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Project Management Alternatives to Working With MS Project

Posted by Marcus Shane on Monday, January 16, 2012, In : project planning

NASA is now using MS Excel alternatively to MS Project in some divisions. Read on to comprehend more. MS Project has long been a harbinger in project management, however many project managers are now discovering that MS Project limits the flexibility and control they have over the planning process. Many project managers are confused by the way in which MS Project calculate efforts or as MS Project refers to it as work. The relationship between work and duration is somewhat confused in MS Pr...

Why should Business Founders Spend The Time To Plan?

Posted by Marcus Shane on Sunday, September 4, 2011, In : project planning

Authored By: MARCUS TARRANT, Managing Director, Chartgantt.com

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A must read article for all Business Owners. Project Plans Business Owners or founders are often time poor, and are multi-tasking, juggling many balls in the air at once. Project planning one of the leading ways to accelerate all the balls without letting any of them fall. Most owners are very operationally focused, and cannot afford the time to plan the day, led alone the next week, month or year. Once business manag...

4 Tips on Project Planning in Excel

Posted by Marcus Shane on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, In : project planning

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A must read article for all Project Managers. Project Planning in Excel Many project managers have tried using MS Project and other proprietary tools, but often find the way these systems operate imposes severe restrictions on the way they plan and manage projects Many project managers are not aware that Excel based project planning exists. They do not fully understand the immense graphic capabilities that Excel offers, enabling the simple creation of gantt and pert charts. T...

Using Excel for Project Planning

Posted by Marcus Shane on Monday, June 27, 2011, In : project planning

Planning your project is easier with excel based gantt charts.

Using a proprietary project planning package means that you are locked in to the developers way of thinking.

With a well crafted excel based solution, you are able to embed your way of thinking into the tool. If you want to use effort based scheduling, calculate project costs, or determine actual's in the way you want then excel is your answer.

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