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Using a Finish By Field Instead of Deadline Dates in Microsoft Project

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In my third and previous article in this series, I demonstrated how the use of Deadline dates can negatively impact the Total Slack calculations for tasks in your Microsoft Project schedule. If this behavior is unacceptable for you, I believe there is a better way to manage “target dates” in your projects.

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Sciforma Review [2021]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you looking for a robust, scalable PPM solution that can manage the whole project life cycle and show you what’s being worked on at any one time? In this review of Sciforma, I’ll share the pros and cons of this enterprise-centric project and portfolio management tool. Product: Sciforma. Pricing: Licenced per user, per month.

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A Better Microsoft Project for Time Modeling: Deadlines and the (Most?) Critical Path

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In my previous post, I explained that I’d be making a case in a series of articles for adding certain features to Microsoft’s Project for Desktop and Project for the web software. Here, I’d like to suggest making Microsoft Project better in terms of Time Modeling, which I see as the simplest way of working with the software.

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How Much Time Do I Have Before My Task is Late in Microsoft Project?

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In my first MPUG post about the Deadline dates feature in Microsoft Project, I documented how to set a Deadline date on a task to specify the “target” date for when that task needs to be completed. Figure 1: Deadline dates specified on four milestone tasks. Creating the Custom Field.

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Ten Best Microsoft Project Tips –Transcription

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Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Praveen Malik’s webinar, Ten Best Microsoft Project Tips, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Welcome to the Ten Best Microsoft Project Tips and Tricks. Praveen has two decades of experience as a project management instructor and consultant.

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Webinar Highlights: Project for the web – How It Works and What You Can Do With It

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Please find highlights from Erik Van Hurck’s course – Project for the web: How It Works and What You Can Do With It – being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Project for the web is a modern take on project management tools, built from the ground up with a new mindset and technology.

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Webinar Recap: Two-Pass Technique with MS Project

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Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s session, Two-Pass Technique with MS Project, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, Two-Pass Technique with Microsoft Project.