Category: Do it Yourself

The posts you will find in this category are step by step guides to produce a certain valuable end goals. Most of the time I will share my personal end results with you on the special TPC OneDrive folder. And sometimes I will only share it with the membership folder, that you get access to when you sign up to my newsletter. The content is highly actionable and will result in a better understanding and use of tools such as Microsoft Project and Project Online / Server. You might like articles such as Building a scope creep view and Build custom bar styles in Project Center using Project Server and Project Online.

The Do It Yourself (DIY) character of the posts make them short but content rich. They really are a lot of fun creating and I hope you will enjoy reading them and that you of course: Do It Yourself!

But there is much more content, please explore and I hope you find the content that you are looking for. If not, you can always reach out by adding a comment on a post.

This blog is dead…?

“Dearly beloved, we gather here to remember The Project Corner — a blog that bravely stood between confused PMO managers and Microsoft’s own documentation. It served faithfully as a middleman between people who couldn’t figure out Microsoft Project and a company that couldn’t be bothered to write clear docs. It is survived by approximately 14,000 unread Microsoft Learn articles that said the same thing.”

LAST WORDS “But… but I had REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE configuring Project Server 2016… you can’t just KNOW that…”

That’s what I got when entering the blog’s URL into a lovely (and frightening) website called: Deathbyclawd.com. I was just scrolling on my phone, so the images are “phone sized”.

Brutal response from the website about my blog. — This really got me thinking, so I’m actually happy about this.

Resource assignment report on Planner and Planner Premium

I was recently asked how to report on resources in Planner Premium. And this got me thinking, could I do reporting on both planner (only cards and no hours/capacity) and Premium in one go?

Turns out you can, but… it takes some work to get there. Let me show you what to do, and at the end I’ll tell you where to get the template file.

Book review: Who does what by how much?

I recently got my hands on this actionable OKR related practical guide. And if you’ve read “Measure what matters” and if you wish to implement OKRs in your organisation, this is the book for you!

The book cover for Who does what by how much? A practical guide to OKRs. — The book cover for Who does what by how much? By Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden

Microsoft Loop for the PMO

I recently recorded a video regarding Microsoft Loop. And I must say, apart from Generative AI this has me most hyped at the moment. There is so much potential in this application, it’s difficult to wrap my head around it. So let’s do some exploring together!

Here’s the vibrant and artistic representation of a computer screen showcasing Microsoft Loop, with elements and colors leaping out of the screen. This image embodies the essence of creativity and collaboration, inviting you into an exciting world of digital collaboration. Source: Bing.com/create

Don’t you just love it when GenAI goes off track and completely ignores the request to have the LOOP logo in the center of the image?

Build your own PMO minded GPT, use this guide

There’s a ground shaking change in ChatGPT land! And it is the ability to “create” your own GPT using the pro subscription of ChatGPT. There have been a lot of cool announcements at the OpenAI developer conference. Today I’ll focus on creating our own PMO minded GPT. TLDR? Try out my PMO chatGPT here.

AI generated image of an assembly line with a big machine at the end. On the left side of the machine the line has generic robots on it. on the output side of the line, after the big machine, there is a super interesting and valuable business minded robot. — An assembly line with a big machine at the end. On the left side of the machine the line has generic robots on it. on the output side of the line, after the big machine, there is a super interesting and valuable business minded robot. Source: Bing.com/create

Well, it’s a hit and miss this week with the AI generated image. I was hoping for something better to showcase the change from generic to very specific. But with genAI, you don’t always get what you want.

The PMO and Artificial Intelligence, AI, weekly post #10

For the 10th post on Artificial Intelligence and the PMO, I’m happy to share a step-by-step guide on my first steps on ChatGPT Plus. Here is a list of the previous articles.

A Project manager meeting a AI for the first time, they are happy to meet and both think that they will do great work together. pixel art

Project for the web Feedback portal update July 2022

I’ve skipped over May and June, it has been a very busy time for me. And I didn’t want to rush any new post just for the sake of consistency.

Welcome to a special update post, today I want to zoom in on a specific Project for the web feature request. This request came in through one of the newsletter subscribers, Jared Kay (who makes lovely handmade American furniture). But first, let’s look at the progress of the other requests on the feedback portal.