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Using MS Project 2010 – Working with PMBOK and PRINCE2 

 January 7, 2018

By  Dave Litten

MS Project 2010 working with PMBOK and PRINCE2

Have you ever wondered why project management is on the one hand a well paid profession, and on the other, that it is an intensive, challenging and often stressful career…

This is no accident.  If it were easy, then software applications would replace the human project manager.  But in the same way that Microsoft WORD is nothing more than a word processor (although a very popular and successful one), then software applications such as Microsoft project 2010 can never replace the project manager.

The purpose of Microsoft project 2010 is as a tool to help the project manager do their job.

It has been said that the project management and hence projects are a mix of art and science.  At best, software applications can only attempt to revive the science part!

What fascinates me, is that if you put the words ‘ms project’ into Google, then it will return a massive 43,000,000 entries.  That is either an incredible amounts of websites or questions and answers about this amazing software application.

But that is not all. If MS Project 2010 is a tool, then there are TWO giant partners that also helped me – the ‘project management body of knowledge’ (PMBOK) and ‘projects in a controlled environment’ (PRINCE2). The latter is a fantastic flexible framework within which projects can thrive, and with all three at YOUR side, you can’t help but fast-track your success and career within project management.

You will find not just free tuition on all these, but they are also built into my MS Project Masterclass

I first started using Microsoft Project way back in the 1980s and after a steep learning curve, found it irreplaceable as a tool to help me be successful.  Not to put too fine a point on it, but looking back, I believe that my grasp of this application helped to fuel my personal project management career ahead of the pack….

I feel a strong kinship with younger project managers who are starting their career, and just like I was, are looking to accelerate their knowledge skills and experience in the art and science of project management; I want to give something back to the community by harnessing the skills and knowledge that I have picked up in my career of project management. Enjoy!

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Dave Litten


Dave spent 25+ years as a senior project manager for UK and USA multinationals and has deep experience in project management. He now develops a wide range of Project Management Masterclasses, under the Projex Academy brand name. In addition, David runs project management training seminars across the world, and is a prolific writer on the many topics of project management.

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