Live Webinar – May 22nd, 2019 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

There are three forecasts you can make with Microsoft Project: Time, Workload or Cost forecasts:

• The time forecast will tell you if your project will finish on time.
• The workload forecast will allow you to keep the workloads of your resources reasonable while finishing your project on time. A workload model will increase the level of confidence for all stakeholders that your project schedule is feasible and will end on time.
• The cost forecast allows you to keep your project within its budget (while finishing on time as well). Cost models can predict when funding is needed; they can even project profits over time.

This chart shows these three incremental levels of forecasting with MS Project, that are also the levels of proficiency with Microsoft Project:

In this webinar, Eric Uyttewaal will demonstrate how to build a model of the project from the ground up from level 1 to 3:

1. First, he will enter the 4D’s:
   1. Deliverables,
   2. Duration,
   3. Dependencies and
   4. Deadlines.
2. Then, he will add the 5A’s and turn the Time Model into a Workload Model:
   1. Activities,
   2. Availabilities of resources,
   3. Assignments,
   4. Assignment Units and
   5. Assignment Effort.
3. Finally, he will add the 6C’s and turn the Workload Model into a Cost Model:
   1. Capital (budget),
   2. Charge Accounts,
   3. Cost & Material Resources,
   4. Charge Rates,
   5. Charge Rate Escalation and
   6. Cost Accrual.

When clients call ProjectPro, Eric asks them right away: “What kind of model should your project managers create:

• A Time, Workload or
• A Cost Model?”

Often, that’s all Eric needs to know when assessing their training needs and for presenting the right topics during training.

Come and experience how powerful this incremental framework is in the world of Microsoft Project training.

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Presenter: Eric Uyttewaal (LinkedIn profile) is Canadian and the author of the bestseller Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2013  He founded ProjectPro that specializes in Microsoft Project and Project Server. Eric has been involved in large programs at the Canadian Forces, IBM Cognos, Northrop Grumman, SanDisk and Investors Group. He was President of the PMI Ottawa Chapter in 1997. Eric is president of the MPUG-Ottawa chapter and board member again 2016. Eric received awards from MPUG in 2012 (Community leader), from Microsoft since 2010 (MVP) and from PMI in 2009 (‘Significant Contributions to the Scheduling Profession’). Eric is currently the only Microsoft Project MVP in Canada.

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Forecasting Projects: Time, Workload & Cost

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