Please join us at ProjectSummit*Business Analyst World Boston, this conference was designed to create circumstances that deliver breakthrough skill-set learning situations. Whether it’s through recognized experts and innovators in the fields of Project Management and Business Analysis or peer-to-peer casual conversations, the learning process will be natural and, often neglected, fun! PPM Works co-founder Jacques Goupil will be presenting two sessions on October 16th, you don't want to miss them!

If you ever wanted to learn about Power BI then this is the webinar for you, together we will dive into how to bring your data to life by building real-time dashboards and reports. You will walk away from this session with all the necessary knowledge of the Power BI business analytics tools to analyze data and share valuable insights. Regardless of your experience level this workshop will have something for you.

Let the experts at PPM Works show you how to unleash the power of Excel Services to create real-time reports enabling you to visualize your data. This webinar will show you how to create a connection to your OData feed, import the data in to Excel as a Table or PivotTable report and begin visualizing KPIs. This webinar will help you get started right away in creating new reports that will help your whole organization.

Join us for this interactive presentation and discussion with experts in the PPM industry, then get the opportunity to network with your peers. The topic for the November Meeting is Techniques for Agile Methodology in EVMS. This session will be facilitated by Ray Grew. This meeting is held monthly at the beautiful Constant Contact Building in Waltham, MA. There is a $10 charge to cover the cost of our food. We look forward to seeing you.

Microsoft Project and Agile – yes it is here along with Planner to Project integration, the next wave of Project Online PowerBI Dashboards, and the new Teams approach for collaboration, task management, and more. We’ve got the latest trends covered in this power packed hour of Microsoft Project Online new features. From Agile to Waterfall to a Hybrid approach – come check out some these cool releases and see the solution in action rather than seeing a slideware demo. Are you PPM ready?

Who’s doing what when and are they over booked? This is an all too common question that Project Online can help you see your utilization and plan resources based on capacity management benefits. Manage resource forecast (both top-down and bottoms-up planning) and understand the resource utilization calculations. We will cover the approving engagements, capacity heatmap, and reviewing committed resources. Hope aboard this resource train.

Is your organization running the correct portfolio of projects? What value are your projects producing for your organization? Which projects give you the most value? We will cover the benefits and challenges of portfolio/demand management, project selection, scenario-based analysis, and cost vs resource constraints. Come learn the Portfolio Management benefits of Project Online and walk away with your own plan to get you where you need to be.

If you ever wanted to learn about Power BI then this is the webinar for you. Join the experts at PPM Works and together we will dive into how to bring your data to life by building real-time dashboards and reports. You will walk away from this session with all the necessary knowledge of the Power BI business analytics tools. You will be able to analyze data and share valuable insights. Regardless of your experience level this workshop will have something for you.

Register Here Do you use Microsoft Project to manage your portfolio and projects? Are you interested in learning tips and tricks, hearing from other local professionals that use Microsoft Project on a daily basis? If so come join us, we meet monthly at the beautiful [...]

Let the experts at PPM Works demonstrate the new robust reporting capabilities in Project Professional 2016. Learn how to create custom dashboards and reports, while also learning how to prepare and optimize the project plan to maximize the report outputs. This webinar will focus on editing existing reports, creating new custom reports and dashboards and understanding how to interpret the data. You will also learn how to leverage the Organizer to share reports with all of your team members.

Together, PPM Works and the project management community will walk through your options of Agile in Microsoft Project. From Waterfall to Scrum to Hybrid projects – you can have it all. Curious? Then come see it in action and ask all those questions that you have been saving up. Join us and walk away with a clear understanding of when to use what approach and how Agile can benefit you.

Did you know there are eleven new filters in Project Professional 2013 and 2016? Join the PPM Works experts as we show you how to create custom tables and views in Project Professional and utilize the new filters to quickly optimize Project views. You will learn how to leverage the Organizer to copy table and views to other projects or share them with others on your team.

Join the experts at PPM Works and together we will dive into the new Power BI content pack. Learn how to bring your data to life by building real-time attractive dashboards and reports. You will walk away from this session with the ability to analyze data and share valuable insights. Regardless of your experience level this workshop will have something for you.

Do you have teams that manage tasks outside of Gantt charts? You know the ones – they like task tiles and a drag and drop interface. Well you can get everyone updating your project schedule from different areas. In this Work Management-focused session, PPM Works will guide you through Project Online and Microsoft Planner and show a unified project management system to track all tasks. This new capability allows for cross functional collaboration between different departments and teams, and the ability to utilize a straightforward and useful task management tool, Microsoft Planner.

Learn how to advance project collaboration within your organization by expanding upon the standard Project Online/OnPrem SharePoint Project Site Template. Learn all the Best Practices of using SharePoint in your company from the experts at PPM Works.

With increasingly multi-faceted projects carried out by numerous teams within an organization, the need to break down large projects becomes the key for success. If you are struggling with an easy way to see, manage, and do what-if planning around internal and external dependent projects, then join PPM Works as we take a deep dive into a powerful solution used for managing cross project dependencies. You will learn how to plan, control, and analyze cross-project pressures.

We will be covering the capabilities of Portfolio Management including: New Idea Intake Demand Management, Portfolio Modeling & Scenarios, Program Management, Capacity Planning, and Financial Management

We will be covering the Microsoft PPM Project Management capabilities including: Project Planning, Status & Issue Reporting, Schedule Management, Escalation & Change Management, and Budget & Baseline Variance

We will be covering the Microsoft PPM Resource Management capabilities including: Resource Assignment, Capacity Forecasting, Task Management, Time Capture and Approvals, and Non-labor Resources

The Microsoft Project team invites you to attend the PPM Summit events for executives, project managers, and project team members to learn about the power of Microsoft Project across different workloads and industries.