MPUG - Connecticut Chapter
Last night, I enjoyed a presentation by Mark Hall from William George Associates at the Connecticut chapter of MPUG (Microsoft Project User Group).
We heard about the wonderful features in MS-Project version 2007. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of it.
It was weird, and I felt so old. In 1997, I was a Microsoft Certified Trainer and working for a training company. My areas of expertise were NT 4 Operating System, Novell Netware, Internet Information System, Exchange and SMS. In this job, I travelled to Dallas, TX, Saudi Arabia and Holland.
Now, 12 years later, I find myself in a Microsoft office, half-way around the world. It was a reflective time, realizing how this life has incredible twists and turns. It was a deeply touching moment for me. These experiences have allowed me to help people around the world, while also expanding my understanding of humans and the earth we live on.
These experiences make me a uniquely compassionate Project Manager and allow me to coach to Project Managers to greater insights.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said that "The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
This is true for me. Once I realized that I could live in the USA, it became my dream, goal and my reality. Similarly, the process repeated to publish my first book and become the foremost coach to Project Managers.
OK - enough of touchy-feely stuff :)
MS-Project 2007, especially the Enterprise Server edition, appears to be the Silver bullet for many enterprise-wide Project Management challenges - I am looking forward to a demonstration of the product. Even if it is a copper-plated bullet, it will be a better solution that multiple copies of Excel documents that we email to team members and managers as we deliver projects.
P.S. As we went around the room and conversed, we found that most of the audience augment their Project Management tool with Excel documents in order to reach specific purposes on their projects. "Long live MS-Excel for Practicing Project Managers!!"
We heard about the wonderful features in MS-Project version 2007. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of it.
It was weird, and I felt so old. In 1997, I was a Microsoft Certified Trainer and working for a training company. My areas of expertise were NT 4 Operating System, Novell Netware, Internet Information System, Exchange and SMS. In this job, I travelled to Dallas, TX, Saudi Arabia and Holland.
Now, 12 years later, I find myself in a Microsoft office, half-way around the world. It was a reflective time, realizing how this life has incredible twists and turns. It was a deeply touching moment for me. These experiences have allowed me to help people around the world, while also expanding my understanding of humans and the earth we live on.
These experiences make me a uniquely compassionate Project Manager and allow me to coach to Project Managers to greater insights.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said that "The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
This is true for me. Once I realized that I could live in the USA, it became my dream, goal and my reality. Similarly, the process repeated to publish my first book and become the foremost coach to Project Managers.
OK - enough of touchy-feely stuff :)
MS-Project 2007, especially the Enterprise Server edition, appears to be the Silver bullet for many enterprise-wide Project Management challenges - I am looking forward to a demonstration of the product. Even if it is a copper-plated bullet, it will be a better solution that multiple copies of Excel documents that we email to team members and managers as we deliver projects.
P.S. As we went around the room and conversed, we found that most of the audience augment their Project Management tool with Excel documents in order to reach specific purposes on their projects. "Long live MS-Excel for Practicing Project Managers!!"
posted by Wayne Botha @ 7:27 AM
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