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Hi If you follow these instructions you should be able to re-configure the PERT box so more space is allowed for notes. 1. Have your network diagram view shown 2. Right Click on the box you wish to change 3. Select "Format Box", then "More Templates" and "New" 4. Give the template a name, then...

Big thanks to all who have contributed. I'll check back on this thread if new info is posted

Not all of the PM's use MS Project, in fact most of them did not use it and were resistant to the idea of it. One of my first tasks was to produce a programme for every project (no matter how small). The idea of modules of certain processes such as contracting and publication sounds interesting...

Please excuse me if you already know how to perform this, but I find it a useful and very fast way of updating programmes. Insert a column and define the field name as "% Work Complete" (if the column inserted is placed next to the ID or name it is easy to check the entry is at the...

To RDK. Your perceptive notes are likely to be very useful, if only to confirm my suspicions on certain issues i.e. it has reassured me. Thanks. I'm still interested in methodologies and if anyone can indicate useful tools they employ, other than the usual Gantts etc.

It appears to be resistance to change and possibly a small amount of suspicion I'm going to snitch to the boss or the big boss. Their immediate manager and the project engineers who report to him (he's my boss too) are reluctant to rock the boat as long as the invoicing is steady. This why the...

I'm interested in methodologies and techniques applied in other organisations with a view to best practice. My role is that of a planner within the Projects & Services department of a multi-national organisation. I'm charged with planning for 12 project engineers only 4 of whom are based on the...

Normal Meetings can be replaced with any number of alternatives (Vid Conf, Tel Conf, Net Meeting). If you're the one who initiates these and, more importantly, they work, your boss won't be bothered by you coming in at 1030 and going at 1400. Managers can be contrary. If you take the...

A journal is a good way of organising yourself. I do know people who can store away information in their heads like a squirrel stores nuts, but I can't. My tried and tested method is detailed below and i've since discovered that psycologists believe it to be very a therapeutic way of relieving...