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SharePoint Saturday DC Prevailed Over Foul Weather

Kenneth Lo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:36:45 +0000

Marcy Kellar took this jump shot of Geoff Varosky as Dan Usher and I watched on from safety.

It was a snowy Saturday, but that did not deter 100+ devoted attendees from showing up at SPSDC! Dan Usher, Dux Raymond Sy, Gino Degregori, the corporate sponsors and volunteers, as always, did an amazing job putting this event together. And thanks again to all my peer speakers for making this event so much fun! Check out the “jump shot” that Marcy Kellar took of Geoff Varosky as Dan Usher and I watched on from safety! I can hardly wait until the next SPSDC in this spring.

As promised during my session, I have uploaded my slide deck:
Secret Ingredients of Successful SharePoint Project Management

It is also available on slideshare.net

In addition, the delicious bookmarks were updated to help attendees locate the resources we discussed in class:
Helpful Resources on SharePoint Project Management

Shoot me an email if you have any questions regarding the session or other SharePoint project management topics. Cheers!

SharePoint Saturday DC Session Schedule Released

Kenneth Lo — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:09:00 +0000

The final session scheudle for the upcoming SharePoint Saturday DC has been released. Pick among four tracks: End User, Developer, Administrator, Special Interest. My session, starting at 4:40pm, is titled Secret Ingredients of Successful SharePoint Project Management. Looks like the turnout will be huge. I look forward to seeing you all there!

By the way, Salvation Army notified us today that there is a big need for brand new children’s clothing (any age) in the Washington DC area. If you can donate these that would be great! They’ll still accept other new or used clothing donations as well.

Don’t forget to bring your donations this Saturday. Let’s show the true meaning of sharing during this holiday season.

How to Effectively Create a Work Breakdown Structure in Microsoft Project and Visio

Kenneth Lo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:04:50 +0000

The Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Modeler Add-in enables effective integration of Microsoft Office Visio 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 by providing a new approach to creating, editing and modifying project plans graphically in Visio 2007. The WBS Modeler offers the ability to manage project elements in a graphical view, and to layout a WBS in Visio 2007.

The WBS Modeler can either be used to visualize and edit an existing project plan or to create a new project plan in Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional and then export it to Microsoft Office Project (2003+) to carry out the next planning steps.

The WBS Modeler Add-in has 5 main features:

Once installed, the WBS Modeler can be accessed directly within Visio.
Existing project plans created with Microsoft Office Project can be imported directly into Visio.
Visualize selected phases or an entire project plan dynamically in Visio 2007.
Project plans can be edited directly within Visio 2007.
Visually compare and review Visio diagram edits against the original project plan.

Follow the link below and go to the Visio toolbox for more information:

http://visiotoolbox.com/downloads/addins/WBS%20Modeler%20Add-In_51.aspx