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July 22, 2008 0 Comment(s)

Onepoint Project: Planned Activities vs. Ad Hoc Tasks

When talking to potential as well as to existing clients lately, I came across one more common misunderstanding when starting with Onepoint Project: You cannot create new planned activities in "My Tasks"; instead,... read more

June 22, 2008 0 Comment(s)

Onepoint Project: Traps & Pitfalls

Even though Onepoint Project is known to be really easy to use and quick to learn, there are still some "traps & pitfalls" you can run into. Since it just happened to a potential client of mine, I thought it was time to blog about it... :-) read more

June 5, 2008 0 Comment(s)

More Controlling: Standard PMI/PMBOK Terms

Let's round up the resource and cost controlling topic by taking a quick look at what standard terms the well-known PMBOK Guide defines regarding "Cost Control: Tools and Techniques" ;-). read more

May 12, 2008 0 Comment(s)

Basic Project Cost Controlling

Project cost controlling is done the same way as project resource controlling. If you are working mostly with human resources, even the deviations between baseline and projection will actually be quite close to each other. read more

April 14, 2008 0 Comment(s)

Checklists for the Controlling-Cycle ("Inspired" by David Allen)

The not so good thing: I am currently in bed, because I caught the flu. The good thing about this: I managed to finish David Allen's "Getting Things Done" which reminded me about the value of checklists in project controlling... read more