Power Quotes – 3

We got to refuel our thought engine each day.  When things we read, hear, feel or experience seem tough (relative term); refule with positive quotes.

1. Pray to God but continue to row to the shore. – Russian Proverb
2. Opportunities just approach those who seek them. – Charles Nikol
3. If winter comes, can spring be far behind? – Percy Bysshe Shelley
4. Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.  - Madame de Stael
5. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain

Have a good day!

Elected – Board Member @ PMIGLC

When  I checked my inbox this morning, I found an official email from PMIGLC election committee congratulating me that I have been elected as Vice President – Communications for the 2009-2010 term.

Some of you might know that I volunteer at  Great Lakes Chapter of PMI (Project Management Institute) in Detroit. I started volunteering as ‘Director of Webservices’ almost over 2 years ago. 

It is very unique and enriching experience when you are leading a team of volunteers for an organization that is non-profit; and I hope I will be learning much more next year when my term begins as Vice President.

I am delighted that I will have the opportunity to work with highly accomplished professionals at the board-of-directors and to contribute to the project management community. 

Thank you!

Scheduling & Three Types of Tasks : MS Project

If you are new Project Manager or new to using MS Project,  when putting workplan together one of the question you may ask is – what type of task should I choose?

MS Project has 3 options -

1. Fixed Duration;
2. Fixed Units;
3. Fixed Work. 

The choice will decide how MS Project schedules the work, in other words, which one of three remains fixed and other two change.  To make things easier to remember, Duration is in days, Work is in hours and Units are resources.  And formula to keep in mind is ‘wud’ i.e.   w(ork) = u(nit) * d(uration).

Summary table – Left green column is task type in MS Project; top red column is what we change; blue colums are rescheduled by MS project.

	Change Duration	Change Unit	Change Work
Fixed Duration		Reschedules Work	Reschedules Units
Fixed Units	Reschedules Work		Reschedules Duration
Fixed Work	Reschedules Units	Reschedules Duration

Basically, 1day duration has 8 hrs of work with 1 unit or resource working 100%.