Live Webinar – July 22nd, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Guests Free (Open To The Public)

There is increasing recognition that Schedule Risk Analysis has an important part to play in producing more realistic forecast for future work completion.

There are two reasons that organizations still use to justify not adopting the technique:

1. There is a fear that the additional work to implement schedule risk analysis will outweigh the benefits.
2. The schedule is often imposed by the client and the contractor should just make do and deliver.

In reality, schedule risk analysis can be implemented without a massive re-estimation effort to capture three-point estimates and being forewarned regarding issues with client schedules gives an opportunity for addressing those issues before they occur.

In this session John Owen CEO of Barbecana Inc, will show how Barbecana’s Full Monte Schedule Risk Analysis add-on for Microsoft Project can improve your understanding of the uncertainty in any schedule before issues arise.

Topics will include initial implementation, sensitivity analysis, modelling risk mitigation, and using schedule risk analysis with Agile methodologies.

Presenter:  John Owen (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Barbecana Inc,  has 30+ years of experience with using, supporting, and developing project management software tools across multiple industries.  Before joining Barbecana John was Product Director for Scheduling and Risk tools at Deltek.  Barbecana specializes in producing software for schedule risk analysis with the aim of helping customers improve confidence in their schedules.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

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Making Light Work Of Schedule Risk Analysis

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Live Webinar – July 15th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Guests Free (Open To The Public)

WBS Schedule Pro is a Windows-based project management software application designed to be a feature-rich yet easy-to-use tool for planning and managing projects.

This presentation includes:

• The recommended approach for using WBS Schedule Pro
  • To plan and manage projects, including
    • How to use a WBS Chart for planning, how to create a schedule and define the critical path using a Network Chart and
  • How to use the many additional features within WBS Schedule Pro to plan any project.

Other areas of discussion will describe how to customize the various charts in the software, how to use WBS Schedule Pro with Microsoft Project and how to Import/Export data.

Also included throughout the presentation Jim will detail many shortcuts and valuable tips for using WBS Schedule Pro effectively.

Presenter:  Jim Spiller (LinkedIn profile) is President of Critical Tools, Inc, makers of the WBS Schedule Pro software. Jim has been a part of the Project Management Software business since 1985. For the past 20+ years with Critical Tools, Jim helped design and develop what is now called WBS Schedule Pro.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Using WBS Schedule Pro

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Live Webinar – July 8th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Project Widgets

Project Widgets is pleased to showcase several “widgets” that extend the power of Microsoft Project. These products address real world challenges faced by many industries by providing the following capabilities:

• Create reliable “what-if” scenario plans that allow you to analyze the downstream impact of changes to a project in support of key business decisions.
  • This capability is especially critical in these uncertain times.
• Automate the new project creation process, ensuring uniformity across your enterprise by leveraging existing project templates and metadata, and enforcing naming conventions.
• Initiate all projects within a program at once, including the establishment of interproject dependencies.
• Capture metadata, assumptions and other critical project information in a central repository.
• Create “snapshots” of important project information across your portfolio including schedule dates and project details such as metadata, key assumptions, and risks/issues.
• Highlight variances of key milestones from one reporting period to another.

These Project Widgets products, all of which work with Project Online and Project Server, will take project management with Microsoft Project to the next level!

Presenter: Ira Brown (LinkedIn profile) is the President and CEO of Project Widgets, a Microsoft Project Partner specializing in add-on products, implementation services, integration, training, and custom software development for Microsoft Project. He is a is a recognized Microsoft Project expert with over twenty years of experience.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Where There’s A Widget, There’s A Way:
Unleashing The Power Of Microsoft Project!

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Live Webinar – June 24th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1.25 Hour  1.25 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

This session will walk you through 11 practices that are sure to be problematic.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

1. Including summary tasks in project sequencing;
2. Assigning resources to summary tasks;
3. Constraining activities rather than sequencing dynamically;
4. Scheduling project tasks as late as possible;
5. Leveling resources without analysis;
6. Inadequate baselining techniques;
7. Using elapsed durations for team schedules;
8. Incorrect calendar association resulting in incorrect schedules;
9. Organizing project tasks incorrectly forcing incorrect reports.
10. Dismissing Agile Tools
11. Not use customization for specific needs

After attending this session, you should be able to:

• Identify inappropriate practices in their MS Project schedules.
• Resolve issues created by these practices.
• Leverage their learning in future project plans by avoiding the recurrence of inappropriate practices.

Speaker : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Project Management Professional, and Project MVP. Sam has been delivering training for The Versatile Company since 1996. Sam gained insight into Microsoft Project while working at Microsoft as a member of the Microsoft Project development and support team. Sam is considered a leading authority on the tool, and provides great insight to project Managers on the newest enterprise features of all versions of Microsoft Project and Project Server.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Microsoft Project Do’s, Don’ts & Cool Customizations

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Live Webinar – June 17th, 2020 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  .75 Hour  .75 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Scrum is the most famous Agile Methodology.

However, it is impossible to run with the Microsoft Project Pro version. But we can do it with the new Project For the Web.

1. What are the advantages and limitations when you use it?
2. How can you get most of it and avoid typical mistakes?

You will find all of these answers and more in this workshop.

Presenter: Nenad Trajkovski (LinkedIn profile) MS Project MVP EE CA PMP RMP Zagreb. An expert on the development and implementation of enterprise systems (ERP) in companies of various areas (banks, card houses, production companies, auto industry, wholesale businesses, oil companies); Nenad has extensive experience in working with business processes, people and knowledge in information technology and financial accounting activities. Currently, Nenad working as Project Manager, is also a trainer for Project Management and Risk Management in Microsoft Innovation Center in Varaždin. He was declared as the best speaker at numerous conferences, and his sessions have been selected best on numerous occasions. A regular speaker in the the Microsoft Community he is also a Certified Accountant, PMP, PMI – RMP, MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional), MCTS – Microsoft Project 2010 (Microsoft Certified Technical Professional). and MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer).

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This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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How To Run Scrum Projects With Project For The Web

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Live Webinar – June 3rd, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Companies today must be able to work on projects with agility in the era of digital transformation. Microsoft Teams and Planner are the perfect tool combination to support agility and ensure businesses are fit for the future.

They enable organizations to implement and map agile management methods to make organizations more productive and efficient.

Join Dux Raymond Sy in this interactive session as he walks you through best practices for agile project collaboration and management.

Presenter: Dux Raymond Sy (LinkedIn profile) is Chief Technology Officer of AvePoint Public Sector, where he is responsible for leading the development & delivery of strategic solutions. Dux is the author of  SharePoint for Project Management: How to Create a Project Management Information System (PMIS) with SharePoint. As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is focused on empowering organizations on how to leverage the benefits of collaborative tools with quantifiable goals. Dux is very much involved in the greater SharePoint community and is an event chair for SharePoint Saturday, a free community driven conference that has been held worldwide. Dux regularly writes about project management, SharePoint and globalization at MeetDux.com.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Agile Project Management With Microsoft Teams & Planner

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