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What?    MYMPA (formerly Austin Microsoft Project Users Group) Meeting

Where?  Microsoft Austin - Local Office

When?   October 27, 2005 5:30 - 8:00 PM

Why?     PDUs, Snacks, Expert Speakers, Networking, Free Stuff

Who?     Mr. Leon J. Gallegos

Now that you have your PMP it is time to begin to amass those PDUs required for renewal and this is the perfect way.  On October 27 the Austin Chapter has the privilege of presenting Mr. Leon J. Gallegos, a Microsoft Certified Professional Instructor.  His topic is “MS Project 2000 – The Fundamentals”.  There is no cost for attending this session.  We do reserve the right however to coerce, compel, encourage, pressure (you get the picture) you to join this member driven organization.  Come and enjoy with us.

 
 
Contact for this chapter:
Michael Bycura
 
May 2005
David Brandon discussed Planning and Estimating using MS Project.

Read David Brandon's BIO.

Download Mike Bycura's Slides      Download David Brandon's Slides      David's MPP File

Learn about the MPA name change

 
  December 2004:
  Greg Bailey discussed "The Evolution of Enterprise Project Management (EPM)" from Microsoft Project 98 to Project Server 2003. He highlighted the new capabilities of Project Server 2003 and demonstrated tips and tricks revealed at the three day Project Technical Briefing recently held on the Microsoft campus. 

Download Greg's PowerPoint presentation

   
  October 2004:
 

Meeting  Topics:

   
  September 2004: Debbie Wahrmund, PMP, Information Resources Project Manager with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality gave a presentation.  Download the materials.
   
  July 2004: Ingmar Sterzing of LCRA discussed Project Server and Sue Butler of KIDASA discussed VBA Macros.
 
 
   
  February 2004: Dan Ross of Austin Energy discussed Project Server 2002 implementation.

PowerPoint presentation     Links recommended by Dan Ross

Mike Bycura's Presentation

   
  December 2003:
 
   
  October 2003:
 
   
  September  2003 : 
 
   
 
  • Other past meetings
   
  Officers Needed!
 
  • Are you interested in becoming an officer?  Please contact us.
   
  Add your name to our e-mail list:
    Fill in a short form to get your name on our e-mail list.
    
  Join MPUG:   
  Become a member of the Microsoft Project User's Group:  JOIN MPUG
   
  Selected MSDN Technical Articles:   
  View selected articles on Microsoft's MSDN (Developer network).
   
  News:  
 
  • The Enterprise Implementation Framework file can be found by following this link: About the EIF

  • It's official!  Austin MPA is a chapter of MPA 'the official industry association for Microsoft Office Project'
   
  Add your name to our e-mail list:
    Fill in a short form to get your name on our e-mail list.
   
  Project Management Institute (PMI):
  PMI has frequent meetings which may be of interest to Microsoft Project users.   Click here for details!
   MPA Austin Officers were voted in:
   
  • Mike Bycura (TNRCC) is President.  
  • Roy Deegan (Dell) is Vice-President.  
  • Tom Wyoming (CSC) is Recording Secretary.
  • Sue Butler (KIDASA Software) is Web Master and Communications Coordinator.
  • note: Roy and Tom have resigned.  Sandy Crow (Texas Dept. of Health has volunteered to be an officer)
   
  Check out the Microsoft Project News Group  
  (The Microsoft Project newsgroup is a good forum for posing questions and getting answers about MS Project.  It is hosted on a Microsoft Server, but is for end users.  You will be posing questions to Project experts, not necessarily Microsoft employees).
  You will need a newsreader (such as Gravity NewsReader or Microsoft Outlook)
     News server nickname: MS News
     News server address: msnews.microsoft.com
     News group name:  microsoft.public.project
   
  Project 2002 links: 
   
  Microsoft Project Main Page
  LIVE WebCast
     
    
  Contacts:
  Michael Bycura
 

 

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