Monthly Archives: May 2011

What’s in a Blog Name?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

You may have never noticed, but if you look up in the top left of the screen you’re reading this on, you’ll probably see the title of this blog, Project Epistemology.  I really came up with that name because WordPress … Continue reading →

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Configuring the TFS Connection

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

While configuring a proof of concept environment to demonstrate the TFS-Project Server integration the other day, I decided to take notes of my observations.  Those notes became a blog post – which you are now reading.  I am not sure … Continue reading →

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First Look: Project Server TFS Demo Image

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Microsoft released the much awaited Project Server TFS demo image a couple of weeks ago, and I sat down this weekend to actually start working with it and getting some hands on experience.  This post is not necessarily meant as … Continue reading →

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Reporting with Gantt View Task Rollups (Part 3) – Using Group By Options

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

I figured I’d clean out my old queue of blog posts that I’d written but never published.  This particular post was half written when 2010 came out, and was sidelined while I soaked up all of the new product goodness.  … Continue reading →

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Reporting with Gantt View Task Rollups (Part 2) – Milestone Reporting

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

I figured I’d clean out my old queue of blog posts that I’d written but never published.  This particular post was half written when 2010 came out, and was sidelined while I soaked up all of the new product goodness.  … Continue reading →

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Reporting With Gantt View Task Rollups (Part 1) – Rolling Up Gantt Bar Charts

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

I figured I’d clean out my old queue of blog posts that I’d written but never published. This particular post was half written when 2010 came out, and was sidelined while I soaked up all of the new product goodness. … Continue reading →

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The Bulk Edit Tool, Unwrapped

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

In a previous post, I took the time to review the Bulk Import Tool, one of the Project Server 2010 Solution Starters available for free download from Codeplex.  The Bulk Import Tool imports large numbers of projects from SharePoint lists.  … Continue reading →

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Catch UMT At The PMI Houston Confab

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

I know what you’re thinking.  After last year’s performance, they surely wouldn’t want me to come back and have another go.  Well, it turns out that they do.  I am pleased to note that UMT will have a significant presence … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Saturday Houston Follow Up

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone for coming out to SharePoint Houston yesterday – and to the organizers of this fine event. A couple folks at my presentation mentioned that I worked through the demos pretty quickly, and so I wanted to post … Continue reading →

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Making a Read Only PDP with InfoPath Forms

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

The genesis of this post lay in a conversation I had with a client.  The goal of the discussion was to identify a method to lock down specific project detail pages (PDP) within Project Server.  I figure that there’s probably … Continue reading →

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