Knowledge
Agile seems like a mystery to many. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices. To outsiders, it feels like an exclusive club. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives.
1 Jun 2023 · Alan Zucker · 6 min read
This YouTube video demonstrates one way to add a milestone on a Microsoft Project Task bar (same row), e.g., Stage Gate, Go-Live date or a Decision Point.Note that for this solution to work, the Task Mode must be set to Auto Scheduled.
15 Apr 2023 · Jerome Odeh · 1 min read
The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known.
10 Apr 2023 · Alan Zucker · 5 min read
Finding relationship lags between activities in Primavera P6 is not as straightforward as one would like it to be. Out of the box, you either manually check each activity’s relationship or create a report detailing lags.But what if you want to apply a filter to a layout? The workaround in this video
24 Mar 2023 · Jerome Odeh · 1 min read
While Microsoft Project does not have a straight of the vbox Level of Effort activity type like primavera P6, you can still add Hammock or Level of Effort tasks to your Microsoft Project schedule, using one of 2 workarounds. The first workaround is the recommended method from Microsoft while the sec
5 Mar 2023 · Jerome Odeh · 1 min read
The Milestone-Kanban Schedule (MKS) is a hybrid project scheduling and management technique that combines traditional and agile best practices. The technique is well-suited for simple and complicated projects where the required deliverables are clear, but the time and effort needed to create them ar
4 Mar 2023 · Alan Zucker · 5 min read
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24 Feb 2023 · Jerome Odeh · 1 min read
Sometimes during project budget proposal requests, bidders might only want to show indicative dates in their bid schedules to the client and an easy way to do this is by showing only the month and year of a task in a Microsoft Project schedule.
12 Feb 2023 · Jerome Odeh · 1 min read
While Primavera P6 users are restricted to same date format for all Layouts of a schedule, Microsoft Project users have the luxury of using different date formats in different Views of the same schedule.
6 Feb 2023 · Jerome Odeh · 1 min read
The project management plan (Plan) is a powerful tool. It describes how the project will be executed. It should be tailored based on the project’s context and needs. A good Plan reduces the likelihood of misunderstanding, conflict, and disappointment. Unfortunately, in the rush to start a project, i
26 Jan 2023 · Alan Zucker · 6 min read
