81 posts from: Evil Doctor PorkChop
EDPC has been retired. See my new blog http://ReportMode.com
(Indexed 2010-09-22):
To all,THANK YOUThank you for visiting this blog over the years. As the original Evil Doctor Porkchop on the web, it's hard to believe that this blog has been around so long. With the release of Toy Story 3, the Evil Doctor went mainstreamwith the opening sceneand now there are now a lot of Evil Doctors out there on the Internet. I will miss people walking up to me at conferences and asking if I'm the Evil Doctor. Knowing that people got value from this effort via the emails and comments receive...(truncated)...
Mailbag
(Indexed 2008-01-22):
To all that have written and visited in the past months, I thank you for stopping by. I've been basically ignoring this blog due to other projects. As I'm now a bus commuter, hopefully I can use that time to do better care and feeding of this blog. On to the letters.... LETTER #1 I just read your blog entry on leveraging custom fields in Project Server 2003 and I hope you can give me some advice. Our organization has been using the Project Properties metadata for reporting in Portfolio Analyzer...(truncated)...
At Project Conference This Week
(Indexed 2007-10-29):
Judging from the keynote, it looks like a packed house! I'll be in the Project Labs from 11am to 1:30pm on Tuesday if you want to talk face to face. Technorati Tags: Project Conference , Microsoft Project , Project Server [Image][Image]
My new favorite blog
(Indexed 2007-10-26):
http://blogs.msdn.com/officeoffline/default.aspx Especially the Project post. :-) Technorati Tags: Microsoft , Project , Office Humor [Image][Image]
Latest Happenings
(Indexed 2007-03-11):
It's been awhile since I've been on this blog. It feels a little like walking into a relative's house that you haven't visited in a while. You know where everything is, but it still feels a bit strange. As you may know, I took over management of the Project Server Team Blog a few months ago. From a blogging perspective, this has been a challenging assignment. It's one thing to blog on your own blog, where you can pretty much do whatever. It's another matter when you are representing the team. Ov...(truncated)...
Your Help is needed for a Creativity Research Project
(Indexed 2007-01-20):
I wanted to bringthis study on creativityto your attention. Though not stricly related to project management, you have to admit we are quite a creative bunch! If you can help in either posting aboutthis studyor participating in it, it would be sincerely appreciated. BACKGROUND My personal friend Dr. Amy Randel, Management Science professor at San Diego State University,is conducting research on creativity and drivers of creativity. She is looking for volunteer pairs in the technology industry t...(truncated)...
We interrupt this broadcast...
(Indexed 2006-11-18):
The winds of change area howlin!As you may know, I've been using this blog to write about my own work management scenarios and how you could useProject Server to support them. As such, this has been an unofficial blog related to Project Server topics. The name makes it pretty clear that this is pretty unofficial about everything. [Image] Next week, Lidiane is leaving the Project team to take a new position with another group within Microsoft. As you may know, Lidiane manages the official Project...(truncated)...
Looking for Project Server 2007 Training?
(Indexed 2006-11-09):
We've rolled out the new Microsoft Enterprise Project Management University set of courses for designing, installing and managing Project Server 2007 installations. You can getcourse information and pricing at http://www.msepmu.com. Technorati tags: Project 2007, Project Server 2007, Project 12, Office 2007, Office 12, Microsoft, Project Management, Training, EPMU[Image][Image][Image]
P12: It's a wrap!
(Indexed 2006-11-06):
Microsoft Office Project 2007 along with Office 2007RTM'd last Friday at about 2:30pm! I had to go to see Allie and Eric sign off on Client and Server versions of Project 2007. Once everyone signed off, the overall Release manager pushed the button to release the official bits to production.You can read the press pass info here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-06200...(truncated)... You can also read more at Jensen Harris' blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/1...(truncated)...
Project Server 2003 - Visual Studio Team System Connector RTM Announcement
(Indexed 2006-10-25):
UPDATE 1 Ameya has a blog post on this connector and some of the background: http://blogs.msdn.com/ameyab/archive/2006/10/18/project-serv...(truncated)... *************************** We are pleased to announce general availability of the Project Server 2003 - Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2005 Connector application. Where to Get It The Connector can be downloaded here: http://www.avanadeadvisor.com/TFS-ProjectServerConnector.zip.The Connector is largely based on the sample Project Server...(truncated)...
Project Certfication/Project Conference Updates
(Indexed 2006-10-25):
At the PMI Global Congress 2006 North America yesterday, Microsoft Learninglaunched theMicrosoft Office Project 2007 Certification program to help advance project management as a profession and maximize value forthe very largeMicrosoft Office Project user community. The official announcement is here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/oct06/10-20...(truncated)... I also talked with one of the Project Conference coordinatorsyesterday and she told me that the http://www.msprojectcon...(truncated)...
New Project VBA Book Published
(Indexed 2006-10-20):
Rod Gill, one of our Project MVPs, has published a book on using Project VBA. You can find details at http://www.projectvbabook.com. The book contains many examples of Project and Excel macros which are used to access information in Project 2003 and Project 2007.tags: Project 2007, Project Server 2007, Project 12, Office 2007, Office 12, Microsoft, Project Management, Beta 2, Beta 2 Technical Refresh, B2TR,VBA [Image][Image][Image]
Outlook Integration Posts
(Indexed 2006-10-16):
A personal matter has come up so I've been off doing that rather than blogging. Sorry to go dark in the middle of a series. It'll be a few days before posting picks up again. While I've been away, you can find out more about our Outlook integration. One of my co-workers,Jon Kaufthal,has been busy writing about the Outlook integration feature in Project Server 2007 on Melissa Macbeth's blog. You can find his posts here:http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/archive/2006/10/09...(truncated)... I'll ...(truncated)...
A Modest Proposal - Part 1 Introduction
(Indexed 2006-09-27):
[Image] This is the first part of a three part series on proposals. These posts would not be possible without the help of Tara Hopwood, who is responsible for quality assurance on this feature. As you have been looking through Project Server 2007 B2TR, you will have noticed a link for Proposals and Activities. While I've been talking about Activity Plans, we haven't discussed Proposals. What are Proposals? Proposals are intended to enable organizations to dobasic futureplanning for proposed proj...(truncated)...
SDKs for Project Server, SharePoint and Office Server updated
(Indexed 2006-09-22):
From our technical writers, they've updated the docs to reflect B2TR. Links The Beta 2 TR update of the Project 2007 SDK is published. Portal: Project Developer Portal in the Office Developer Center on MSDN includes links to the Project 2007 SDK, Project 2007 blogs, as well as the Project 2003 SDK. Following are the other main pages in the Project Developer Center: Whats New for Developers in Project 2007 includes links to MSDN Webcasts. Project Community includes an RSS feed for the Projec...(truncated)...
B2TR Web Cast Recording Now Available
(Indexed 2006-09-19):
[Image] The recent Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 B2TR web cast was recorded so you can view it at your leisure. To view, go to: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view, enter the following details: Your name: Recording ID: 2Q2N7P Recording Key: rg+SJG5DX Sometimes the playback does not start immediately or stops mid-way please try the steps above again, it may be a transient problem. Enjoy! tags: Project 2007, Project Server 2007, Project 12, Office 2007, Office 12, Microsoft,...(truncated)...
Looking for the Project 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh Downloads?
(Indexed 2006-09-14):
[Image] Project 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=084...(truncated)... Project Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b7...(truncated)... All other Office 2007downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=4289AE...(truncated)... tags: Project 2007, Project Server 2007, Project 12, Office 2007, Office 12, Microsoft, Project Management, Beta 2, Beta 2 Technical Refresh,...(truncated)...
Another Project Server 2007 Webcast for B2TR installation has been scheduled
(Indexed 2006-09-14):
[Image] I'm posting this on behalf of Pradeep, as I understand there were some issues with yesterday's webcast. Don't worry, we've got you covered. *** This webcast is open to general public anyone can attend *** Webcast Title: How to install Project Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (Beta 2 TR) Repeat session Main Objective: To give an overview of how to install Project Server 2007 Beta2 TR and answer any questions you may have. Detailed instructions on the install are already available ...(truncated)...
Reminder!! Project 2007 Webcast tomorrow at 9AM Pacific Time.
(Indexed 2006-09-12):
When?Sep 13th, 9 AM to 10 AM PST (Pacific Standard Time) Meeting TitleHow to install Project Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh Webcast linkhttps://www.livemeeting.com/rm/microsoft/join?id=PublicW...(truncated)... If you cannot click the meeting link above, or it does not work, please do the following: Browse to: http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend Type your name Type the Meeting ID as: PublicWebcast Type the Password as: 736410 Audio information1-866-500-6738 or 203-480-8000. Par...(truncated)...
Resource Plans are good for Regular Projects too!
(Indexed 2006-09-12):
After reviewing previous posts, it's pretty easy to draw the conclusion that resource plans can only be used for activity plans. Not so! You can also use them with regular project plans. The usage there was envisioned as a way of supporting rolling wave planning. By attaching a resource plan to a regular project, you can claim your resources for six months while doing detailed project planning a month at a time. Adding/Modifying a Resource Plan Go to Project Center and select the project row i...(truncated)...
Using Activity Plans/Resource Plans for Managing Operational Resources
(Indexed 2006-09-11):
While I'msitting here waiting for the doctor (who has free Wifi!), I thought I would write more about Activity Plans and Resource Plans. If you have the following scenario, you can use Activity Plans and Resource Plans to manage resource availability. This technique also takes advantage of the fact that project duration and resource allocation timeframes are no longer strongly bound. Scenario You are the manager ofa support team whose team members also work on projects. You want to reserve 50% ...(truncated)...
Status Manager vs Assignment Owner
(Indexed 2006-09-07):
We are getting quite a number of questions regarding what is the difference between Status Manager and Assignment Owner in Project Server 2007. Status Manager Status Manager is the person who manages the task andprocesses the status updates for a task (which is typically also the Project Owner). By default, the Status Manager is the same as the Project Owner. In Project 2003, you had to implicitly become the Status Manager by opening the Project Plan, selecting the specific tasks, then republis...(truncated)...
Upcoming Project Server 2007 Webcast
(Indexed 2006-09-07):
When? Sep 13th, 9 AM to 10 AM PST (Pacific Standard Time) Meeting Title How to install Project Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh Webcast link https://www.livemeeting.com/rm/microsoft/join?id=PublicWebca...(truncated)... If you cannot click the meeting link above, or it does not work, please do the following: Browse to: http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend Type your name Type the Meeting ID as: PublicWebcast Type the Password as: 736410 Audio information 1-866-500-6738 or 2...(truncated)...
Activity Plans and Resource Plans
(Indexed 2006-09-07):
Another question has come up around the 100% allocation to tasks in Activity Plans. Basically, how are you supposed to be doing things in parallel and still show accurate availability? The Activity Plan feature was intended to provide a lightweight task management facility which would integrate with Project Server and would take advantage of Project Server features. The intended target user, the incidental project manager, typically isn't formally trained in Project Management andalso typically ...(truncated)...
Microsoft Office Project Conference 2007 - Save the date!
(Indexed 2006-08-31):
For those of you who are working on your budgets for next year, add in some money to go to the Project Conference 2007. The conference will be held in Seattle at the end of October, 2007. It'll be bigger and better than the last conference! I'll post more details as they come available tags: Project 2007, Project Server 2007, Project 12, Office 2007, Office 12, Microsoft, Project Management, Project Conference [Image][Image][Image]
Installing Project Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh.
(Indexed 2006-08-31):
Ok, first Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR in Microspeak) is not yet available, but when it is, here are the installation instructions. We are sending this out early to make you aware that B2TR will be sent out as a patch to Beta 2. Why a patch? Well, we needed to test patching in the real world before the final version. Otherwise, we would be testing patching for the first time with a service pack on the real product in production. I don't think anyone wants t...(truncated)...
Three New Project Bloggers
(Indexed 2006-08-31):
Welcome to the party! After Brian Kennemer twisted Reid's arm electronically (Brian's Offer to Reid), Reid McTaggart had decided to start his own blog.It can be found here: Reid McTaggartDr. Ed Hannaand Kermit Llauradorhave also started their own Project blogs. As they all have stellar reputations within the Project world, I'm looking forward to greatposts from them.tags: Reid McTaggart, Ed Hanna, Kermit Llaurador, Project 2007, Project Server 2007, Project 12, Office 2007, Office 12, Microsoft ...(truncated)...
Automatic Project Phase Calculation without Macros!!
(Indexed 2006-08-29):
Tonight, we have a guest blogger and good friend of mine, Reid McTaggart. Reid is very well known in the Project UseNet groups. By day, he is a Services Executive with Microsoft. Take it away Reid! This technique helps solve a common need for status information based on some task condition, but rolled up tothe project summary level. In this case, we areaddressing the need to rollup the project current phase information. Treb had a previous article on this, but his technique required macros. This...(truncated)...
Project Server 2007 TechNet site now up
(Indexed 2006-08-09):
The new Technet site for Project Server 2007 is now available. Check it out here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/project/...(truncated)... 2007Project Server 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image][Image]
Office Developer's Conference Videos are available
(Indexed 2006-07-31):
If you are doing or plan to do any programming against Project Server 2007, these videos may be of interest. Check them out here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/learn/conferences/track2/Project 2007Project Server 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image][Image]
Why blogging is like going to the gym
(Indexed 2006-07-25):
[Sigh.] It's been a while since i"ve written something productive here. As I'm discovering, blogging is like going to the gym. You like going, you get really gung ho about it for awhile and then.... Something happens and you don't get to it. You know, oh, I'll post tonight and it never happens. So, I'm posting something. Pardon the randomness but I'm working my way back into the routine.Today, I spent an inordinate amount of time setting up my server with the latest Office Server/Project Server ...(truncated)...
Took the Vista Plunge
(Indexed 2006-07-10):
As I'm getting back into the swing of things, I went ahead and updated my Tablet and one of my servers to Vista. My tablet is sacred as that's where I actually get my work done. Everything else is a test bed. XP was acting a little flaky after I had loaded some alpha version software so I was going to have to rebuild the tablet anyway. So, XP or Vista?We have an internal email list where people post Vista questions. I had been monitoring to get a sense of the discussions.As the discussions seem ...(truncated)...
Back in the saddle soon
(Indexed 2006-07-09):
I was just reviewing all of the project blogs when I saw Jack Dahlgren's post on Project Management takes a Summer Vacation. I agree it has been quiet and there's a reason, at least as far as this blog and the Project Blog are concerned. A significant number of the Project program managers (including me) are in the middle of housing moves. It makes it hard to write when you are surrounded by boxes. I find I'm spending more time looking for my drill bits that thinking about my next post. As thing...(truncated)...
Installation Related Post on AlexTech
(Indexed 2006-06-13):
Alex has a good two part post on the Project Server 2007 installation. http://alex.angas.info/tech/While I don't think we've fully addressed all of the documentation needs of the administrator, this series gives you some ideas as to the process. Thanks for the questions and feedback, Alex! I'm forwarding the link to the appropriate people on the team to review.Project 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image][Image]
Good Intentions and Bad Installations
(Indexed 2006-06-09):
I had good intentions of writing a killer post on managing administrative time in Project 2007. However, something happened on the way to setting up my server. While I've installed P2007 about 20 times already, I managed to get off the beaten path in the install instructions and provisioned PWA incorrectly as a result. I screwed it uproyally as the only way I could get PWA to appear was to specify some port number after the server name. Everything I tried to fix it just made it worse. Now, it wo...(truncated)...
SharePoint 2007 SDK on Workflow is available now
(Indexed 2006-06-06):
As the proposals feature of Project Server 2007 uses the SharePoint workflow functionality, I thought this new SDK may be of interest. This is especially true, if you have any plans to modify the proposals workflow to meet your organization's needs.The new SDK on SharePoint 2007 workflow is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38c...(truncated)... There is also a related developer introduction articleon the SharePoint workflow functionality here: http://msdn2....(truncated)...
I'm with Ed on this one.
(Indexed 2006-06-04):
I know I usually post on Project Server but the stuff being proposed by my government is just utterly infuriating. Isn't this the sort of thing we are supposed to be fighting against in other areas of the world?Are we so afraid that we are willing to sacrifice our freedoms so easily? I wish more people in Washington DCwere asking these questions. Ed Bott has a great post on this: http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1354[Image][Image][Image]
Update on Project 2007 Beta 2 Documentation
(Indexed 2006-05-27):
An update on the Beta 2 documentation. There are some additional steps to get your help working correctly.Go to http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/7/477d549d-c265-4...(truncated)... and install the auth control. (This control also gets installed as part of Office 12 client install)Access the help documents (The team isfixing search results and navigation)Office SharePoint Server: http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/help/HA101639811033.aspxOffice Project Server: http://officebeta.iponet.ne...(truncated)...
Here's a MSF Agile Template. Thanks Eric!
(Indexed 2006-05-25):
Eric Landes took it upon himself to create a more robust Project template than that was previously available in Project 2003/2007. Thank you, Eric for sharing your work! You can find it here: http://aspadvice.com/blogs/elandes/archive/2006/05/23/18028....(truncated)... 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management Agile Project Template[Image][Image][Image]
Looking for Project 2007 Documentation?
(Indexed 2006-05-24):
Ok, so you downloaded Beta 2 of Project Server 2007 and you are going, where are the docs? Well campers, go to http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/help/HA101639911033.aspxto get all of the planning guides.The new Office Online beta site looks pretty cool.Project 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image][Image]
Project 2007 SDK is here!
(Indexed 2006-05-24):
The Beta 2 version of the Project 2007 SDK has been published. Thanks to the hard work of the folks in Office User Assistance, this is the most developer content weve ever released this early in the product cycle. The Project Developer Portal has been completely reworked in the Office Developer Center on MSDN. It includes many links to Project related content such as the Project 2007 SDK and Project 2007 blogs, as well as to the Project 2003 SDK. You may also want to check out the following page...(truncated)...
Hint, Hint. Sign up for Project 2007 Beta 2
(Indexed 2006-05-23):
Just a friendly reminder. If you havent already signed up here for Beta 2, please do so today. http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx The link is supposed to work now. Trust me, it will pay off very soon. JProject 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image][Image]
New Web Development Blog
(Indexed 2006-05-12):
Mike Christensen isone of the Software Development Engineerscreating Project Server 2007. A couple ofmonths ago,he started a blog on Web Development topics.His blog can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/mikechr/default.aspx While his blog is not specific to Project Server, it provides some insight into the expertise used to build the product. Enjoy!Project 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image]
Of Interest, Avenade integrates Project Server and VSTS
(Indexed 2006-05-11):
I thought you might find this of interest. Avenade had created a nice connector to allow Project Server 2003 and VSTS to work together. The response thus far has been very promising. Read more here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/why/avanade/default.aspxProject 2007Project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image][Image]
Day to Day Project Server Management
(Indexed 2006-04-30):
Faisal has a great post on what maintenance tasks Project Server Administrators should be doing on a recurring basis. WhenI was on the customer side, it was difficult to come up with "THE" list since there's a lot of functionality in the product.I would love to expand this list into a full blown operations checklist. Since Faisal doesn't have comments on, pleaseadd any additional list itemsas a comment to this post. Between all of us, I think we can come up with a definitive list of maintenance ...(truncated)...
Using Team Assignment Pools in Project 2007
(Indexed 2006-04-26):
This post is a follow up discussion to the post on Ad Hoc Work. Though we've been busy getting Beta 2 ready, I thought we needed another scenario post.INTRODUCING TEAM ASSIGNMENT POOLSTeamassignment poolsare a powerful addition to Project Server 2007. These work resources allow you to assign work to a work team without having to specify the specific team member who will perform the work. This resource type provides the team lead with the flexibility to control and balance work assignments for th...(truncated)...
Upcoming Project 2007 Webcasts
(Indexed 2006-04-24):
I wanted to let you know about some upcoming Project 2007 related MSDN webcasts and about one archived webcast. Please note, the first webcast below is tomorrow!UPCOMINGClick the title below to registerAdding Project Management Smarts to Your Applications Using Office Project Server 2007 (Level 200) Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)Architecture Overview of Office Project Server 2007 (Level 100) Monday, May 08, 200611:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)Project 2007 Preview ...(truncated)...
UPDATE: Conference DVDs in the mail this week
(Indexed 2006-04-18):
This update was posted on the http://www.msprojectconference.com site, but it isn't on the default page for some reason. You have to go into the US section to see it. I'm reposting to make sure everyone sees this.**************************The Project Conference 2006 was the biggest and best yet. We hope you found the conference insightful, helpful and a good value. Plans are already underway for the next Project Conference and more information will become available at http://www.msprojectconfere...(truncated)...
Cool Reporting Idea
(Indexed 2006-04-13):
I was reading this MSDN article on Delivering SQL Reports to SharePoint and I was thinking, this might be a great thing to try with Project Server reporting. If you have Project, you have SharePoint and you have SQL Server and can have SQL Reporting Services installed. It wouldn't feel like a big stretch to make this scenario happen. More stuff to try out as time allows... If anyone does try this out, let me know!Project 2007 Project 12 Office 2007 Office 12 Microsoft Project Management[Image][I...(truncated)...
Tracking Changes in Project 2007
(Indexed 2006-04-07):
Check out Lidiane's post on the change tracking enhancements made in the Project Professional client here. This is a real nice usability enhancement designed to help PMs understand which tasks are impacted as you make changes and to understand what's driving the schedule for a given task. This should take some of the mystery as to why your dates moved when you made changes.Project 2007 Project 12 Office 2007 Office 12 Microsoft Project Management[Image][Image]
Project 2007 Customer Data Migration Test Program
(Indexed 2006-04-04):
New ProgramHave you talked to your Technical Account Manager lately? You should! If they aren't your primary Project contact, you should discuss this new program withyour primaryMicrosoft contact for Project Server.Pradeep GanapathyRaj, our PM in charge of our Project 2007 migration strategy, is looking for a few good Project Server/WSS databases totest our 2007 migration mechanism. This testing is being conducted under our newCustomer Data Migration Test program. The ProcessPradeep'sworking wit...(truncated)...
Microsoft Acquires ProClarity
(Indexed 2006-04-03):
In case you didn't see this, Microsoft announced the acquisition of ProClarity this morning. You can read the announcement here.I am excited by this. My current work is to understand and design an approach for performing IT Governance activities with Project Server. ProClarity, combined with some of our other products, will give us some incredible portfolio analysis capabilities. More tocome.Project 2007 Office 2007 Office 12 Microsoft ProClarity[Image][Image][Image]
Couple of Random Notes
(Indexed 2006-03-28):
I've been traveling so posting a deep thought today would be a challenge. Instead, I leave you with some short notes on various Project related items.First, the DVDs from Project Conference are coming very very soon. I was able to see a final cut of the DVDs and I think you will get a lot out of them. Second, Gord Schmidt mentioned to me that the Project Server 2003 PWA ActiveX controls download doesn't work once you've installed SP1 or SP2A. This download allowed you to install the controls wit...(truncated)...
Upcoming Webcast: Microsoft Office System Developers Conference Keynote
(Indexed 2006-03-20):
Erika Ehrli of the Office Developer Center is looking for attendees! If you are on the development side of the house and want to know more about the Office System 2007 vision, you will want to see this web cast. Bill Gates and Kurt DelBene will be outlining the overall vision. If you were at Project Conference, you may have seen Kurt around. He is the Vice President of the Office Server Group and has been a strong advocate ofour Project 2007 vision. You may have seen his post on the SharePoint b...(truncated)...
Thank you for your readership!
(Indexed 2006-03-20):
I wanted to thank you and the other 12,000 visitors who have stopped by since Project Conference. It's been great writing about Project Server and seeing such incredible interest! I hope you will continue to get value out of my posts.I would also urge you to become part of the online community. There are a lot of blogs like this one which concentrate on the solution architect or solution administrator role. However, there is a huge opportunity intargeting the needs of the Resource Manager, the T...(truncated)...
Blog list: Project Blogs
(Indexed 2006-03-20):
Project BlogsProjectified: brian kennemer endlessly obsessing about Project Server so thatyou don't have toMPA Blog: Bill RaymondDo More Than Manage: Gord Schmidt's site on Project Server technical aspectsMark Schneider: Project Server Training and ImplementationProject Development Blog: Larry DuffThe Official Project BlogJack Dahlgren's BlogProject Server Experts: Gary Chefetz & Dale Howard's siteScott WagnerFaisal MasoodEric Landes - Corporate CoderProject Server Tips[Image]
Friends shouldn't let Friends reorganize their blog at 2am.
(Indexed 2006-03-17):
My apologies to Eric Landes. I am linking to you!! One sleepless night, I reorganized my blog. I had separated out my Project links from my regular links and missed one. It's fixed now. Check out Eric's blog for ASP and Project goodness. http://aspadvice.com/blogs/elandes/default.aspx[Image][Image][Image]
The Definitive Project Resource List
(Indexed 2006-03-15):
Erika Ehrli, who runs the Office Developer Center website just posted her great big page of all Project related resources. You can see it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli/archive/2006/03/15/projectr...(truncated)... anyone was left out, please let me know. Here's your chance to become bona fide! [Image][Image]
Ad Hoc Work Revisited
(Indexed 2006-03-11):
If you were able to attend my presentation at Project Conference on Managing All Your Work using Project 12, my apologies! We had significant technical difficulties which made the demos less than effective. I've since re-recorded these demos for the DVD.The goal was to show four common scenarios we've found in managing work could be handled in Project. In the interest of adding value, I wanted to recap the scenarios so that you will get the full value out of what we did in Project 12. In this po...(truncated)...
Retake of my demo from conference
(Indexed 2006-03-08):
If you attended my session on managing all work at conference, my apologies! The session did not go exactly as planned as my demo tanked immediately. We re-recorded the demos yesterday where our wonderful AV pros will insert it into the finished presentation on the Conference DVD. It should be more useful this time. Also, I plan to post my script here so that you can try it out on your own. Stay tuned.project 2007 project 12 Office 2007 Office 12 Microsoft Project Management[Image][Image][Image]
How to get Project 2007 Beta 2 when available
(Indexed 2006-03-05):
If you are interested in getting Project 2007Beta 2 when available, go to this page to register:Register for Office 2007 Beta 2. When it is available, you will receive a notification.Update: Word from the Office Product team is that this will include both Server and Client betas.project 2007project 12Office 2007Office 12MicrosoftProject Management[Image][Image]
Project 2007 Goodness for the Administrators too!
(Indexed 2006-02-28):
In previous versions, you may have added people as users to the Project Server even though they were not in the resource pool. Inevitably, they would become a resource and you, the Admin, would have to go enter in a lot of information into the Resource Pool to add them as a Resource.Now, Project 2007 makes it easier. If you have the above situation, all you need to do is:Go to Server Settings Select Manage Users[Image]Select the User Name>[Image]Check the first box labeled User can be assigned a...(truncated)...
Project Conference, Part Deux
(Indexed 2006-02-17):
In case you forgot, next week is the European Version of the Project Conference 2006. You can get the details here. A great deal of the team will be gone, buta few of us are still manning the fort. [Image][Image][Image]
Delegating work management in Project 12
(Indexed 2006-02-15):
Twoof my fellow PMswalked through this withmetoday and I almost fell out of my chair in my excitement.If you've ever attempted to manage a single large project with multiple project managers, you will find this very interesting. The whole time we were going through this, I was thinking of my old co-worker Doug, who had a project with 12 or so work teams. This would have been perfect for him.PROJECT 2002/2003As you may or may not know, in Project Server 2002/2003, there is a project owner and an ...(truncated)...
Project 12 Reporting Database
(Indexed 2006-01-23):
Im not sure how much Coverage the reporting database got during conference, but it is going to make life much easier. Basically, weve separated out a user focused copy of the data. Reporting on the data from the database in Project 2003 presented a number of challenges. In P12, the goal was to make it easier to develop reports. In the reporting database, we have data views around the major entities within Project Server. If you want a report where you report on projects and issues, you would bas...(truncated)...
I love this job
(Indexed 2006-01-19):
Being at Project Conference allows us to hear how people are using the product of our work in the "real world". We had a party this evening at Benaroya Hall in downtown where we had a retro band playing. I, of course, being one of the older members of the team, knew all the words to all of the songs. [Image] Being able to remember thewords forWord Up seems like such a waste of brain cells! Everyone seemed to be having a good time and the food was great.On theshuttle bus back to the Westin, Istru...(truncated)...
It's all about the network.
(Indexed 2006-01-18):
As day 1 of conference comes to a close, it's been quite a day. There were all of the product announcements this morning followed by some great sessions in the afternoon.One of thebiggest benefits toProject Conference is all of the hallway networking that goes on. I've spent most of the afternoon talking to various attendees about their issues and how they were going to go about solving the problem. This interaction is a very valuableasset thatI've gotten out of this and the past conferences.The...(truncated)...
Overview of Project 12 release
(Indexed 2006-01-17):
Keshav has been giving the overview of the work we have done on Project 12. Finally, we can start to talk about this stuff!!!!Here's a laundry list of information that was well received during the session. Sorry for the firehose, but there's a lot of info coming out. This should wet your appetite for further information.ROLLING WAVE PLANNING SUPPORTYou can define a resource plan on a project to support rolling wave planning. Basically, you tell Project to control resource availability to a certa...(truncated)...
Mike's keynote is just wrapping up
(Indexed 2006-01-17):
Mike Anguilo's keynote on the vision of Project 12 is wrapping up. He's outlined how we are going to allow you to manage ALL of your work in an intelligent fashion using Project 12. A couple of items got applause. Proposals and Operations work. New to Project 12, you will be able to manage project proposals in PWA and promote them into a full project when they become approved. You will also be able to manage ongoing operations work using the Operations Work screen. This allows you to designate r...(truncated)...
And so it begins...
(Indexed 2006-01-17):
Microsoft Office Project Conference 2006 is officially underway! Registration opened at 3pm and there's been a steady flow of people coming in to get their badges, program guideand goodie bags. One of the goodies is a cool PowerPoint clicker that has a built in laser. And we had to throw in the official Conference t-shirt to boot. Good stuff!I knew we were doing 80+ sessions but wow! I'm looking for which sessions I want to attend and it's really hard to pick. There are going to be so many good ...(truncated)...
Blogging the conference!
(Indexed 2006-01-16):
I got permission, along with other Microsoft employees, to blog the Project Conference! We'll see how well I do on little sleep. [Image]Anyway, stay tuned for more![Image][Image]
In the Home Stretch
(Indexed 2006-01-05):
We are finally in the home stretch for Project Conference preparations. As part of the preparation, I've had to become familiar with Office 12 and Virtual Server 2005 R2. Both have been phenomenal. Of course, having a new Tablet PC with lots of RAM makes it easy to run the world on one machine. [Image] Having attended the previous two shows as a customer, I had no idea the amount of preparation that went into these conferences. We are getting into a lot of planning and coordination sessions...(truncated)...
Prepping for Project Conference
(Indexed 2005-12-14):
As I'm working on my Managing All Work with Project presentation for Project Conference, I'm wondering what kinds of work people have tried to manage with Project, but were unsuccessful doing. I've got 4 good scenarios from my Wachovia days, but I would be interested in other examples. If you have one, please post as a comment. If you haven't signed up yet, you better get a move on. The conference is almost sold out. Go to this link to signup. http://www.msprojectconference.com/ After Proje...(truncated)...
Blog list
(Indexed 2005-12-14):
SmartMobsInteractively SpeakingChurch of the CustomerMarketing PlaybookMike's Space: MSN Spaces Product ManagerScobleizer: The man, the myth, the legend.Social Customer ManifestoCreating Passionate UsersElectrolicious - The daily affirmations of a word mercenaryMicrosoft Project 12-The next generationLarry Duff's Project Development Blog[Image][Image]
MS Project Server 2003 SP2a is now available!!
(Indexed 2005-12-13):
New and improved! You can find it at the links below. Please note, the overview is in the process of being published. Simplified ChineseTraditional ChineseCzechDanishDutchEnglishFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHebrew...(truncated)... PortuguesePortuguese PortugalRussianSpanishSwedishTurkish Also, the Multilingual User Interface packs have been republished. They can be found here: MUI [Image][Image]
Project Integration: One topic of an upcoming VSTS Public Chat
(Indexed 2005-10-18):
Link here to the chat: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Public ChatChat with members of the Team Foundation Server team. They will be answering questions about Beta 3 and discussing their suite of source control, work item tracking, Excel and Project integration, reporting, WSS integration, and build automation tools. Add to Calendar October 28, 2005 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time Additional Time Zones[Image][Image]
New Scrum Solution Starter for Project 2003
(Indexed 2005-10-12):
See it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/e...(truncated)...
New Project Server 2003 / Visual Studios Team System 2005 Connector
(Indexed 2005-10-11):
A friend of mine who's been working on this connector, released this site recently on GotDotNet. The white paper makes for an interesting read and provides some insights into the possibilities. Check it out at: http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=b9f69e...(truncated)...
Rolling up current Project Phase info in Project Server
(Indexed 2005-10-06):
This post is a starter to enable you to rollup phase level information within a project to the project level. This enables you to view the information via PWA and to export it to Excel. This technique assumes you can represent your phase with Milestones. (Feasibility Phase milestone, etc.) Current phase is denoted by the in process milestone (first not completed milestone) In order to use this data in PWA, you have to put it in the Project Summary task. Even though the summary task is a t...(truncated)...
New Project 12 Blog
(Indexed 2005-09-14):
Dieter Zirkler, the Group Program Manager for Project at Microsoft has started a blog. Check it out here: http://blogs.msdn.com/dieterz/[Image][Image]
Leveraging custom fields in Project Server to enable custom reporting
(Indexed 2005-07-08):
Okay, for once I'm going to talk shop. For those of you who actually know who I am, I am a Microsoft Project Server 2003 SME. Having been involved in the original beta of Project 2002 and on the Project Customer Advisory Council for Project 200x, I'm a bit familiar with the tool. [Image] TODAY'S SPECIALToday shoppers, we are going to discuss when and how to use non-enterprise custom fields in Project Server Project Web Access views to enable custom reporting views.So, what's the problem and w...(truncated)...