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TechRepublic Author Biography: Brian Kennemer has worked in the 'Microsoft Project world,' supporting users and organizations for more than six years. He currently works as a trainer and project management consultant for Electronic Arts. Previously, he worked for 3 years for QuantumPM, a provider of enterprise portfolio management products, service solutions, as well...; more about Brian Kennemer »

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Making sense of Project Server 2002 licensing: Consultants who have clients that plan to use Microsoft Project 2002 will have to explain how application licensing works for this product. Here's an explanation and a few examples to help your clients make the best decision based on their needs.Confusion over how the Server/CAL Client Access License model works...; Tags: Microsoft Project, Brian Kennemer, Project Server, CAL, SQL Server CAL, Project 2002 Pro, Microsoft SQL Server; Technical articles 2002-12-19
Configure IT Quick: Use layers in Visio to filter complex diagrams: Make complex diagrams easier to read by using Visios layers.Visio is a great tool for graphically representing complex systems, processes, and objects. But as consultants, we’ve all received Visio diagrams that were so complex it was hard to make heads or tails of them. (You’ve likely created a few of...; Tags: information technology, Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Visio; Technical articles 2002-12-03
Project 98 Cost and Number rollups: While Microsoft Project 2002 and 2000 both allow users to have cost and number rollups, 98 does not. Since many organizations still use Project 98, consultants could be asked to find a way to make this feature work. Here's a macro that does it.Project 2000 added a feature that allows...; Tags: Microsoft Project, Project 2002, Brian Kennemer, summary task, Field_Roller, Field_Roller function, Project 98; Technical articles 2002-11-25
Monitor your progress with Project Server's status report feature: Written progress reports can be one of the more difficult parts of a resource's job. But Project Server makes them easy with qualitative, text-based status reports that are built in to the Web Access product.Written progress reports are one of the most important facets of communication between a project manager...; Tags: Channel management, monitor, Brian Kennemer, status report, Neil; Technical articles 2002-10-23
Track and resolve problems with Project Server's Issues feature: Project managers and resources need to be aware of problems as they arise. Project Server's issue feature allows the team to identify, document, and resolve difficulties before they affect the success of a project.When problems arise in the course of a project, the project’s resources are often the first people...; Tags: Brian Kennemer, Dell Computer Corp., Project Server, Link Issues; Technical articles 2002-10-22

Use Project Server 2002 timesheets to keep everyone on the same page: Instead of losing track of a project's work hours and various project deadlines, use Project Server 2002's timesheets to keep your projects on-target. This tool will help project managers and resources communicate throughout a project's timeline.Few would disagree that good communication between project managers and resources is vital to the...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Brian Kennemer, timesheet, Project Server 2002; Technical articles 2002-10-21
Working with overallocations in Microsoft Project 2002: Every project has a finite amount of time and resources that can be devoted to completing tasks. Overallocation, when a project calls for more time than a team member has, can present serious problems. Learn how to work around this dilemma.In a perfect world, we would always have enough people...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project 2002, Brian Kennemer, overallocation, Neil, Dell Computer Corp.; Technical articles 2002-10-21
Adding custom calculations to Project Server's Portfolio Analyzer: Portfolio Analyzer in Microsoft Project Server 2002 allows you to view project data, such as work, broken down by project, resources, time, and other metrics. Learn how to customize this powerful reporting tool.Portfolio Analyzer, the Online Analytical Processing OLAP reporting functionality in Microsoft Project Server 2002, allows users to view...; Tags: Business intelligence, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Brian Kennemer, Baseline Work, Portfolio Analyzer, dialog box, Pivot Table, drop-down menu; Technical articles 2002-10-17
Using the Build Team From Enterprise dialog box in Microsoft Project 2002 Professional: If you're managing a project, you want to match the right team member for a particular task. The Build Team From Enterprise dialog box in Microsoft Project 2002 Professional helps you do just that.One of the centerpieces of the new Microsoft Project Server 2002 resource pooling functionality is the Build...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., team, Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Project 2002, dialog box, Microsoft Project, Build Team; Technical articles 2002-10-16
Estimate task size to allocate resources in Microsoft Project: Task size estimates help you efficiently allocate resources in Microsoft Project. Giving your team members just the right amount of time they need to complete a task gives your project a better chance of succeeding.This article originally appeared on Builder.com’s sister site, TechRepublic.There are two basic ways to estimate task...; Tags: Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project; Technical articles 2002-10-16
Project Server 2002 improves resource pooling: Managing multiple projects in Microsoft Project 98 and 2000 was difficult because of the way Project pooled resources. Project Server 2002 addresses the problem with a new way to manage and share resources across multiple projects.Using Microsoft Project 98 or 2000 to manage multiple projects used to be like walking...; Tags: Microsoft Project, Brian Kennemer, Project Server 2002, multiple project; Technical articles 2002-10-15
Change your view of information with MindManager 2002: For consultants who feel more comfortable explaining projects using visual elements as opposed to Gantt charts, MindManager 2002 is a valuable tool, especially if your team members have struggled with large tasks. Here's our review.I spend about 75 percent of my waking hours working with, fixing, or otherwise thinking about...; Tags: Project management, PRODUCTIVITY, Brian Kennemer, Mindjet MindManager, central idea, work breakdown structure; Technical articles 2002-10-09
Estimate task size to allocate resources in Microsoft Project: Task size estimates help you efficiently allocate resources in Microsoft Project. Giving your team members just the right amount of time they need to complete a task gives your project a better chance of succeeding.There are two basic ways to estimate task size when creating work breakdown structures WBS in...; Tags: Project management, Microsoft Corp., Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Project; Technical articles 2002-09-26
Linking tasks in work breakdown structures in Microsoft Project: Linking tasks into a network and creating initial duration estimates gives the product manager more control over how a project's tasks relate to each other. It's an important step in managing resources in Microsoft Project.Linking tasks into a network and creating initial work or duration estimates are crucial steps in...; Tags: Mice, work breakdown structure, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Corp., Brian Kennemer, Fix Bugs; Technical articles 2002-09-24
Define and schedule tasks in Microsoft Project: It's important to correctly define and schedule tasks when managing your projects. The work breakdown structure will help you organize and manage your project's tasks in Microsoft Project.When you use Microsoft Project, it’s important to correctly define your tasks and their related information. If you define them badly, you’ll compromise...; Tags: Project management, Microsoft Project, Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Corp., work breakdown structure; Technical articles 2002-09-18
Define a resource's working time and availability: Modeling a resource's availability is a tricky business for any project manager, but Microsoft Project helps you do it with the Project Calendar feature. Learn how with the latest installment of our Project series.Microsoft Project is great for defining a project’s available resources, but the process can be a bit...; Tags: Research & Development, Microsoft Project, Brian Kennemer; Technical articles 2002-09-11
Define resources with Microsoft Project: Defining project resources is the most important part of a project plan. It's tricky, but Microsoft Project can help. Here's a look at the basic fields in Project that are involved in defining a resource and its costs.When developing a project plan, it’s important to carefully define the available resources....; Tags: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Corp., Brian Kennemer, Max Units; Technical articles 2002-09-10
A powerful VB toolkit that's not just for experts: Total VisualCode Tools offers VB developers a handy set of tools to enable coding standards and simplify a variety of programming tasks. Even VB novices will find this toolset easy to use.I would call myself a Visual Basic enthusiast, but by no means do I think of myself as a...; Tags: Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Visual Basic, Total Visual CodeTools, standards; Technical articles 2002-09-06
Building stoplight charts into Project Server 2002: Stoplight charts--in which the status of a project is represented by red, yellow, or green icons--can offer project leaders a quick view of which projects need attention. You can set them up easily in Project Server 2002.Organizations have used stoplight charts for years to quickly display the status of projects...; Tags: Brian Kennemer, Project Server 2002, Project Center, stoplight; Technical articles 2002-08-30
Download this stabilization modeling worksheet: While no software is likely to estimate the stabilization phase of a software project perfectly, this spreadsheet will let you capture some of the big variables in a stabilization phase.Stabilization, the period between “Code Complete” and “Release to Manufacturing,” is a hard phase to estimate for any software project. Many...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tools & Techniques, modeling, Brian Kennemer, stabilization, test case, software; Technical articles 2002-08-27

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