2 Ways to Create Level of Effort or Hammock Tasks in Microsoft Project
1 year 23 weeks agoWhile 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 second method is one that is very common in the subsea construction world.
Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique
1 year 23 weeks agoThe 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 are not. It embraces iterative planning, uses milestones to establish a
10 LinkedIn Profiles Project Planners and Schedulers Should Follow
1 year 25 weeks agoThe LinkedIn profiles below will be the first 10 profiles I would recommend to any Project Planner or Scheduler looking for people to follow on LinkedIn, as reading these peoples’ posts, comments and likes will enrich your LinkedIn feed.
I learn from these Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs
Show mmm-yy date format in a Microsoft Project schedule
1 year 26 weeks agoSometimes 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.
Another scenario for displaying schedule dates in mmm-yy (month & year) format is when the schedule is a summary roll-up (Level 1 or 2) for
Display different date formats in different Views of same Microsoft Project schedule
1 year 27 weeks agoWhile 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.
While in one View, you might display dates in “dd-mmm ‘yy” format, in another View of the same schedule, you can display dates in “dd month year”, so different audiences can have
Unlock the Power of the Project Management Plan
1 year 29 weeks agoThe 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, insufficient time is often devoted to creating the Plan.
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Taylorism: Then & Now
1 year 32 weeks agoFrederick Winslow Taylor shaped the field of management science. He believed systematic and scientific methods could be applied to managing operations and production. His work inspired the formation of the Harvard Business School and the modern assembly line. The
Disciplined Agile & SAFe
1 year 37 weeks agoDisciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking; and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They offer practitioners tools to extend and mature their agility beyond the team to programs and the broader enterprise.
They emerged about a decade after the
Simple Rules for High-Performing Agile Teams
1 year 41 weeks agoServant leadership and self-organizing teams are foundational Agile characteristics. However, defining these principles is like explaining gravity to a child—clear, tangible descriptions are elusive. The image of an English butler still comes to mind when I hear “servant leader.”
We can use simple rules to deconstruct, visualize, and describe these abstract concepts.
The power of norms to estimate maintenance activity duration (and why you shouldn’t live without them)
1 year 44 weeks agoEstimating the time, duration and cost of the work order activity’s is something maintenance planners need to do every day.
The challenge is getting this right, and the cost of getting it wrong can be extremely high. At IAMTech we produce software called iPlan that allows
