Do you want to increase your rate of project success, but are unsure of where to start? While project management is a large and growing discipline, at Schedule Associates we’re confident that by doing a good job in these [ … ]
Microsoft Gets on Board with Voice of the Customer
In a welcome development, Microsoft is joining the ranks of other companies such as Intuit and Insightly in asking their users what enhancements should be made to their products. If you’re a Project Online user you’ll see a link [ … ]
6 Tips for Successful Construction Schedule Outsourcing
With an uptick in the US construction market for many types of buildings there’s pressure to fill all sorts of construction-related jobs, including that of construction scheduler. A good construction scheduler is difficult to find and, given the uneven [ … ]
Continuing Certification Requirements to Change for Project Managers
March 25, 2015–The Project Management Institute (PMI) has announced that credits toward maintaining project management certifications must be distributed in a manner that places new and more specific emphasis on continuing education. PMI says that these changes are driven [ … ]
Should Your Next Team Member be an Anthropologist?
In a case of what is old is new again, recent articles and literature describe the value of listening to and observing potential customers in order to determine their needs and subsequent requirements for new products. In one case, [ … ]
Dear Santa…Seven Microsoft Project Improvements We’d Like to Find in our Stocking
Santa Claus Redmond, WA USA Santa, we know you’re busy with dolls, Xboxes and toy trucks and that the elves are always working on SharePoint, Microsoft Project Server and the other goodies coming from the workshop, but don’t forget [ … ]
Join us for the second part of our MPUG talk!
Nov. 17, 2014–David Kaiser, Schedule Associates International Vice President, will be giving the second part of his talk entitled “Welcome Back Stage! A Look at the Most Important Settings on the Project 2010 and 2013 File Tab” to the [ … ]
Schedule Associates Partner to Present at Microsoft Project User Group Meeting
Oct. 21, 2014–David Kaiser, Schedule Associates International Vice President, will be delivering a presentation entitled “Welcome Back Stage! A Look at the Most Important Settings on the Project 2010 and 2013 File Tab” to the Western New York chapter [ … ]
Tools in Use–The Risk Register
It’s always nice to see examples of project management tools in use, particularly when the project is in the public domain so that the rest of us can see the use of the tool and, if appropriate, get an [ … ]
Are You Hearing the Task’s Story?
“Every task has a story.” I liked the concept. And I admired the way one of the managers in the room had used, let’s call it, “strategic probing,” to draw it out from the subject matter experts gathered in [ … ]