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Microsoft Technology Day, Don't miss it next year

Yes, I mean it, 45 sessions that touched the latest related to Microsoft were shown at the biggest event in Kuwait. I hope you did attend your favorites topics and get the maximum benefits.

Now back to my sessions, the two rooms allocated for my sessions were full. I was expecting that due to the extensive registrations on my sessions during the registration time. At a moment I said, thanks God, I did good preparation for such an audience. It would have been a big loss if I did not do so.

The first session were about administrative part of EPM, the 2nd and 3rd were about the best practice for Project Managers and the other main players in EPM environment.

Last one, it was supposed to be about Monitoring and Controlling, but I was able to cover part of it only, the rest inshalla will be conducted in the future in a separate session

I have announced www.pmroad.com as the first community for Project Managers in Kuwait. also I announced the start publishing of a series about the best practice in EPM on my blog

So, my recommendation for you "From now and over, don's miss any event related to the main communities in kuwait (dotNetboom, ProRangers and msexperts) and expect it to be always BIG by default"

Best Regards

Bilal Okour

31/03/2008 5:47 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | MS Project

I will be there @ Microsoft Technology Day

Dear All,

Please consider this as an invitation to attend the "Microsoft Technology Day" organized by MSExperts.net community in Kuwait. This is considered as one of the largest event for IT people in the Gulf area where 45 session will be running in series and parallel. 20 speakers from Middle east & Africa.

I will be conducting a series of 4 session covering Microsoft EPM under the Title of

Your Road Map To Project Management using Microsoft EPM Solution

The schedule for my session will be like the following

Session 1 Block 1 (10:15 AM - 11:15 AM)
Your Road Map To Project Management : Start Your Project

Session 2 Block 2 (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM)
Your Road Map To Project Management : Planning for your Project ( Part 1 )

Session 3 Block 3 (01:15 PM - 02:15 PM)
Your Road Map To Project Management : Planning for your Project ( Part 2 )

Session 4 Block 4 (02:30 PM - 03:30 PM)
Your Road Map To Project Management : Monitor & Control Your Project

So, I will be waiting for you there on Sunday 30 of March 2008

You can register through http://www.msexperts.net

Best Regards

Bilal Okour

I am leaving the building

Only today I have took the sharp decision to move to new company, big, challenged and in a role of MIS Manager.

In my new position I will be responsible for designing and implementing Management Information systems based on Microsoft Technologies. I am still new to the new company so I can not till more about it except that I am very optimistic for this movement I made.

For my x-company, I had to admit that I got impressed of the company style and reputation. I met hundreds of professional people there and made good connections. So I would like to say that I feel proud that I worked in Agility.

Note: Needless to mention that the photo in this post is NEITHER my new office NOR my old one, it is just a one I took from the web. enjoy !

Best Regards

Bilal Okour, Kuwait, 4th March 2008

MS Project 2007 ::What are the available reports

Task Usage category
Name	Type	Description
Cash Flow Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with cost and cumulative cost amounts illustrated over time.
Earned Value Over Time Report	Excel	Use this report to view a chart that plots AC (actual cost of work performed), planned value (budgeted cost of work scheduled), and earned value (budgeted cost of work performed) over time.

Resource Usage category
Name	Type	Description
Cash Flow Report	Visio	Use this report to view a diagram that shows planned and actual costs for your project over time. Costs are broken down by resource type (work, material, and cost). An indicator shows if planned costs exceed baseline costs.
Resource Availability Report	Visio	Use this report to view a diagram that shows the work and remaining availability for your project's resources, broken down by resource type (work, material, and cost). A red flag is displayed next to each resource that is over allocated.
Resource Cost Summary Report	Excel	Use this report to view a pie chart that illustrates the division of resource cost between the three resource types: cost, material, and work.
Resource Work Availability Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with total capacity, work, and remaining availability for work resources illustrated over time.
Resource Work Summary Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with total resource capacity, work, remaining availability, and actual work illustrated in work units.

Assignment Usage category
Name	Type	Description
Baseline Cost Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with baseline cost, planned cost, and actual cost for your project illustrated across tasks.
Baseline Report	Visio	Use this report to view a diagram of your project broken down by quarter, then by task. This report compares planned work and cost to baseline work and cost. Indicators are used to show when planned work exceeds baseline work, and when planned cost exceeds baseline cost.
Baseline Work Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with baseline work, planned work, and actual work for your project illustrated across tasks.
Budget Cost Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with budget cost, baseline cost, planned cost, and actual cost illustrated over time.
Budget Work Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with budget work, baseline work, planned work, and actual work illustrated over time.

Task, Resource, and Assignment Summary categories
Category	Name	Type	Description
Task Summary	Critical Tasks Status Report	Visio	Use this report to view a diagram showing the work and remaining work for both critical and non-critical tasks. The data bar indicates the percent of work complete.
Task Summary	Task Status Report	Visio	Use this report to view a diagram of the work and percent of work complete for tasks in your project, with symbols indicating when baseline work exceeds work, when baseline work equals work, and when work exceeds baseline work. The data bar indicates the percent of work complete.
Resource Summary	Resource Remaining Work Report	Excel	Use this report to view a bar graph with remaining work and actual work for each work resource, illustrated in work units.
Assignment Summary	Resource Status Report	Visio	Use this report to view a diagram of the work and cost values for each of your project's resources. The percent of work complete is indicated by the shading in each of the boxes on the diagram. The shading gets darker as the resource nears completion of the assigned work.

02/03/2008 10:48 AM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | MS Project

MS Project 2007 :: Timesheet status

The following Status Definitions are available:

In Progress. The Timesheet is built by the team member. Data may be saved. Nothing is submitted.
Rejected. The Timesheet is rejected by a Timesheet Manager.
Submitted. The Timesheet is sent to the first-level Timesheet Manager for review.
Acceptable. The Timesheet is accepted by a Timesheet Manager and is sent to the next approver.
Approved. The Timesheet is approved by a Timesheet Manager at any level.
Error. An error occurred when the Timesheet was processed.

Best Regards

Bilal Okour

01/03/2008 3:13 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | MS Project