From Microsoft Project Momentum 2010 (1st Day–Nov’17)

(Publicat en el meu blog professional: www.pgpsi.com)

 

Some notes I took during first day of Microsoft Project Momentum 2010 EMEA, in Barcelona.

I hope you will consider them interesting.

Project Management is a “young” discipline:

• Gantt Chart developed in 1910s by Herny Lawrence Gantt
• CPM invented in 1950s
• Earned Value Manag. and PERT method appeared in 1960s
• PMI was launched 1969
• …

Microsoft Project 2010 community: http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/community.aspx

Microsoft Project 2010 Investment Areas:

• Simple and Intuitive User Experience
  • Ribbon UI and backstage view
  • Intuitive Excel-like behavior
  • Timeline view
  • Team planner
  • Connect teams with SharePoint sync
• Enhances Collaboration and Reporting
  • Microsoft SharePoint (sites, communities, search, insights,…)
  • Project Server 2010 built on SharePoint Sever 2010
  • Easily create reports and dashboards
  • Better time and status reporting
  • Web-based project editing
• Scalable and Connected Platform
  • Extended interoperability
  • Simplified administration
  • Rich platform services
  • Improved developer productivity
• Unified Project and Portfolio Management
  • Single server with end-to-end PPM capabilities
  • Flexible project capture and initiation
  • Enhance governance through workflow
  • Powerful portfolio selection analytics

Some topics for the Microsoft Project Partners

More info about UMT Consulting Group and their solutions and services

• www.projectfinancialserver.com
• www.umt.com
• www.projecthosts.com

TPG inked EPM with SAP system to map company code (CC) to resources (from SAP to EPM), for example. The also extended Microsot EPM for Status Board.

PM Consutling Services presented its solution over Microsoft Project 2010 that includes:

• Monte Carlo Risk Simulator
• Real-time timesheeting
• Cost accounts expenses items
• Construction resource model
• …

SharPro Software Corporations focused its presentation in mid-market companies and their use of PPM

• 50% of mid-market companies don’t have an implemented PPM methodology or processes.
• SharPro Projects can be deployed in hours or minutes hosted
• Available in english, spanish,…
• Very oriented in reporting daily timesheet and controlling time dedication to task, in a simple and intuitive way
• A simple way to have project status overview reports

Social Media Revolution (video actualitzat)

Per prendre consciència de l’impacte i dimensió de les xarxes socials

Demo (videos) of Microsoft Project 2010

(Post publicado en el blog profesional de Ramon Costa: www.pgpsi.com)

Do you know the new version of Microsoft Project 2010?

Are you looking for information about it?
You can access to http://www.microsoft.com/project in order to have it.

But I propose you to visit these different demos.
They are very useful:

• Global Vision of Microsoft Project 2010: http://cdn-smooth.ms-studiosmedia.com/msstudios/Project2010/Default.html
• A vision about Project Server 2010: unified project and portfolio management platform: http://www.microsoft.com/global/project/en/us/RichMedia/demos/project-server/default.html
• User Controlled Scheduling and Project Professional 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/global/project/en/us/RichMedia/demos/keystone/player.html?course=ucs
• Team Planner and Project Professional 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/global/project/en/us/RichMedia/demos/keystone/player.html?course=teamplanner
• SharePoint 2010 and Project Professional 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/94753e49-3d3a-43f7-9e7c-8a4e41f8657c

Planning of Information Systems: Metrica methodology

Today, at University (www.fib.upc.edu), in the ‘Planning and Management Projects and Information Systems ‘, the session covered ‘how to plan’ the information systems of an organization.

As a example of methodology, we used ‘Metrica’, proposed by the ‘Public Administrations Ministery’ of Spanish Government.
You can access to this methodology in the following url: http://www.csi.map.es/csi/metrica3/index.html

Metrica proposes a methodology to plan, develop and maintain Information Systems (IS) and include 3 main phases: Information Systems Planning (ISP), Information Systems Development (ISD) and Information Systems Maintenance (ISM).

Second phase (ISD) is divided into 5 stages:

• Study of feasibility
• IS Analysis
• IS Design
• IS Constructio
• Implementation and acceptance of IS

I want to share with you, this methdology I consider very useful and complete. Metrica proposes us all the aspects of a ‘life cycle’ project methodology: processes, roles, deliverables and techniques.

I we enter into “Information Systems Planning (ISP)” we’ll find the 9 processes in order to analyze and define the conceptual information model of the organization. The final result of this plan is a list of IT projects we have to implement in our company and a calendar of implementation.

I’ve been using this methodology in different customers and I recommend it to you  if you’re looking a framework to analyze and plan the IS of your company.