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Tom Henry has been involved with Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) since graduating from Bournemouth University in the UK. Working first in London and then moving to the US, Tom has seen how project managers interact with Microsoft Project and Project Online from using different methodologies such as Prince 2 in the UK to PMI in the USA. Tom has also worked with Agile teams looking to utilize Microsoft Project to manage projects using Scrum, Kanban, and other iterative methods. Tom prides himself on being able to understand his clients’ needs and to translate those needs into simplified PPM solutions.
28 10, 2019

An Introduction to the New Microsoft Project Service

By |2019-10-26T13:36:16-04:00October 28th, 2019|Microsoft Project Professional, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Project Tips, PM Solutions, PM Tools, Project Management, Project Managers, Project Online|

Overview The new Project Service, officially called Project for the web, is an offering delivered via the Microsoft Office 365 platform. It is designed for anyone and everyone, whether in a small business or a large corporation, who serve as 'occasional' or 'accidental' project managers. In almost every organization, there are employees who are [...]

26 10, 2017

New Agile Features in Project Professional

By |2018-06-06T11:18:58-04:00October 26th, 2017|Microsoft Project Tips, Tom's Tech Talk|

First off, I just want to thank Brian Smith and the team at Microsoft who have listened to feedback and incorporated Agile into Microsoft Project. We have been waiting for a while for these new features, so I have been working hard to figure out how everything works since their release. In this blog, I [...]

11 10, 2017

How to Create a Fiercely Awesome (and Helpful) Timeline in Microsoft Project

By |2018-06-06T11:18:58-04:00October 11th, 2017|Microsoft Project Tips, Tom's Tech Talk|

Since the timeline feature was introduced with Project Professional 2010, Microsoft Project has made great strides in improving it – especially over the last three versions. In today’s post, I will outline the highlights and some of the more advanced features that people have been asking me about for years. I will discuss how to: [...]

20 04, 2017

Do You Need a Resource Manager?

By |2018-06-06T11:19:02-04:00April 20th, 2017|Portfolio Management, PPM Resource Managers|

Resource Managers aren’t new to the Project Management Office (PMO), yet many organizations still don’t fill this position. While their scope of responsibility varies from organization to organization, their primary focus is on governing the PMO’s most critical asset – its people. By having the right resources in the right places at the right time, [...]

28 02, 2017

How to Fix a Project Site Notebook Name

By |2018-06-06T11:19:03-04:00February 28th, 2017|Microsoft Project Tips, PMO, Project Managers, Tom's Tech Talk|

When you have a project within Microsoft Project Online, one of the key benefits is that you also get a project site. Project sites are useful tools for teams to collaborate, track documents, and enforce standardized policies and procedures - amongst other things. As an administrator, you may have noticed when you create a project [...]

13 01, 2017

Microsoft Project’s “Unsupported server” Error

By |2018-06-06T11:19:04-04:00January 13th, 2017|Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Project Tips, Project Online, Tom's Tech Talk|

We have been using Microsoft Project 2016 for a while now at Projility. As consultants, we connect to various Microsoft Project Online and Project Server environments. We noticed recently, however, an error that we have never encountered before with a previous version of Microsoft Project. When trying to connect to a Project Online environment, we [...]

6 01, 2017

How to be more efficient within Microsoft Project 2016

By |2018-06-06T11:19:05-04:00January 6th, 2017|Microsoft Project Tips, PM Tools, Project Reporting, Tom's Tech Talk|

There are many things we could talk about when it comes to using Microsoft Project more efficiently. For anyone that has attended a Projility Project Manager training class, the first thing that you learned was how to adjust the Quick Access Toolbar. This toolbar can make your life easier and more productive – with just [...]

14 11, 2016

Tracking Methods within Microsoft PPM – Project Online and Project Server

By |2018-06-06T11:19:06-04:00November 14th, 2016|Microsoft Project Server, PM Tools, PPM, Tom's Tech Talk|

There are three distinct tracking methods within Microsoft Project Online and Project Server. Understanding these practices – and how they relate to the way you plan your tasks – will help you choose the tracking level that adequately meets the needs of your project. Figuring Out the Level of ‘Task Progress’ Detail that is Appropriate [...]

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