Woody's Project Watch
Woody Leonhard, Peter Deegan, Tim Pyron and friends get down 'n dirty with
Microsoft Project
Everywhere I go, I meet frustrated Microsoft Project users. You can pick 'em out a mile away. They shuffle their feet, mumble in their coffee cups, dye their hair before their time -- if there's any left -- and will gleefully tell anyone who'll listen that life is a critical path. A big part of their problem? Microsoft Project just don't get no respect. It isn't exactly part of Office, but it isn't exactly
not
, ya know? Corporate project managers think it's
only software
-- that Project's soul function is to get in the way. The working shnooks who have to fill out status reports figure it's just more paperwork. The head honchos love Project because it produces such neat reports, and gives them the feeling that they're really in control. But their bosses know that all the pretty diagrams don't mean squat. They know, just as well as you and I know, that every major corporate project is in a constant state of seething chaos, facing imminent collapse
Woody's Project Watch
changes all that. Or at least some of it. Er, uh, maybe a tiny part of it. Hey, at least it gives you a fighting chance to make the %$#@! software work
WPW
, like all the Woody's Watch newsletters, holds Microsoft's feet to the fire, and gives you the straight scoop on the latest patches, problems and workarounds - the good, the bad and the ugly, whether Microsoft likes it or not. It has rapidly become the most influential and widely-read publication covering Microsoft Project. And, oh, did I mention? It's absolutely
FREE.
The WPW team is lead by one of the renowned Project masters. Microsoft
Project guru Tim Pyron, has been the lead author of Special Edition Using
Microsoft Project, since version 3.0. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics.
When not writing, Tim provides consulting services and conducts training classes in Project and in spreadsheet and database applications from his base in San Antonio, Texas. Editor-In-Chief Peter Deegan, from Down Undah, won a prestigious Computer Press Association award for "Best On-Line How-To Article" in 1998
Microsoft Project MVPs Rod Gill used his vast experience with Project to share valuable advise and information with Woody's Project Watch readers.
Rod Gill is a Microsoft Project Most Valued Professional (MVP) and has over 20 years experience in Project Management. He is the Director of Project Learning Ltd Project Learning Ltd, a company that specializes in developing project management information systems to solve project management problems using Microsoft Project and in project management training products. He is widely respected for his talent to program Microsoft Project and other office programs using VBA and is a Microsoft MVP for Project.
All of us firmly believe that you take nothing for granted until you test it, and test it again. Or, as I like to say,
"The Truth is out there. But it ain't in the documentation"
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