Dr. Andrew Makar, Author at TechRepublic

Dr. Andrew Makar

Dr. Andrew Makar is an IT program manager and is the author of How To Use Microsoft Project and Project Management Interview Questions Made Easy. For more project management advice visit http://www.tacticalprojectmanagement.com.

Project Management
IT project management terms you should know

This glossary will help your IT project teams standardize on frequently used project management terms, from critical path to work breakdown structure to scrum.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: October 27, 2013, 7:48 AM PDT Modified: September 30, 2013, 1:31 PM PDT Read More See more Project Management articles
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Project Management
The three best lessons I learned from a failed project

Project failures aren't a total waste of time -- those experiences will help teach what not to do to make your next project a success.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: September 10, 2013, 12:39 PM PDT Modified: September 9, 2013, 10:31 AM PDT Read More See more Project Management articles
CXO
Create a project issue log in Trello

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards and cards. Andrew Makar describes how to create a project issue log in this innovative PM tool.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: August 14, 2012, 2:10 AM PDT Modified: May 3, 2023, 8:26 AM EDT Read More See more CXO articles
Mobility
The top five mind mapping apps for the Android tablet

Andy Makar highlights five of his favorite mind mapping applications for the Android tablet platform.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: July 20, 2012, 12:30 AM PDT Modified: July 20, 2012, 12:30 AM PDT Read More See more Mobility articles
Project Management
How to create deadlines in Microsoft Project 2007

Dr. Andrew Makar walks you through the steps of creating and then validating a deadline in Microsoft Project 2007.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: December 14, 2010, 12:56 AM PST Modified: December 14, 2010, 3:09 AM PST Read More See more Project Management articles
Project Management
Microsoft Project 2007 tutorial: Exporting an issue log to Excel

Andy Makar walks you through the steps of exporting a task-based issue log in Microsoft Project 2007 to Microsoft Excel.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: October 11, 2010, 3:59 PM PDT Modified: October 12, 2010, 12:06 PM PDT Read More See more Project Management articles
Project Management
Create a resource management model in Microsoft Project 2007

See the solution Andy Makar developed for an employee in the United States Central Command who wanted to use Microsoft Project to track personnel on a military base and monitor resource levels as units deactivate during a base closing.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: September 21, 2010, 10:40 AM PDT Modified: September 21, 2010, 11:09 AM PDT Read More See more Project Management articles
Project Management
Why critical path is critical to project management

If the PMBK definition of critical path has you puzzled, read Dr. Andrew Makar's explanation of this project methodology in real-world terms.

Dr. Andrew Makar
Published: September 10, 2009, 6:02 AM PDT Modified: September 10, 2009, 6:02 AM PDT Read More See more Project Management articles

Dr. Andrew Makar

IT project management terms you should know

The three best lessons I learned from a failed project

Create a project issue log in Trello

The top five mind mapping apps for the Android tablet

How to create deadlines in Microsoft Project 2007

Microsoft Project 2007 tutorial: Exporting an issue log to Excel

Create a resource management model in Microsoft Project 2007

Why critical path is critical to project management

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