Ed Horn recently passed the MCTS 070-0632 exam with a 911. Although I feel happy for him and the good job he did with the exam, I am also concerned it will be brought up every time we co-teach a class...;)
Good job, Ed!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Passed MCTS 070-0632 with a 900
The MCTS exam for Managing Projects with MS Project Professional is definately not a trivial exam. This is not a typical "office" exam. The questions in this exam require you to have a deep understanding of MS Project Professional 2007. If you are prepping with Transcendor or other Prep packages you might see some questions on earned value and the expected need to know alot about the formulas behind PV, EV, AC, etc. I personally only had one question on Earned Value formulas. You need to understand how task type settings work and what happens when resources are added and removed. You also need to understand dependency types and their influence when tasks get shifted around.
Overrall, it is a good exam and requires a breadth of knowledge to pass.
Overrall, it is a good exam and requires a breadth of knowledge to pass.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Portfolio Server 2007 SP1 released!
Project Portfolio Server 2007 SP1 released.
I think there may have been some confusion about the release of PPS SP1. Some of you may have thought that it was part of the earlier Office Server SP1 release. The update was published on 3/6/2008 and there are quite a few fixes.
The update itself is relatively straight forward compared to Project Server. It can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7cf44f2c-49d5-4431-bd3e-a10035ec1a39&displaylang=en
Its simply a matter of running the update and a Reboot is required.
I think there may have been some confusion about the release of PPS SP1. Some of you may have thought that it was part of the earlier Office Server SP1 release. The update was published on 3/6/2008 and there are quite a few fixes.
The update itself is relatively straight forward compared to Project Server. It can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7cf44f2c-49d5-4431-bd3e-a10035ec1a39&displaylang=en
Its simply a matter of running the update and a Reboot is required.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Clearing the Queue in Project Server
Sometimes the queue in Project Server 2007 appears to be getting hung up and you find that jobs are not completing successfully from Project Professional. The first steps to take are:
1. Click “Server Settings”
2. Click “Manage Queue”
3. Expand the “Advanced Options” section and ensure that the “Cancel jobs getting enqueued” option is checked.
4. Check the box next to the task you want to cancel and click the “Cancel Jobs” button.
If this still doesnt appear to help then you should:
1. Launch Services
2. Stop the Project Queue Service
3. Stop the SharePoint Timer Service
4. Start the SharePoint Timer Service
5. Start the Project Queue Service
1. Click “Server Settings”
2. Click “Manage Queue”
3. Expand the “Advanced Options” section and ensure that the “Cancel jobs getting enqueued” option is checked.
4. Check the box next to the task you want to cancel and click the “Cancel Jobs” button.
If this still doesnt appear to help then you should:
1. Launch Services
2. Stop the Project Queue Service
3. Stop the SharePoint Timer Service
4. Start the SharePoint Timer Service
5. Start the Project Queue Service
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Online and Free Project Server Seminars
MS Project Pros has recently announced that it will offer ongoing free online seminars on various topics covering MS Project Server 2007 and the EPM offering. The topics will be 100-300 level depending on the topics. We will cover installation, configuration, troubleshooting and best practices among other things.
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