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This is oldish news, but I didn't see it on any other blogs, plus it gives me a chance to direct you to...

<Tea> Over the summer I spent a couple of weeks in Mallorca on holiday, and whilst there prep’d up moving SQL servers (who needs...

<just coffee> So here I am, sitting Pheonix, AZ at the Project Conference 2010.  I’ve been working with Project 2010 for a while now,...

<home made banana milkshake> Just found out Microsoft have awarded me MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Project - nice one!   https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx?name=ben+howard    Cheers,  Ben....

The following blog details the settings and email formats behind the task alerts and reminders page.  I originally wrote this in word using...

Just to let you know there are two MPUG events happening in the  UK.  The first is in London, and the second Manchester. ...

<Wolf Blass & Baileys!>   Every now and then something nice happens in EPM, something that makes life simpler!  This happened to me before Christmas...

<Brakspear Oxford Gold> If you've been looking out for training for Project Server or Portfolio Server training, there are now a few options...

<dry again> Status reports have been around since Project Server 2003 (or even in 2002? - I can't remember), but I do know that...

During the lifetime of a project it is sometimes necessary to change the Project Manager (due to a leave of absence).  The process...

Introduction Okay, so there is no such thing as the perfect schedule, but there are good and bad practices for creating a schedule using...

<dry - again!> Gee'd on by too many nights in hotels, I started briefly messing around with Analysis Services, and I started thinking that there...

<red plonk> I have to admit, I do like Master Projects, Microsoft appear to have got these right in this edition of Project Server...

<budvar> Moving back to the scenarios, I wanted to give a rounded overview of Deliverables. Historical implementation of deliverables. A deliverable is a tangible and measurable result,...

<black sheep> This blog is a move away from the scenario based blogs on PS2007 that I've been writing, instead it's an overview of...

<Oyster Bay Merlot, NZ> Introduction Timesheets are a completely new area for PS2007.  Okay, so PS2002/3 had a button labelled "Timehseets", but the main function...

<London Pride> One of the really neat features that will solve lots of business issues is the new team assignment feature.  Team assignments are...