaller, more focused […]

PMI just released a great report on knowledge transfer and how it can help with Project Management success. The process of transferring knowledge is an ongoing progression of learning, adjusting, and improving. Success can help to align culture, leadership, and people. Our most unique and dynamic employees—those with experience, initiative, creativity, and a commitment to […]

We really try to keep all our projects on schedule and in budget, but even with the best people on the job, you can have delays. This is a helpful list of 15 things you need to avoid, so you don’t screw up your next IT project from CIO Magazine: Having a poor or no […]

If you are like us, we have lots of meetings every day, so we try to get the most out of them. This is a great list of 4 items on how to make every product status meeting even more productive. Let the team decide how often to meet and the initial agenda Set up […]

Finding a project manager with the right skills can be a difficult task. Some project management (PM) skills are harder to find than others. So what are the most difficult PM skills to recruit for now, a few recruiters weighted in on what they are looking for: 15 percent traditional project management skills and 85 […]

Project requirements are usually collected through an elicitation process, which requires employing various techniques and methods, such as discovery, analysis, understanding and validation. Here are eight strategies you should consider when collecting requirements from executives: 1. Prepare. Try to understand what their business priorities and objectives are. Find out in advance their preferred communication style. […]

A recent report by PMI determined several key factors in acquiring and retaining PM talent and some great tips on best practices. Organizations need to lead and direct projects and programs—not just manage them. The well-rounded project manager not only has the technical project management skills, but also the strategic and business management skills-, and […]

As the economy continues to improve, companies need more Project Managers. Some Project Management skills are needed across the board- attention to detail, focus on process, time management and capability to multitask, for instance – but there are some less obvious, but equally crucial, skills that separate the good from the great. Here, CIO experts […]

This is a great list of tips to keep in mind as you kick off a new project: Ensure that you have the full project detail up front Set realistic expectations Establish measurable and reportable criteria for success Select team members and assign responsibility carefully Embrace your role as leader Manage project risks Evaluate the […]

There is great news and growth for all of us PM professionals out there as reported by the PMI organization. Between 2010 and 2020, 15.7 million new project management roles will be created globally across seven project-intensive industries. Along with job growth, there will be a significant increase in the economic footprint of the profession; […]

Office 365 is Microsoft’s cloud-hosted service that effectively provides Microsoft Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, OneDrive Pro and Yammer on a monthly fee basis. Instead of organizations having to setup, configure, patch, upgrade, update, and backup systems, Microsoft takes care of all of the “backend” server tasks. Read the rest of the article here. Need assistance with […]

Microsoft is making the following improvements to SharePoint Online: A 1TB site collection limit for OneDrive for Business and team sites: allowing your teams to store more content in a single location. Infinite tenant storage scale: bringing your content to the cloud without compromise. To read the full article click here. If you are interested […]

Okay Folks, if you are like me and little bit old school then you will love this!  I was tired of looking up each Project Server 2013 field online if I wanted an explanation of the functionality, so I put everything into a nice neat document. Here is what is listed in the document (see […]

The Status Field in Microsoft Project 2013 should be added to most of your views if not added already.  Nenad Trajkovski has a great post about it here. Interested in Project Server, SharePoint, Project Management, Training, and Support? Please contact us.