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Live Webinar – June 11th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU Mpug Member Free – member only event

In the third of the four-part “Digging Deeper” series of MPUG webinars, the “Learning More about Using Task Mode and Task Dependencies” presentation will help you to gain in-depth knowledge about the Task Mode feature in Microsoft Project 2010 (Manually Scheduled tasks vs. Auto Scheduled tasks) and will show you how to use the different types of task dependencies most effectively.

This presentation will include the following topics:

  • Manually Scheduled Tasks: Friend or Foe?
  • Understanding Task Mode
  • Auto Scheduled vs. Manually Scheduled Tasks
  • Accidentally Creating a Manually Scheduled Task
  • Problems with Manually Scheduled Summary Tasks
  • Alternatives to Manually Scheduled Tasks
  • Using Task Dependencies
  • What are Task Dependencies and Why Do We Use Them?
  • Avoid Linking Summary Tasks
  • Be Aware of Circular Logic in Your Schedule

Presenter:  Dale Howard (LinkedIn profile)  MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP, MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP Director of Education at Sensei Project Solutions.  Dale manages educational services and is an enterprise project management trainer/consultant with more than 15 years of training experience. Dale volunteers many hours each week answering user questions in the various Project news groups in the Microsoft Communities. Dale received the prestigious Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in 2004 for his expertise with the software and for his contributions to the user communities.

Dale is an author of many great MS Project books including:

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