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1MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003
2MPUG-Boston Area - January 21, 2003
Agenda
• 5:30-6:00 Registration/Pizza• 6:00-6:05 Welcome, Rick Bowe• 6:05-6:10 Greeting from Microsoft, Matt Roderman• 6:15-6:45 Add-ons to Project (WBS, PERT Chart) • 6:45-7:00 Schedule Risk Analysis• 7:00-7:50 Forum on Project 2002• 7:50-8:00 Prize Drawings, Giveaways, Christine
Pinney PDU credits, Gary Okula
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Membership Benefits
The Project Network Monthly Ezine "Members Only" web site Regional meetings MPUG's "backdoor" technical support MPUG "Members Only" special offers Eval, beta and preview Microsoft software Opportunities for knowledge sharing Networking opportunities
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Officers• President: Rick Bowe, Project Planning Inc.
• Vice President: Christine Pinney ([email protected])
• Treasurer : Kanan Alhassani, Integrated Management Associates([email protected])
• Public Relations Officer: Allison Perkins, BMC Software ([email protected])
• PMI Rep Chapter Liaison: Gary Okula, Florida Power & Light ([email protected])
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WBS Chart and PERT Chart XPERT
• Add-ons to Project
• Cost: about $150 each
• Add functionality to Project
• Available from: Critical Tools Inc. (www.criticaltools.com)
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Schedule Risk Analysis
• “Quantifies the cost and schedule uncertainty associated with project plans”
• Using Risk+ from C/S Solutions (www.cs-solutions.com)• Limited SRA can be done in MS Project
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What you get from Schedule Risk Analysis?
• A gauge of reasonableness of schedule• Variability of cost• Better read on the critical path• Sensitivity analysis allows schedule “tuning”• Who should use it? Anyone with a big/important project
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Advanced Risk Analysis Topics
• Cost Analysis
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Probabilistic Branching
• Conditional “If-Then-Else”
• Correlated Risk
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Why move to Project 2002/Server?
• John Riopel (Project Planning Inc.)– Enterprise resource management– Cube analysis of resource data
• Kevin Sullivan (Pcubed)– Enterprise Templates (enforce standards)– Enhanced Database (dynamic enterprise
analysis)– Roles and permissions
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The most important things in migrating to Project 2002?
• John Riopel– Secure management sponsorship– Commit enough time and $– Set realistic expectations (for what the system will do, how long to
implement,…)– Have a pilot– Determine how you want to classify resources and projects
• Kevin Sullivan– ID Rqmnts & expectations– Assess PM maturity of organization– Apply Project Management to deployment– Validate H/W S/W environment