#Project Data Writing to MPP

[file-formats-programming]

Project Data Writing to MPP, XML & Image Formats with Enhanced Project Recalculation using .NET

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Tasks for .NET 17.5.0. This month’s release is kind of maintenance release where Aspose team has fixed several bugs related to various functional areas of the API. This month’s release is sort of maintenance release where Aspose team has fixed several bugs related to API functionality. These include Scenarios where loading or saving sample MPP files raised to various exceptions, Improvement in project recalculation resulting in more accurate output results, Improved project data saving to XML format where the project calendars resulted in erroneous calendar entries, Issues with Timephased data writing to output MPP file which resulted in repeated entries in output XML file and some wrong work values in certain cases, Problems with actual start, percent complete and actual duration while saving project data to MPP using the API, Fixing of Out of memory errors while exporting project data to image, Issues related to preserving formulas while saving project data as MPP and Differences in Tasks duration for MSP 2010 and 2016 file formats. This release includes plenty of new features as listed below

Tasks with custom timephased data has Percent Complete > 100% and MSP in XML format cannot be imported.

Formulas get corrupted after file save

Loading a MPP file using Aspose.Tasks throw exception An item with the same key has already been added

Recalculation of project sets percent complete to zero on milestone tasks

Saving Project raises TaskWritingException

Erroneous calendar entry added in XML while converting MSP 2016 MPP

Out of Memory error while saving MPP to PNG

Task duration shown wrong in MSP 2016 as compared to MSP 2010 (.NET)

Saving MPP file hangs and never returns

Timephased data entries are repeated for AssignmentActualWork in the XML file (.NET)

Timephased data not copied while saving project as MPP

Wrong Actual Start, % Complete and Actual duration calculated while saving MPP

The value of actual start of parent node set to NA while loading and saving the project (.NET)

TimephasedData written to MPP File shows wrong Work Values for the Last two days

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Reading VBA Information from MPP file

Microsoft Project MPP File Update

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications.

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AVS4YOU AVS Audio Converter Changing To M4A Format

Convert MP4, MP3, WAV, MOV and extra to any format online. I have tried different apps that record in wav however to get them on to the Imac typically includes sending every sound file individually by e-mail or sending to the cloud and then when retrieving from the cloud the timestamps are changed. On a gps monitor on my cycle I'll file hundreds of individuals sound recordsdata. Observe the converting M4A to WAV step by step guide to fast and simply convert M4A to WAV. Tremendous is a highly regarded and free audio converter. You'll be surprised on the long listing of audio formats it supports. If you have an audio file recorded in a uncommon format and also you want it converted to a more frequent format, you must try out the Tremendous audio converter. Enter codecs include MP3, MP2, WMA, WAV, WV, TTA, RM, RAM, OGG, MPP, M4A, FLAC, MMF, APE, AAC, AMR, and AC3. When it comes to free software that converts audio recordsdata, many individuals are understandably concerned in regards to the quality. This resolution not solely does the work quickly and without spending a dime, but it surely also gives high quality outcomes without reducing the quality of the original file in any respect. All of the supported codecs have their own settings so you will get the optimized outcomes that you just want. For instance, if you want to have the very highest quality MP3 recordsdata on your audio system, you should utilize the converter to maintain the songs in professional audio quality of as much as 320kbps. Home windows Integration: m4a to mp3 converter 320 kbps Property, Thumbnail Handlers and Shell Integration lengthen home windows to offer tag editing inside Windows explorer. Particularly useful is the flexibility for dBpoweramp so as to add assist for file varieties Windows does not natively assist, or lengthen help similar to mp3 IDv2.four tags. Album art display and in depth popup data tips are additionally provided, dBpoweramp is a lot more than a easy mp3 converter. Sony Vegas and older versions will assist all three audio codecs provided by Free Inventory Music without having to render or compress them until you export your project. A: AllMusicConverter Platinum version converts 2 recordsdata at the identical time and has maximum audio conversion velocity 6X, whereas Skilled edition can convert up to sixteen files simultaneously with summary conversion velocity up to 50X ( relying in your LAPTOP efficiency). AllMusicConverter Skilled version also consists of audio CD Ripper. So, I paid the primary month's payment, and it took me the higher a part of two weeks to convert most of my music from backups of former saved music. After a few conversions, you get a discover that it will probably't discover the files. So that you return to the start of your backups, and attempt to remember where you left off after you restart this app. And there we discover the recordsdata they couldn't discover. This occurred so many occasions I lost count. It supports widespread audio formats like MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A and others. Any Audio Converter supplies you probably the most handy solution to enjoy music on iPod, iPhone, PSP, other transportable media players and cell phones. Now, let's take a look at how to use the Free and User-friendly audio converter. Some formats, comparable to MP4 or FLV can retailer each audio and video streams. MP3 Converter (music ogg flac wav wma aac) is a music converter that means that you can rework songs and audio information to other extensions: you possibly can convert mp3 to ogg, flac, wav, wma, aac, m4a, and many extra. Select the extension, choose an output format and convert any music, perfect for creating albums of songs and folders of audios, compose musical themes and works with music. Now click on the Convert All button to start out converting FLAC to MP3, AIFF or any format you want in your Mac system, the converting course of will likely be completed inside a few seconds and you can swap to the Transformed tab to locate the convertedflac recordsdata in your Mac. If you have already got a music file in a lossy audio format and need to make it even smaller, you can use the FonePaw audio compressor to cut back the bitrate and pattern price of the audio file. Step 5. As soon as clicked, a window will pop up. Click on Obtain Page after which select Obtain for Windows. Then, click on Save File and watch for it to download.

Many individuals have questions on M4A, since it is relatively new. M4A stands for MPEG 4 Audio, and it's a widespread file extension used to signify audio files. Convert your audio like music to the WAV format with this free on-line WAV converter. Add your audio file and the conversion will begin immediately. You may also extract the audio observe of a file to WAV in the event you add a video. Good point. I have additionally heard it instructed that one of the ways to get around DRM (Apple's or Microsoft's) is to burn the purchased tracks to CD and then rip the CD to MP3. That does not appear to be a good idea to me - the unique file was compressed within the first place and ripping to MP3 simply strips away even more constancy. It's like making photocopies of photocopies - the standard deteriorates with every technology. What is the difference between M4A and MP4 files? I am a bit confused. Convert Apple device m4a to mp3 converter 320 kbps music and all the other audio codecs to any gamers. The M4A audio might be easily set as a Ringtone (iPhone) directly just by changing or renaming the extension (file) from M4A to M4R. 1). Batch Convert Mode: helps batch convert multiple totally different formats audio recordsdata to similar WAV format on the identical time; Scorching Listing Mode: helps robotically convert audio recordsdata written in monitor folder into WAV format; Command Line Mode: supports writing command line to complete audio conversion work. Remove audio noise from audio like MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, 3GA, Apple Lossless ALAC, CAF, FLAC, OGG, M4B, MKA, AAC, AC3, DTS, RA, RAM, APE, AU, AUD, AIFF, AIF, AIFC, MPC, QCP, SHN, TTA, PCM, AMR, AWB, VOC, VOX, MPC and extra. As soon as the MP3 file is added to the software program, click on drop-down menu subsequent to Convert all information to: and choose WAV and file quality from the Audio tab. First of all, we're speaking about lossy" audio formats. For those who're an audiophile and require the utmost in sound quality, you may need to use a lossless audio format like FLAC or WMA lossless. These codecs have the same sound quality as a music CD. You may additionally need to check out OGG Vorbis lossy format, or WMA skilled. These are the only 2 lossy audio formats which help bitrates past 320 kbps.

So what can you do if you have information in one in every of these formats and want to add them to iTunes? There are a selection of packages that may convert audio recordsdata from one format to a different. tmkk's free XLD is my tool of choice, because it manages each audio file format I've ever come across, together with some I've by no means heard of, and even supports cue recordsdata. Stephen Booth's free Max is another instrument that converts many audio file formats. And in case you have Roxio's Toast 11 Titanium (and some earlier variations), you may convert from FLAC or Ogg Vorbis to iTunes-pleasant formats.

[archiveandphotography]

Change to 5x4

Saturday 30th April 2022

The MPP Mk VI Micro Technical Camera produced by Micro Precision Products was a ‘portable’ 5x4 camera used extensively by the police and armed forces in the UK, probably best designated as a ‘field’ camera. Most Micro Technicals’ were made between 1963 and the 1980’s, at which point the company was wound up. (Middleton, N, 2013)

The change to 5x4 camera for the project work was the result of the early test shots on the Hasselblad. Those shots, whilst demonstrating, partly by design and partly by accident, the contribution the emulsion and the analogue process made to the approach to the work, had something missing. It was as though the process of double (and triple) exposing the negatives was too haphazard, too much was left to chance. Whilst I welcomed the chaotic nature of those first test shots, and they were useful to test the process, they were not the answer.

The 5x4 negatives, in their holders, could be double exposed more easily. Remove the dark slide, make one exposure, replace the dark slide. Use the same holder again at a different location and repeat the process. Much more control.

Also: was I getting nearer the way Taunt photographed? The use of a large format bellows camera. There was an authenticity here that I liked. The project isn’t a pastiche of his work, but there was definitely more of a connection with the photography, working in this way. The other aspect, which I will come to in another post, was the effect using this camera had on people passing by.

However, from a technical standpoint, the MPP is slow and fairly laborious camera to work with. What does that bring to the photography? It’s worth noting that it’s heavy camera, with the film holders and tripod, carried in my old Billingham – it’s a lump. There was an immediate, visceral connection to the work of those Victorian photographers with cumbersome equipment as I lugged the kit into and around Oxford.

I had thought through the first set up. I needed some sky in the portrait images. I had chosen a location on the bank of the Thames, at the bottom of Christchurch Meadows. Facing down stream, past the Boat Houses, the river opens up and affords a sweep of sky.

Now, I wasn’t thinking of this at the time, but now, as I write this, the connection to Taunt is clear. Taunt’s love of the Thames, his extensive mapping and photography of the river, resulting in him being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1893 (Robins, J & Diprose, G, 2007) – and my first shots on the 5x4, 100 years on, at the side of the river. Was I drawn here by the light and the vista, or was something else in play? I don’t want to over romanticise this, but this project has been influenced by happenstance up to now and it’s interesting that this ended up as the first location, and gave me the kind of results it did.

The first shots were set up deliberately facing the sun. I knew where the sun would be at this point in the morning and I wanted the first portraits to have a balance that would be underexposed subject and over exposed sky (background). I wanted the emulsion on the negative to have been pushed hard in the highlights, but with room in the shadow areas. This emulsion would carry the double exposure better than the pushed, overexposed areas on the negative.

Some technical data – I was using Ilford FP4 film, 125 iso, shooting at between 1/100th and 1/200th of a second (the MPP is vague in its shutter speed. F stop was between f8 and f16. I was metering with a Sekonic Flashmate for sky and ground and calculating between the two exposures, erring on the over-exposed, leaving room for the shadow areas.

Asking people to be involved was, again, easy, and it’s been a feature of this project. I’ll write about these interactions in another post. However, it was great meeting so many diverse people and it’s a part of the project that I have really enjoyed.

Setting up the portraits on the 5x4 is interesting. It’s time consuming. Set the person, cock and open up the aperture the widest to see the image on the ground glass. Go around the back of the camera, under the cape and check focus with a lupe on the ground glass screen. You are very close the screen in this situation, so much so, you cannot really see the whole image. The image is (even with the aperture wide open) faint and indistinct. What we have here is the origins of photography, the camera obscura. The image, upside down, and back to front sits, like a ghost of physics on your screen. It's extraordinarily pure, beautiful, and fleeting. The light changes and so does the image.

I’m talking to my subject from behind the screen, small talk mainly. I. have disappeared under a cape and I’m now connected to them through light and physics. I’m conscious of the fragility of this process, in some ways, the absurdity of it, and I’m trying to tie it all together with my voice. There is a tendency for all photographers to talk to, to reassure their subjects. But who are they reassuring?

When everything is set, the exposure itself is so unremarkable. I’m out from the cape. Load a film holder into the back of the camera. Next, I’m round the front of the camera. Check exposure again, set shutter speed and aperture. Make sure the iris’s plates are closed. Cock the shutter, withdraw the dark slide from the film holder. Final instructions to my subject. Press the shutter release on the lens. A tiny almost inaudible whir for a fraction of a second. The inevitable response “is that it?” from the subject. We laugh at the simplicity and unremarkable nature of it – that all that set has resulted in that. No big flash popping. No loud noise or flag pop out the lens, like one of those toy guns. A tiny, minuscule, unremarkable moment in time. But not unremarkable, because first of two exposures, the first ‘plate’ has been captured, and its interaction with the second exposure, how the emulsion captures the light of that exposure – that will be remarkable.

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ICT is Hiring a Project Manager

In Class Today (“ICT”) is a fast-growing education startup that translates cutting-edge behavioral science and education research into a service that benefits public school districts and the students and families they serve. ICT is on pace to increase attendance among at-risk students by more than 1,000,000 days by 2020. ICT serves diverse communities and is committed to having a diverse team. 

The Project Manager position involves a wide portfolio of work. For example, the Project Manager will assist the management of school/district partnerships, the collection of data, mail vendors and the mail production process, communications with families who have questions about ICT’s services, expense tracking, strategic and operations research, and summary impact statements. 

ICT is a small start-up which means the work is highly collaborative. The Project Manager position is an excellent opportunity for those interested in growing into a senior position, or eventually pursuing advanced degrees. Past staff working for ICT co-founder Todd Rogers (a professor at Harvard) have gone on to earn higher degrees (e.g., MBA, MPP, and PhD) at universities including Harvard, Chicago, Yale, Penn, and Stanford. 

Project Manager should have a combination of the following skills: 

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, which involves: - collaborating with multiple key stakeholders - communicating with a variety of audiences about each project - managing multiple work streams and timelines per project 

Strong attention to detail and ability to problem solve on the spot

Comfort in, and familiarity with, public K-12 schools (preferably experience teaching or working with under-resourced communities)

Strong writing, editing, organization, and interpersonal skills · Ability to work with a small, highly collaborative team

Enthusiasm for learning new skills quickly on the job

Bilingual in English and either Spanish or Mandarin a plus

Comfort with statistical analysis and software useful but not necessary (e.g., SPSS, Stata, or R) Basic Requirements: BA/BS degree. MA or PhD a plus 

Applicants should submit resume and cover letter as PDF attachments to Johannes Demarzi (johannes@inclasstoday.com). Please put “Project Manager Application” in the subject line. Finalists may be asked to submit writing samples or transcripts and may be asked to perform a task simulation. ICT is headquartered in San Francisco, and therefore, the position requires relocating to the Bay Area. 

Working in Cambridge/Boston, MA (near Professor Todd Rogers at Harvard) is feasible in the short-term, if the intermediate-term plan involves moving to the Bay Area. Some travel may be required.

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Do you know what could be the key differentiator between a market leader and a has-been leader? It is “data management” and any organization that cannot handle the influx of data and put it into good use is likely to give way to wiser companies that know how to make their data work. They are constantly on the quest for finding new strategies to make innovative use of Big Data. In fact, the power of Big data and mobility can truly elevate businesses to new levels. Hence, Big Data is the term given to huge amounts of data. As the data comes in from a variety of sources, it could be too diverse and too massive for conventional technologies to handle. This makes it very crucial to have the skills and infrastructure to handle it intelligently. This data must be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns and trends, thereby aiding in marketing and promotional campaigns. Here are a few examples of organizations that make use of Big Data: · Government organizations track social media insights to capture the onset or outbreak of a new disease. · Oil and gas companies integrate their drilling equipment with sensors to ensure safe and more productive drilling. · Retailers track web clicks to help identify the various behavioral trends to improve their ad campaigns. Now, let’s look at some of the trendy big data technologies that you can use to promote your business:

1. Apache Spark

With its built-in modules for streaming, machine learning, graph processing and SQL support, Apache Spark certainly deserves a mention as the fastest and general engine for big data processing. It supports all important Big Data languages including Python, Java, R and Scala. It complements the main intention why Hadoop was initially introduced. The main concern with data processing is speed, so you need something to diminish the waiting time between queries and the time it takes to run the program. Even though Spark was introduced to speed up the computational computing software process of Hadoop, it is not an extension of the latter. In fact, Spark uses Hadoop for two main purposes only — storage and processing. Use case: Apache Spark is a major boon to companies aiming to track fraudulent transactions in real time, for example, financial institutions, e-commerce industry and healthcare. Suppose a credit card was swiped for a huge amount, say, Rs. 50,000 whilst your wallet was lost and it wasn’t you who swiped, it is possible to detect where and when the fraud took place.

2. Apache Flink

If you have heard of Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop, then you will have heard about Apache Flink as well. Flink is a community driven open source framework, founded by Professor Volker Markl — Technische University, Germany. Flink meaning “swift” in German is high performing and extremely accurate data streaming. The capabilities of Flink is inspired by MPP database technology (for functioning like Declaratives, Query Optimizer, Parallel in-memory, out-of-core algorithms) and Hadoop MapReduce technology for functions like Massive scale out, User Defined functions, Schema on Read).

3. NiFi

NiFi is a powerful and scalable tool to possess, thanks to its capacity to store and process data from a variety of sources with minimal coding and a comfortable UI. And that’s not all. It can easily automate the data flow between different systems. If NiFi doesn’t contain any sources that you require, then the straightforward Java code lets you write your own Processor. The specialization of NiFi is data extraction and is a highly useful solution for filtering data. As NiFi is an NSA project, the security for this tool is commendable.

4. Kafka

Kafka is a must because it is a great glue between various systems right from Spark, NiFi to third party tools. And streams of data can be handled efficiently and in real time. Kafka is open source, horizontally scalable, is fault tolerant, extremely fast and a safe option. Being a distributed system, Kafka stores the messages (simple byte arrays and developers store any object in any format) in topics, and the topics themselves are partitioned and replicated across different nodes. When Kafka was first introduced, it was a distributed messaging system built initially at LinkedIn, but now is part of the Apache Software Foundation and is used continuously by thousands of companies. Use case: Pinterest uses Apache Kafka. The company built a platform called Secor using Kafka, Storm and Hadoop for real-time data analytics to ingest data into MemSQL.

5. Apache Samza

The main purpose of the conception of Apache Samza is to extend the capabilities of Kafka and is integrated with the feature alike Fault Tolerant, Durable messaging, Simple API, Managed State, Extensible, Processor Isolation and Scalable. It uses Apache Hadoop YARN for fault tolerance and Kafka for messaging. Thus, you can say it is a distributed stream processing framework. And it comes with a pluggable API to run Samza with other messaging systems.

6. Cloud Dataflow

Cloud Dataflow is a native Google cloud data processing service integrated with simple programming model for both batch based and streaming data processing tasks. With this tool, you no longer have to worry about operational tasks including performance optimization and resource management. Through its fully managed service, it is possible to dynamically provision the resources to maintain high utilization efficiency while minimizing latency. And you no longer have to worry about programming model switching cost through its unified programming model method. This method aids in batch and continuous stream processing, making it easy to express computational requirements without worrying about data source. Conclusion The big data ecosystem is constantly evolving and new technologies come into existence very frequently, many of them evolving further and further beyond the Hadoop-Spark stacks. These tools can be utilized to ensure seamless work with security and management, sans any hiccups. Data engineers require these tools to pull, clean and set patterns for data to help data scientists explore and examine them thoroughly, and build models.

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IOTA [MIOTA], VeChain [VET] and Ontology [ONT] ride the bull, the altcoin surge continues

The week opened to a bullish atmosphere with cryptocurrencies such as IOTA [MIOTA], VeChain [VET] and Ontology [ONT] seeing quite the surge over the past twenty-four hours. According to CoinMarketCap, the 24 hour biggest gainer among the top twenty cryptocurrencies was IOTA, enjoying a 15.93% rise.

At the time of writing, MIOTA was trading at $0.605 with a market cap of $1.682 billion. The cryptocurrency’s remarkable price surge was reflected in the market volume, which rose to $47.631 million. IOTA had a good run last week with the launch of the token’s Trinity Desktop Beta wallet and Fujitsu, the Japanese IT behemoth, announcing that IOTA will be set as the company’s new protocol standard.

The wallet which was initially launched as a mobile version has now been extended to adapt to the desktop. The wallet has been rigged with additional features that are aimed to make the user experience more seamless and effective.

Fujitsu’s project offers three core benefits, transparency, trust in data and data security where IOTA will play the role of a “cryptographically secure source of unified truth”, stated the company. The initiative is titled ‘Industry 4.0 co-create with Fujitsu’. Leopold Sternberg, Program Manager, Industry 4.0 Competence Center of Fujitsu stated that the primary aim of the project is co-creation. He said:

“We want to develop and co-create innovative technology together with customers”

IOTA 1-day chart | Source: CoinMarketCap

VeChain [VET] was another coin that was basking in its price surge, which at the time of writing was at 11.85%. The cryptocurrency was trading at $0.016 with a market cap of $914.53 million. Experts have attributed the cryptocurrency’s shoot-up to its recent slew of developments that saw the VeChain Mainnet launch, the company’s wallet release and the VeChain token swap.

VeChain had also created news when Sunny Lu, the CEO of VeChain Foundation talked about the new VeChain mini-app, where he stated that the normal end users can upload pictures throughout the day on the VeChain mini-app, through the VeChainThor platform even if they are not aware of technicalities of multi-party payment protocols [MPPs], smart contracts and blockchain.

VeChain 1-day Chart | Source: CoinMarketCap

The other major cryptocurrency enjoying its bullish glory was Ontology [ONT], surging by 12.70%. The coin was trading at $2.52 with a market cap of $464.90 million. Ontology’s 24-hour market volume was holding at $109.32 million, a small jump from the value it held before the market closed last week.

Ontology has had a positive run over the last week when it announced on their official Twitter handle that it has formally added Decentralized Identifier [DID] to its W3C – CCG [World Wide Web Consortium – Credentials Community group] DID method Registry. The team boasts of being the only implementers of the specification on a public blockchain after Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH].

Ontology 1 day Chart | Source: CoinMarketCap

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Load Project Data from MSP Database, Read/Write Rate Scale Data for MSP 2013 & Above using Java

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the release of Aspose.Tasks for Java 17.8.0. This release includes new feature of providing support for rate scale information in MPP files. It also includes several improvements in terms of bug fixes that further add to the overall stability of the API. From this month’s release, support for JDK 1.6 has been discontinued. From this release onwards, Aspose.Tasks for Java won’t support JDK 1.6. All Aspose customers, who are using older version of JDK and want to use this latest version of API, need to upgrade their Java version to meet the minimum requirement of API i.e. JDK 1.7 or higher. Aspose.Tasks for Java already supported reading/writing rate scale information of resource assignment for MPP 2013 and below versions. With this release, the API now supports reading and writing rate scale data for MSP 2013 and above file formats. This is as illustrated in the code sample on blog announcement page. Working with loading project data from Microsoft Project Data was supported in one of the earlier versions of API. This, however, had issues with the update of Microsoft Project Database versions update and the functionality was broken. Aspose team is glad to share that this issue has been fixed now. Users can now load Project data from Project database using this latest version of the API.  Below is the complete list of bug fixes and enhanced features included in this release.                                                         

Migrate from JDK 1.6 to JDK 7

Add support for text style information

TasksReadingException while using MspDbSettings

Add support of RateScale reading/writing for MSP 2013+   New Feature

Finish date is incorrect for zero duration task using Recalculate

Empty project with one task has incorrectly filled ActualStart, ActualFinish dates

HtmlSaveOptions.Pages.Add() method does not affect page index in the title when saving as HTML

XER converted from MPP contains string EUR instead of integer currency id for resource

XER generated by Aspose.Tasks raises exception while opening it

Company Information written to MPP is not displayed in MPP

Program hangs while loading MPP into Project

MPP file raises TasksReadingException

MPP file saved by MSP 2016 ver 1706 raises exception while loading into Project

An entry with the same key already exists - exception

Exception raised while loading attached MPP

TaskReadingException while loading MPP file

MPP project cannot be saved to MemoryStream

Lookup values not created properly in MPP

TaskLink don't affect the dates from successor task while using an MPP file

Exception raised while applying constraint

Task baseline don't save to MPP file

Finish date not recalculated properly

MPP to XLSX: Resultant file doesn't contain any data

Exception is raised while loading Primavera XER file

Gantt chart task bar ends at one third of day

Tasks text style information lost while loading and saving MPP again

Error on adding a resource with 0 units to parent task

ActualFinish of a zero-day milestone task not set properly

MPP with Subproject File causes exception while loading into project

Fix difference in Task duration in MSP 2010 and 2013

MPP to XLSX: Resultant file doesn't contain any data

ExtendedAttribute Lookup values mixed up for the same task

Lookup extended attribute with CustomFieldType.Duration can't be saved along with other lookup attributes

Custom field with Cost type and lookup can't be saved to MPP

Unassigned resource assignment work rendered as 0h

TasksWritingException while resaving this MPP back

MPP to PNG: Output image is not fine

Exception while loading a project

Task duration incorrectly set to 24 hours

Unable to save MPP file        

Corrupted XML file generated while saving to OutputStream

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for Java documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Read Write Rate Scale Information

Reading Project Data from Microsoft Project Database

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for Java

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical Java Project management component that enables Java applications to read, write & manage Project documents without utilizing MS Project. It supports reading MS Project Template (MPT) files as well as allows exporting project data to HTML, BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, XPS, XAML and SVG formats. It reads & writes MS Project documents in both MPP & XML formats.  Developers can read & change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations & calendars.

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Asylum-Seekers Keep Getting Sent Back To Mexico Without Their Children Based On Unreliable Information

“I told them, ‘I’m not a thief; my hands are clean. Anything I was accused of is a lie,’” one immigrant told BuzzFeed News. “It didn’t matter in the end.”

REYNOSA, Mexico — As Border Patrol agents started separating Miguel from his then-12-year-old son, the indigenous Guatemalan man begged that they instead be kept together.

“That’s not an option,” Miguel said an agent told him. “Your son can’t go where we’re taking you. We’re taking him to a safe place.”

Miguel could only watch as agents marched his son, Francisco, out of sight. Neither of them cried, though tears form around Miguel’s eyes every time he recounts the moment in late August.

“Take care of yourself, son, because I don’t know what’s going to happen to me,” Miguel told him before he was taken away.

It's the last time they spoke.

Miguel, who agreed to speak to BuzzFeed News on the condition that only his first name be used, and his son are now caught in the middle of the government’s continued separation of families at the border and a Trump administration policy, known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), that has sent thousands of immigrants to wait in Mexico while their US cases are completed.

BuzzFeed News spoke to Miguel to highlight how the ongoing practice of separating families, sometimes based on incomplete or misleading information, leaves an unknown number of desperate parents and guardians at a loss to know how to get their children back while holed up in dangerous locations in Mexico.

The family separations increase the hurdles immigrants and asylum-seekers already face when they’re sent back to Mexico, as parents, most likely without the help of an attorney, try to prepare their cases while also figuring out how to reunite with their children from the other side of the border.

“Both MPP and family separations are inflicting enormous damage on families and in particular children, but when the government combines the two, it’s particularly brutal,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's national Immigrants' Rights Project.

The Trump administration has sent back more than 60,000 immigrants and asylum-seekers to Mexico under its Migrant Protection Protocols, unofficially known as “Remain in Mexico,” to some of the country’s most dangerous cities along the border. Meanwhile, immigration authorities have separated at least 1,134 families at the border for reasons they say are justified.

It’s unknown how many parents sent back through the MPP policy have also been separated from their children or if immigration authorities are tracking those cases. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) declined to comment. But it’s clear that Miguel isn’t the only one.

A complaint filed by the Women’s Refugee Commission in August with two DHS watchdog agencies detailed 20 cases where families were separated by CBP at the border and at least some members were sent back to Mexico under MPP. The children, considered unaccompanied minors, are sent to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The complaint asked DHS’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Office of Inspector General to investigate the cases, as well as whether there was any pattern or practice of separating families under MPP as a way to deter immigrants from coming to the border.

In one of the 20 cases, another indigenous Guatemalan father who speaks little Spanish was forcibly separated from his son because Border Patrol agents believed the birth certificate was fake, but the man received no information on how to contact his son or where he was. In another instance, a 24-year-old woman from El Salvador was separated from her younger siblings whom she had been raising after their mother was murdered three years previously. Despite her custody of the 14- and 11-year-olds being recognized by the Salvadoran government, the children were sent to ORR and she to Tijuana without being able to say goodbye, the complaint stated.

In Miguel’s case, Border Patrol agents told him they were separating them because his record was “stained.” In 2012, Miguel said he was accused of and jailed for about four days for aggravated robbery in Guatemala, but a judge found the accusation was baseless and he was immediately released.

A court document reviewed by BuzzFeed News corroborates Miguel’s statements and says his case was closed due to lack of merit. According to Guatemalan national police records, Miguel has no other criminal history.

“I told them, ‘I’m not a thief; my hands are clean. Anything I was accused of is a lie,’” Miguel told BuzzFeed News. “It didn’t matter in the end.”

The information DHS uses to justify family separations due to criminal history can be incorrect, unreliable, and wrong, said Ursela Ojeda, a migrant rights and justice policy adviser at the Women's Refugee Commission, yet immigration agents continued to rely on it.

“It’s cruel,” Ojeda told BuzzFeed News. “It could also have nothing to do with the ability of a parent to parent their child, and yet you have a child in ORR custody and a parent thousands of miles away.”

It’s been over a year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop family separations at the border and a federal judge ordered the administration to reunite immigrant parents and their children. Still, the US continues to separate parents in cases where authorities believe they are a danger to the kids, have a criminal history or outstanding warrant, gang affiliation, have presented a fake claim of being the child’s guardian, or have a communicable disease.

As a result of a federal case brought forward by the ACLU challenging the government’s separation of families at the border, DHS was ordered by US District Judge Dana Sabraw to provide lawyers with a list of the separations that have continued and the reasons why.

According to the latest numbers provided by DHS, as of Nov. 16, in about 800 of the 1,134 families separated after Sabraw’s order, criminal history is cited as one of the reasons.

But Gelernt, of the ACLU and lead attorney on the class-action family separations case, said it was illegal for border agents to separate parents from their children for crimes they didn’t commit.

“We are seeing numerous cases where there’s no actual conviction, but nonetheless, they’re separated,” Gelernt said. “It appears as though the government believes if there’s an allegation in another country, they don’t need an actual conviction, but we absolutely believe it’s unlawful.”

A former DHS adviser under the Obama administration who reviewed the reports submitted in federal court said most explanations for separating parents from children due to criminal history were incomplete, lacked specificity, and often concerned charges but no convictions. Still, they have resulted in hundreds of families being separated.

In an affidavit, Lloyd Easterling, Border Patrol division chief for the Rio Grande Valley sector, said the data they get from foreign governments often include limited information on the disposition of criminal charges or details on the crime.

In court filings, attorneys for the government have maintained that border agents make sound separation decisions, despite having to make these decisions in a short amount of time based on the limited information. Border agents also consider the severity of a parent’s criminal history, lawyers said.

“The government has made reasonable separation decisions that account for the immigration-enforcement context in which this case arises as well as for the family integrity interests identified by this court,” government attorneys said in a September court filing.

Lisa Koop, associate director of legal services at the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), said her organization has been working with mothers in Laredo, Texas, who were separated from their children using unreliable and murky records to accuse them of crimes they didn't commit. Unlike Miguel and the other cases detailed by the Women’s Refugee Commission, these women were being detained in the US and not in the “Remain in Mexico” program, but their experiences show how minor interactions with authorities in their home countries can lead to family separations.

In some instances, women were arrested or detained for being at a location, like a restaurant, where police arrested gang members and suspected the mothers were also involved. They were released hours later but now have a criminal history on their records even though it’s not a conviction, Koop said.

Some immigrants aren't told what the allegations leading to separations are, how to fight them, or where the accusations are coming from, a scenario Koop can only describe as "Kafkaesque."

Lawyers have been able to clear a mother's name with the government in some cases and reunite them with their children, but it's rare. The odds that someone in Miguel’s position will be able to fight a separation from Mexico without an attorney is close to zero, Koop said.

“Separating parents from children and then putting them in MPP is just this whole other layer of cruelty,” Koop said. “An additional layer of cruelty that makes access to protection and due process completely unavailable to families.”

Miguel spends most of his days behind the white concrete walls of a shelter in the Mexican city of Reynosa. Like many of the people at the shelter, he’s too scared to venture outside because cartels in the area have made a lucrative business out of kidnapping immigrants sent back by the US and demanding ransom from their families. His son is nearly five hours away in San Antonio, at a transitional and long-term foster care center for immigrant children in government custody.

Without an attorney, Miguel, who doesn’t know how to read or write, has to gather evidence for his case, fill out his asylum application, and get supporting documents translated into English by a certified translator.

In the words of one lawyer, the policy of sending immigrants back to Mexico has marooned them in dangerous border cities with little access to attorneys or information on the process.

The days drag on inside the shelter and most of Miguel’s thoughts are filled with how he’s going to get to his son and whether he made a mistake in coming to the border with him. He’s a skinny, quiet man whose native tongue is the indigenous K'iche', though he’s able to speak some Spanish. He stares at the US asylum application with wide and uncertain eyes.

He grew up in the western highlands of Guatemala, a region where people rely heavily on the food they can grow on their lands. It’s also an area heavily affected by climate change, leading to some of the highest malnutrition rates in the Western Hemisphere. If there wasn’t enough to harvest, you didn’t eat, said Miguel, who sustained his wife and five children by growing corn.

Miguel’s problems back in the western highlands of Guatemala started in 2011 when a gang started asking him to pay a monthly extortion fee of nearly $375 at the time — an unimaginable amount for Miguel, who was never able to afford to pay them anything.

Eventually, Miguel was kidnapped and held in a house. Neighbors who saw the gang take him into the house called his family members who showed up and successfully negotiated his release hours later. His freedom came with a warning: If he couldn’t pay, his son could work for the gang, or they would disappear Miguel like thousands of others in Central America.

“I didn’t want my son working with them. I didn’t raise him to be a bad person,” Miguel said.

For a few months the gang left him alone, but then in 2012, a group with Guatemala’s National Civil Police entered his home and accused him of stealing a machine. Miguel doesn’t know what type of machine but believes it was an amp. One of the men in the gang who had been extorting him was also at his house and wearing the police force’s black uniform. Miguel doesn’t know if he was actually a part of the National Civil Police.

After the officers ransacked his house, Miguel was taken to jail and accused of aggravated robbery — an accusation a judge later dismissed for lack of evidence, but a charge Miguel believes led to him being separated from his son.

After his release, Miguel and his family moved two hours away to Totonicapán, a city in western central Guatemala. For years, he made a living sowing traditional dresses indigenous women wore and selling cotton candy, but always hiding and fearful he’d be found. In 2018, Miguel said he was walking through a park in Totonicapán when he ran into one of the men who used to extort him.

“So this is where you’ve been?” the man told Miguel, who kept walking as if he didn’t notice. “We’ll be looking for you.”

Miguel spent the rest of the year and most of 2019 hiding in the city until a friend told him the gang was still looking for him. He didn’t want to push his luck.

“They’ve been bothering me for more than seven years, even though I tried to hide from them,” Miguel said.

Ultimately, Miguel decided it would be better to go to the US with his son.

In September, despite his limited writing and reading abilities, Miguel sent a letter to the director of Guatemala's National Civil Police asking that his record be expunged because it's coming up as a conviction. He hasn’t heard back.

When he went to his first hearing in mid-November inside newly installed tent courts the administration built in Brownsville, Texas, to hear MPP cases, Miguel’s hopes of seeing his son were dashed. He walked out, defeated, into the city of Matamoros on the other side of the border. But as he passed the street food vendors, two plainly clothed men motioned for him to walk over. Miguel noticed they had guns at their sides and ran. A taxi driver who watched the scene unfold took mercy and told Miguel to get into his car before driving him to the shelter in Reynosa for free.

As the oldest boy, his son Francisco had been his almost daily companion, Miguel said. An employee at the holding facility his son is currently in recently sent a picture of the now-13-year-old boy. He’s standing in a classroom, hands at his sides, wearing a new blue flannel shirt, black jeans, and the beginning of a smile. The last time Miguel saw his son, Francisco was wearing a well-worn yellow sweater and gray pants — they’ve never had much money to spend on clothes.

“He looks a little different,” Miguel said as he studied the image. “I’m a little happier now because I can see he’s OK, but the sadness never stops.” 

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Duration Type Addition & Making Changes in Project Extended Attribute Type using REST APIs

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Tasks Cloud 18.9 This release made changes in ExtendedAttribute type, such as Added fields such as ‘DateValue’, ‘DurationValue’, ‘NumericValue’, ‘FlagValue’ and ‘TextValue’  and removed fields such as ‘DurationFormat’, ‘Value’ and ‘AttributeType’ fields.The table on blog announcement page shows which field contains the value of extended attribute depending on ExtendedAttribute’s type. Thus in order to get or set the value of a custom field with ‘Date’, ‘Start’ or ‘Finish’ type one should use ‘DateValue’ field.Index parameter now can be FieldId as well as index of attribute in project.ExtendedAttributes collection. Moreover, Some important bug fixes are also part of this release, such as Incorrect scheduling of recurring daily tasks, Wrong time-phased data for material resources, Fix issues with formula calculation, Wrong number of task links after export to MPX, Loading MPP file raises an Exception and Custom fields' values are not formatted properly when saving a project to Pdf.

Overview: Aspose.Tasks Cloud

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical Project management component that enables Java applications to read, write & manage Project documents without utilizing MS Project. It supports reading MS Project Template (MPT) files as well as allows exporting project data to HTML, BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, XPS, XAML and SVG formats. It reads & writes MS Project documents in both MPP & XML formats.  Developers can read & change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations & calendars.

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The Metallocene Polyolefin is Projected to Reach USD 14.05 Billion by 2021

The report "Metallocene Polyolefin (mPO) Market by Type (MPE & MPP), Application (Film & Sheet, Injection Molding, and Others), and by Region - Global Forecast to 2021", The market size of metallocene polyolefin is estimated to grow from USD 7.89 Billion in 2015 to USD 14.05 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 10.15%. The market is driven by the rising food and non-food packaging industry developments, increasing demand for injection molding application, and rise in technological advances in product portfolios of metallocene polyolefins.

Browse 76 market data tables with 64 figures spread through 168 pages and in-depth TOC on "Metallocene Polyolefin (mPO) Market by Type (MPE & MPP), Application (Film & Sheet, Injection Molding, and Others), and by Region - Global Forecast to 2021"

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Film & Sheet: The Largest Application Segment of the Metallocene Polyolefin Market

In 2015, the film & sheet application accounted for the largest market share, in terms of value, followed by injection molding and others. The injection molding application is estimated to grow at the highest CAGR, in terms of value between 2016 and 2021. The high growth can be attributed to the growing demand for injection molded plastics in packaging and automobile industries. Enhanced clarity and reductions in both initial seal temperature and crystal structure create many advantages for packaging industries. These factors have triggered the demand for metallocene polyolefins and positively influenced the growth of the metallocene polyolefin market worldwide.

Asia-Pacific: The Largest Market for Metallocene Polyolefins

Asia-Pacific is currently the largest market for metallocene polyolefin. China is the largest while India the fastest-growing market for metallocene polyolefin in the region.

The following factors are the main driving forces for the metallocene polyolefin market in Asia-Pacific:

High demand for metallocene polyolefin in the region

Growing food packaging industry

Growing demand for resins with superior mechanical properties in countries such as China and India

ExxonMobil Corporation (U.S.), The Dow Chemical Company (U.S.), LyondellBasel Industries Holdings B.V. (Netherlands), Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (U.S.), Total SA (France), SABIC (Saudi Arabia), Japan Polychem Corporation Ltd., Braskem AG (Brazil), and LG Chem Ltd. (South Korea) are the key players of the metallocene polyolefin market.

This report covers the market size, in terms of value and volume, for metallocene polyolefin and forecasts the market size till 2021. It includes the market segmentation by type — metallocene polyethylene (mPE), metallocene polypropylene (mPP); by application film & sheet, injection molding, and others; and by region — North America, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and South America. These regions are further segmented into countries such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, the U.K., Spain, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Iran, UAE, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and Argentina. The report also provides company profiles and competitive strategies adopted by the key players in the metallocene polyolefin market.

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PPMP20007 | Project Management Systems | Management

Part A – Developing the schedule

To complete this assessment, students must complete the following questions and tasks. Read all the questions carefully before you start the task.

Q1. Use Microsoft Project 2013/2016 to develop the project schedule according to the instructions below:

Include the following in your schedule:

Project information (start date, Author etc.) and Holidays listed in ‘General Information’.

a. A project title of “The MDC Project”. This is also to appear as the overall project summary at the top of your “WBS” in the mpp file. It must appear as task 0 with WBS number 0. All tasks should be “indented” according to the WBS structure described in the case study (see Table 1). b. A WBS column before the “Task Name” column and a WBS Predecessors column after the “Task Name” c. The milestones are to appear at the starting of the task list in your schedule. d. Use a “customised WBS code” for the milestones. e. Resource allocation details f. The critical path automatically displayed in red on the bars of the Gantt chart view of your schedule.

Q2. At this point ignore any resource over allocations. Copy your PartAQ1.mpp schedule to PartAQ2.mpp.

a. Ms. Horsell asks you to allow all three SE to task “2.10 User Interface developments & 2.11 Database developments”. Assume that with the additional resources the task still requires “6 person-weeks” (i.e. that there will be a reduction in duration as the work can be divided equally between the two resources). Highlight your changes on PartAQ2.mpp file. b. Save PartAQ2.mpp.

Q3. Copy your PartAQ2.mpp schedule to PartAQ3_resources.mpp. If your schedule has any resource over-allocation issues resolve these in the PartAQ3_resources.mpp file without adding any additional resources. For this assignment, do not “split tasks” and do not allow levelling to “adjust individual assignments on a task”.

Save this “modified” version of the PartAQ3_resources.mpp file. You will be required to submit PartAQ3_resources.mpp file as part of your assignment submission.

a. Define how you resolve any resource over-allocation issues. b. Does the fact that, your project is resource-constrained; has any effect on your whole project duration and due date? Describe the changes you notice and give reasons.  

Q4. Write a memo (use the Memo template provided on Moodle) to Ms. Horsell providing the following information:

a. The expected completion date for the project b. An explanation of the main factors that cause the project to require that length of time and any recommendations that you might make to reduce the duration if time was a priority for the project; c. The estimated direct labor costs for each of the resource types working on the project.

Q5. Describe at least one strategy that you need to adapt to ensure that the project is completed on time.

Part B – Modifying the schedule

Based on the provided information complete the following tasks:

Q1. Copy your PartAQ3_resources.mpp file into a file called PartB.mpp file.

In your, PartB.mpp make the changes in the order given above and as you make each change note the impact relative to the “current status” (i.e. the status after the previous change) it has on the:

Overall project duration End date Direct labor costs for the project

Q2. Describe the impact of each of these changes on the project duration in a table similar to the following:

If the combination of changes have had an additional impact that would not have occurred if a change was made in isolation you should also discuss this in your answer to this question.

Q3. Describe the impact of each of these changes on the direct labor costs for the project in a table similar to the following:

Part C – Tracking Progress

In this assessment, you are to assume that your project is underway and that it is time to make your regular status reports.

Q1. Copy PartB.mpp to PartC.mpp. Save the baseline for this version of your project in PartC.mpp.

Q2. Assume that it is now 25th May 2018 and that you have data about when tasks actually started, their duration. Assume that you have also collected data about the estimated remaining duration for all the tasks that have commenced (but not yet finished). If a task has been 100% completed assume that you know the actual start date and actual finish date.

In your Part C.mpp file (in which you have saved a baseline)

a. Set the status date to 25th May 2018 and include a solid, purple status date gridline in your project to ensure that the status date is clearly visible in your Gantt Charts. View the Tracking Gantt chart. b. Enter some status data.

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MGMT 404 Full Course Project Management Latest

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MGMT 404 Entire Course Project DeVry

MGMT 404 Course Project Week 1 DeVry

Due Week 1: Project Proposal/Approval Each professor will decide if the course will have project teams or be assigned to each individual student to complete the course project. Your professor will notify you of the decision and if the course is going to have project teams, you will be notified of your team assignment. If the professor assigns individual projects, your Week 1 assignment will be to: Provide an outline of your proposed project to your instructor for approval. The project you select will be the same project you will plan for the 8 week course. If the professor assigns teams for the course project, your team will work together to complete the entire Statement of Participation template located in the doc sharing area. All sections for the entire 8 weeks must be completed. Deliverables for Week 1: If you are assigned individual projects: • A one-page document outlining your proposed project. This document should contain particulars, such as what will be created, why this project is important, how long it would likely take, and how much it would likely cost. If you are assigned team projects: • Teams need to complete the entire Statement of Participation with the team and team leader assignments for Weeks 2–8. Lastly, teams need to update the status of participation for Week 1. Preview: For the MGMT 404 course project, I propose to undertake a software development project. In particular, a web-based timekeeping system will be developed for a small office. This intends to automate the employees’ office log-ins and log-outs, so that the process of manually signing into a log book can be eliminated. The manual process is… MGMT 404 Course Project Week 2 DeVry

Due Week 2: Project Charter Provide a project charter of your selected project in accordance with the charter template found in Doc Sharing. Please put this in proper business writing format. Consider me to be your boss. If working in a group, include the updated Statement of Participation for Week 2, describing how each person contributed to this project deliverable. Please place the updated Statement of Participation in your teams’ Doc Sharing area for review. A charter should be a minimum of 3–5 pages long. Deliverables for Week 2: • Completed Project Charter (in MS Word) • Statement of Participation and status update Preview: This project aims to automate the company’s timesheet system in order to increase the company’s productivity and to ensure the accuracy of the employees’ salary computations and performance evaluation tasks. This in turn contributes to the… MGMT 404 Course Project Week 3 DeVry Due Week 3: Scope Statement Prepare a scope statement using the template in Doc Sharing. Remember to be tangible, measurable, and specific. Be sure to include all sections required in the Week 2 Lecture. A scope should be a minimum of 10–15 pages long. Deliverables for Week 3: • Project Scope Statement (in MS Word) • Statement of Participation and status update Preview: This project aims to develop a web-based timesheet system for Company XYZ. With this system, the employees will no longer have to manually log in by signing in the company’s log book. This ensures the integrity, availability, and accessibility of the data. In particular, the timesheet system will accurately record the time when the employee arrives and leaves the…. MGMT 404 Course Project Week 4 DeVry Due Week 4: Work Breakdown Structure According to the PMBOK® Guide, “the WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team, to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.” In other words, it lists the project’s deliverables and work packages. For this week, you will create a work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project you selected during Week 1. Remember that the WBS starts with your major deliverables (that you stated in your scope management plan) at the highest level. The lower levels have the work package required to complete those deliverables. Review the textbook (and the PMBOK® Guide, if you have it) for some suggestions on how to create a WBS. From your work breakdown structure, develop a project task list with dependencies and add durations, using MS Project. Develop the Work Breakdown Structure • Your WBS should have a minimum of 100–150 line items in MS Project and be three levels deep. • Make sure to use verb-object task names (for example, “Develop software”). • Enter tasks in MS Project. • Create the predecessor relationships. • DO NOT LINK SUMMARY TASKS OR ASSIGN RESOURCES! Deliverables for Week 4: • Statement of Participation and status update • The MS Project file (.mpp) saved from the Tracking Gantt chart screen Preview: Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors Resource Names XYZ Timesheet System 261 days Mon 8/1/16 Mon 7/31/17 Design 90 days Mon 8/1/16 Fri 12/2/16 Business Requirements Document (BRD) 65 days Mon 8/1/16 Fri 10/28/16 Gather requirements 15 days Mon 8/1/16 Fri 8/19/16 Write the BRD 40 days Mon 8/22/16 Fri 10/14/16 4………. MGMT 404 Course Project Week 5 DeVry Due Week 5: Risk Management Plan Remember, risk is an uncertain event or condition that can have a positive or negative impact on the project. This week, you will be identifying and analyzing your project risks and developing a risk management plan to monitor and track your project. You will evaluate each task in your project schedule to identify any risk factors associated with the execution of the deliverable. You will then add your list of risk to the risk register template in Doc Sharing. The number of risks will depend on the project deliverables in your schedule; however, 20–25 positive and 20–25 negative risks would be considered the minimum. Review the instructions on the first sheet of the template and complete your risk register in its entirety. Deliverables for Week 5: • Use the Risk Register Template spreadsheet found in Doc Sharing (there is a separate tab for each portion of the risk management plan). • Statement of Participation and status update Preview: Total of 43 Risks

MGMT 404 Course Project Week 6 DeVry Due Week 6: Project Schedule and Budget A project plan cannot be considered complete until the resources have been assigned (including budget and cost estimate). This week, you will assign the resources required to work on your project to your scheduled tasks. In addition, you will add the cost of the resources per hour and any direct or indirect cost required for project contracts, materials, or supplies. You will submit a two-part summary report (business professional format) of your project budget and resources, which includes the following: Part 1: Project Budget (Cost Management) 1. Explain your approach to estimating the project cost (e.g., top down, bottom up, etc.) and why that method was chosen. 2. Create a table that shows the original budgeted cost (from the charter) and the actual budgeted cost (side by side). Include line items for labor, materials, contract, equipment, travel cost, and so on. 3. Compare the budget from the charter to the final budget and explain any variances that occurred from your original budgeted cost in the project charter and the current project cost (include your original estimated cost for the project). 4. Explain your budget contingency plan and how much is budgeted for contingency. Part 2: Resource Management 1. Explain the results of your resource assignments. Did you assign enough people to the project? Were there any resources over-allocated? What approach will you take to fix any allocation problems? 2. Develop a plan to manage your project team and define how you will motivate your team and how you will handle team conflicts. 3. What structure would you select for your project: functional, weak matrix, balanced matrix, strong matrix, or pure project? Why? Deliverables for Week 6: 1. MS project file (.mpp) updated with resource assignments and cost 2. MS Word file with report of project budget and resource management 3. Statement of Participation and status update Preview: Work Breakdown Structure Included The top-down approach was used in estimating the project cost. This approach involvers beginning with the final deliverable or the project goal, and breaking it down into smaller chunks for planning, which can also be referred to as work packages (Makar, 2015). Each of the work packages are then further broken down into tasks, which are… MGMT 404 Course Project Week 7 DeVry Due Week 7: Communication Plan According to the PMBOK® Guide, “the Communications Planning process determines the information and communications needs of the stakeholders; for example, who needs what information, when they will need it, how it will be given to them, and by whom.” In other words, it lists the general communication requirements for the project. This week, you will create a simple communication plan for the execution of your project. Each team will need to complete the Communications Plan found in Doc Sharing. Deliverables for Week 7: • Communication Plan • Statement of Participation and status update Preview: The XYZ Timesheet System involves various teams and stakeholders who play different roles in the project’s completion. As such, it is important for all important information be communicated to all of them in a timely manner. This ensures that… MGMT 404 Course Project Week 8 DeVry Due Week 8: Final Project Package You will need to create a project plan. This plan should be completely integrated and presented in a logical order. It should be written professionally and should be mistake-free in terms of spelling and grammar. The final project plan should incorporate any changes that occurred along the way, including corrections and advice given by colleagues or your professor. Any tables or graphs should be labeled correctly. Deliverables for Week 8: 1. Statement of Participation and status update 2. Your final project plan should consist of the following items. o Executive Summary o Project Charter o Scope Statement o Work Breakdown Structure o Budget and Resource Management Reports o Risk Management Plan o Communication Management Plan Preview: 52 Pages and Work Breakdown Structure Included The XYZ Timesheet Project aims to develop a timesheet system for Company XYZ in order to automate the login process for employees and enable the employs to record and keep track of their daily tasks and accomplishments. This in turn can be used as basis for their performance evaluations. In addition, the login data that is entered into the system will be used by the company’s payroll system, specifically for the computation of the employees’ salaries. In this regard, Ripple Web Solutions shall be responsible for the development of the XYZ Timesheet System. Ripple will be responsible for the various phases of the application development… MGMT 404 Quiz Week 4 DeVry (TCO 1) Which document is created during the initiation phase of a project? (Points : 5) The scope The project schedule The project charter The project communication plan (TCO 1) Projects have specific attributes. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project? (Points : 5) It is an ongoing endeavor It has a defined objective It requires resources It has a defined start and stop (TCO 1) The purpose of a project charter is to Define the project. Allow for the creation of a WBS. Authorize the project. Define detailed project risks. (TCO 1) Which document on a project authorizes the project manager to begin work on the project? (Points : 5) The scope The schedule The charter The risk management plan (TCO 2) Which step of the project life cycle defines the project scope? (Points : 5) Initiation Planning Execution Close out (TCO 2) Which statement is an example of a project deliverable? (Points : 5) “If the parts arrive late, we will not finish on time.” “We must get permits before we start work.” “I believe the contracts will be signed by the 15th.” “The paving of the parking is lot is major piece of work for this project.” (TCO 2) Which statement is an example of a project constraint? (Points : 5) “If the parts arrive late, we will not finish on time.” “We must get permits before we start work.” “I believe the contracts will be signed by the 15th.” “The paving of the parking lot is a major piece of work for this project.” (TCO 2) Which statement is an example of a project assumption? “If the parts arrive late, we will not finish on time.” “We must get permits before we start work.” “I believe the contracts will be signed by the 15th.” “The paving of the parking lot will be completed within this project.” (TCO 3) The longest continuous path of activities from beginning to end on a project describes the (Points : 5) Deliverables Slack Critical path Work packages (TCO 3) The critical path in a project describes which of the following? (Points : 5) The path containing the most important pieces of work The longest path in a project The activities with the highest risk The activities with the highest cost to the project (TCO 3) Hammock activities are used to do which of the following? Ensure critical path work is done on time. Capture lessons learned on two or more activities. Summarize duration and cost information on related activities. Summarize duration and cost information on related activities. (TCO 3) What values are calculated on the backward pass of a project network? (Points : 5) Early start; late start Early start; early finish Late start; late finish Early finish; late finish (TCO 3) What values are calculated on the forward pass of a project network? (Points : 5) Early start; early finish Late start; late finish Early finish; late finish Early start; late start (TCO 5) In which process of risk management is the risk register initially created? (Points : 5) Plan risk management Identify risks Control risks Qualitative risk analysis (TCO 5) A risk matrix is used to _____. A risk register is a _____. (Points : 5) Prioritize risks; list of risks Identify risks; way to categorize risks Create risk strategies; way to monitor negative risks Simulate project risks; way to categorize risks (TCO 5) In which process of risk management are risks prioritized or ranked? Plan risk management Identify risks Control risks Control risks (TCO 5) In which process of risk management are proactive and reactive strategies considered? (Points : 5) Plan risk management Plan risk responses Control risks Qualitative risk analysis (TCO 5) Contingency plans are created (Points : 5) To proactively address the risk. To respond to the risk should the risk occur. To gather information on vital risks. To avoid red risks in the project plan . (TCO 1) Before one can begin writing a charter, one must consider the most appropriate organization for the project. You are the project manager for a company that integrates custom data solutions for large corporate enterprises. This project will span two or three years and will cost tens of millions of dollars. This is a large, very involved project. Which of the five organization structures is most suitable? Why? (Points : 20) (TCO 1) Compare and contrast the project charter and the project scope as used in project management. (Points : 20) The project scope defines what will be delivered as part of the project, and in some ways, it can be likened to the term vision. Whenever a company plans for the… (TCO 2) You are reaching the end of your graduate school program and are planning a large party to celebrate your success! You have rented out the local forest preserve as the venue for your party. Applying your project management skills, you want to ensure you have everything planned out and you’ve asked your family and friends to be a part of your team to hold this party. At your party, you have made it clear to your team what you want to have delivered. After all, it’s your party— you can have whatever you want! Some of the key items you want at your party include: graduation announcements; party invitations; live entertainment; games (for adults and for children); food; beverages; and convenience for all (parking, restroom facilities, etc.). Part 1: To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a 2-level WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering (15 points). Part 2: In your WBS, how many work packages have been created? (5 points) (Points : 20) (TCO 5) A firm hosts data-mining servers and performs data mining for other companies that do not desire the costs of hardware, software, or expertise to data mine their data. The firm is planning to roll out faster data-mining software that will reduce the time to sift through customers’ data by a fraction of the present time. Part 1: List and discuss the major risk management functions from a project management perspective for the data-mining software project. (15 points) Part 2: Describe a positive and negative risk event, the consequences, and the risk-response plans for the data-mining software project. (15 points) (Points : 20) (TCO 9) Compare and contrast how a scope is created in traditional project management versus one created in agile project management. (Points : 20) (TCO 3) Compare and contrast fast tracking and scope reduction as means of schedule compression. (Points : 20) Fast tracking and scope reduction are the three techniques where a project can be brought back on the schedule or for the compression of schedule. Fast tracking… MGMT 404 Quiz Week 7 DeVry (TCO 4) An example of resource leveling would be (Points : 5) Fast tracking a project to finish early. Crashing a project to meet a critical deadline. Ensuring resource usage is balanced. Removing work from a project to compress its schedule. (TCO 6) You are the project manager of a major IT project in Italy. You review your earned value report and you see that your SPI is 1.18. What does this mean to you? (Points : 5) The project is doing fine. It should be completed 18 months ahead of schedule. The project is slightly ahead of schedule. No corrections are needed. The project is slightly behind schedule. Corrections are needed. The project is very much behind schedule. Immediate corrections are needed. (TCO 6) You are the project manager of a major IT project in Italy. You review your earned value report and you see that your SPI is .68. What does this mean to you? (Points : 5) The project is doing fine. No corrective actions are needed. The project is slightly ahead of schedule. No corrections are needed. The project is slightly behind schedule. Corrections are needed. The project is very much behind schedule. Immediate corrections are needed. (TCO 4) Which of the below is an example of a fixed cost to a project? (Points : 5) Cost of mortgage on a building needed for the project Cost of a day rental van needed for the project Cost of labor to support the project Cost of electricity needed to operate a machine needed for the project (TCO 4) Which of the below is an example of an indirect cost to a project? (Points : 5) Concrete needed to complete a parking garage A consultant for an IT project Boats for a river rescue Janitorial services for an entire building (TCO 7) Which of the following is an example of an informal verbal form of communication? (Points : 5) A major status meeting with project clients on the project’s progress Presentations to senior management on the project status Contracts with a client A memo from the senior VP of the company (TCO 7) Which of the following is an example of a formal written form of communication? (Points : 5) Meeting notes made at a meeting with the VP of the company E-mails between an important client and yourself Contracts with a client A memo from the senior VP of the company (TCO 8) What document provides the project manager with information as to whom must be consulted and informed of the completion of a particular project activity? (Points : 5) The WBS The RACI The OBS The RBS (TCO 8) You are the project manager of a large, virtual HR project. You want to improve the functioning of the project team. Which of the techniques below would not likely improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the project team? (Points : 5) Keep all team members informed and communicating. Create a code of conduct for all team members. Hold face-to-face meetings whenever possible. Ensure the WBS is as accurate as possible at all times. (TCO 8) You are the project manager of a large, virtual HR project. You want to improve the functioning of the project team. Which of the techniques below would not likely improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the project team? (Points : 5) Let team members disappear as needed from the project. Create a process to handle conflict. Hold face-to-face meetings whenever possible. Keep all team members informed and communicating. (TCO 9) Stand-up meetings in agile project management do all of the following except which? (Points : 5) Provide project status. Report on anticipated issues. Permit group problem resolution. Enhance collaboration. (TCO 9) Agile project managers make use of iterations. What are iterations also known as in agile project management? (Points : 5) Sprints Stand-up meetings Stories Burn down charts (TCO 6) To control your project, you decide to use milestone analysis. Which of the below is not a benefit of using milestone analysis to control a project?(Points : 5) Milestones eliminate unnecessary changes to a project. Milestones align schedules with suppliers. Milestones trigger other team members’ participation in the project. Milestones allow for periodic review of the project. (TCO 4) Compare and contrast top-down and bottom-up project estimating techniques. (Points : 20) In top-down project estimation, every major aspect of the project is identified and then they are broken down further into work packages or… (TCO 4) Compare and contrast top-down and three-point estimating techniques. (Points : 20) Top-down estimating is also known as analogous. Many believe that this… (TCO 6) You are comparing two projects. Using the data below, calculate the CV, SV, SPI, and CPI. Second, use the values to provide the status of each project. All values are in dollars. Project A Project B EV 850 550 PV 875 575 AC 900 650 (Points : 20) (TCOs 4 and 6) What is resource leveling on a project and what are its objectives? (Points : 20) Resource leveling is a project management technique that overlooks resource allocation and resolves the possible problems that may arise from over-allocation. Some of… (TCO 8) Compare and contrast leaders versus managers on a project. (Points : 20) While both the project manager and the project leader are tasked with the planning, execution, and closing of a project, only the project leader motivates and… (TCO 9) Agile project teams are typically co-located. Why is this so important to an agile project and what does it facilitate on an agile project? (Points : 20) The co-location of team members in an agile project is important as the agile method requires that all team members work on the project at the same… (TCO 9) Compare and contrast project control in an agile environment and in a traditional environment. (Points : 20) In agile environment there would a changes and adjusted to finish the work. This is because the team accepts changes as part of their planning. Thus, the… MGMT 404 Discussions Week 1-7 All Posts 427 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Case Study: Keflavik Paper Company and Case Study: Widgets ‘R Us Discussions Week 1 All Posts 63 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Case Study: Keflavik Paper Company Discussions 1 Week 1 All Posts 34 Pages Read Case Study 3.1 The Keflavik Paper Company is a case with a problem in determining a project management process for new product development. Answer the following questions: • What does this case demonstrate about the effect of poor project screening methods on a firm’s ability to manage projects effectively? • How would project portfolio management help to improve the situation at Keflavik? • If you think about it, all business problems are case studies. To effectively evaluate the situation, you must approach the problem in a methodological manner. A proven technique to do this is to do the following: 1. list the facts; 2. identify the issues; 3. based on the facts of the case and your knowledge, analyze the issues of the case; 4. prepare recommended solutions and their possible outcomes; 5. implement the optimal solution (not always the one with the best outcome, because the cost or other things could be impractical); and 6. monitor the implementation and outcomes. So when you read and prepare to respond to this case, please follow the above guidelines. I don’t necessarily expect you to perform Steps 4–6, but I do expect your response to be based on the facts and your knowledge. Remember—your first impressions may not be correct! What have you seen as effective techniques to help build collaborative relationships? Examples? What is ROI (return on investment) and why is it important? What types of documents are used by a project manager to update the team and the stakeholders on the status of the project? Examples?… MGMT 404 Case Study: Widgets ‘R Us Discussions 2 Week 1 All Posts 29 Pages DeVry Read Case Study 2.4 The Widgets ‘R Us case study is a case with a problem of how the company is set up and how the company will handle operations with its projected growth. Answer the following questions: • You have been called in as a consultant to analyze the operations at WRU. Based on the readings, what would you advise Widgets ‘R Us to do in order to sustain the competitive advantage in the widget market? • What structural design changes might be undertaken to improve the operations at the company? Have you been involved in a project that has failed to live up to the expected results? What was the cause of the failure? Is a task that is repeated over time within a normal business operation a project? Why or Why not?… MGMT 404 Project Scope and Case Study: Project Management at Dotcom.com Discussions Week 2 All Posts 64 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Project Scope Discussions 1 Week 2 All Posts 34 Pages DeVry As we have seen this week, project scope creation is very different in traditional project management versus Agile project management. What advantages and disadvantages can you see with the process of scope creation in the traditional project management world? What advantages and disadvantages can you see with the process of scope creation in the Agile project management world? Share your experiences with projects that were created using either Agile or traditional project management techniques. What are the different types of task relationships and how are these concepts connected to both predecessors and lead/lag time?… MGMT 404 Case Study Project Management at Dotcom.com Discussions 2 Week 2 All Posts 30 Pages DeVry Read Case Study 5.3: Project Management at Dotcom.com. Dotcom.com is a software engineering and systems development consulting firm that needs some organizational improvements in the area of project management processes that will cut cost and potentially increase the profit margin for the company. Answer the following questions: • Discuss how you would begin redesigning dotcom.com’s project management processes to minimize the problems it is experiencing with poor scope management. • Why do you think configuration management and project change control are difficult to perform in the middle of a complex software development project, such as those implemented at dotcom.com? • Share any experiences you have with project change requests. Are there any advantages to chaos over order? What has been your experience with chaos and what have you found to be effective techniques to avoid or mitigate chaotic situations? How does the software insure that one task or set of tasks is completed before the next task or set of tasks is accomplished?… MGMT 404 Project Schedule and Agile Schedule Development Discussions Week 3 All Posts 55 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Project Schedule Discussions 1 Week 3 All Posts 28 Pages DeVry To develop a schedule for a project, we will use the concept of a project network, which shows work activities taken from the work breakdown structure and is organized according to the logical flow in time and relationships governing when the work will be performed. By combining this network of work activities with estimates of the time duration for performing each of the activities, we can create a schedule for the project work. What types of information can we learn about the project by reviewing the project schedule and all the information used to generate it? Any time you try to reduce a project schedule, there are trade-offs (cost, quality, availability of resources for other projects, etc.) What are some methods to reduce a project’s schedule? Are there any advantages or disadvantages to the various methods that should be considered? What are the various ways that you have seen to capture estimate the cost per time for an individual that is working on a project? Is it always the same based on an individual’s overall compensation in a company or firm?…. MGMT 404 Agile Schedule Development Discussions 2 Week 3 All Posts 27 Pages DeVry As we have seen, traditional and Agile schedule developments are quite different. Agile project management was originally developed to do software development. Could a traditional process be successfully used to develop a new software program? Why or why not? Could an Agile methodology be used to build a strip mall in your home town? Why or why not? Does it require more or less resources to perform tasks in parallel? How so? The schedule is something you will want to keep close watch on during the project. What are some examples of when you would want or need to reduce the project’s duration? Would there be any concerns you might want to consider when discussing the possibility of shortening the project?… MGMT 404 Risk Management and Risk Management Part II Discussions Week 4 All Posts 63 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Risk Management Discussions 1 Week 4 All Posts 33 Pages DeVry Assume you have just been assigned to a project risk team composed of five members. Your task, as project manager, is to develop a process for handling risks to the project. Because this is the first time your organization has formally set up a risk team for a project, it is hoped that your team will develop a process that can be used on all future projects. Your first team meeting is next Monday morning. Each team member has been asked to prepare for the meeting by developing, in as much detail as possible, an outline that describes how you believe the team should proceed in handling project risks. Each team member will hand out his or her proposed outline at the beginning of the meeting. Your outline should include, but not be limited to, the following information: • What methods should be used for identifying risks? • Who should be involved in identifying risks? • What should be considered when identifying risks? Provide an example of team norms, of what is expected of fellow team members. Why is this important for an effective project team? Often times, more information is communicated than anyone wants to consider! Part of developing the communication plan is to decide WHO should get WHAT information. Not everyone wants or needs to know everything. For instance, most executives do not want the detail of the project–only the summary. What are some other instances where information should not be shared in whole? Or shared with everyone?…. MGMT 404 Risk Management Part II Discussions 2 Week 4 All Posts 30 Pages DeVry As the work of your risk management team (from the first discussion question) continues, the discussion of your team’s risk management plan outline moves on and considers the following questions: • How should the risks be prioritized? • Who should do the prioritization of the project risks? • How should project risks be monitored and controlled? • Who should develop risk responses and contingency plans? • Who should own these responses and plans? Scheduling people is one of the most difficult duties because you do not have control over the time of those resources. They are on the project temporarily and usually are part-time resources. Their functional manager is usually pulling them back to their regular duties even for time they are scheduled to work on the project. Class, how can you overcome some of that to get a more finite schedule?…. MGMT 404 Case Study The Problems of Multitasking and Reducing Project Duration Discussions Week 5 All Posts 65 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Case Study The Problems of Multitasking Discussions 1 Week 5 All Posts 34 Pages DeVry Read Case Study 12.1: The Problems of Multitasking. Answer the following questions: 1. How does multitasking confuse the resource availability of project team personnel? 2. In modern organizations, it is impossible to eliminate multitasking for the average employee. Why? 3. How would resource loading or resource leveling help address multitasking situations? Provide an example from your experience or the Web to help explain the difference between mitigating a risk and contingency planning? Being more efficient means saving money, right? What have you seen that improved efficiency in your company? How did the improvement save money?…. MGMT 404 Reducing Project Duration Discussions 2 Week 5 All Posts 31 Pages DeVry In your own words, describe crashing, fast tracking, and scope reduction as means of schedule compression. When would each be appropriate? Which methods would you consider better first-choice methods by most project sponsors? Would any of these methods apply to Agile projects? How does Agile address schedule compression? Give an example of a team goal that you have worked on recently. How was the goal established? By the team? By others? If you were a research scientist, what would you research?… MGMT 404 Project Communications and Case Study Finding the Emotional Intelligence Discussions Week 6 All Posts 61 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Project Communications Discussions 1 Week 6 All Posts 30 Pages DeVry Discuss the importance of communication and information exchange to project success. What are the crucial features and elements of effective communication and information exchange in successful projects? How are key stakeholders involved in this process? Are communication requirements different on an Agile project versus a traditional project? How often should the baseline change? Should it? What is the “break-even” point for a project? How is the baseline or other tracking documents used to determine the break-even point?… MGMT 404 Case Study Finding the Emotional Intelligence Discussions 2 Week 6 All Posts 31 Pages DeVry Read Case Study 4.2: Finding the Emotional Intelligence. 1. What are the differences between leaders and managers? 2. Can anyone be a leader? Which would you prefer to work for: a leader or a manager? Why? 3. Select one of the characteristics of an effective project manager and tell why it is important. 4. Is leadership of a project different in an Agile environment than in a traditional project environment? 5. Take the Future Time Perspective scale on page 129. Share your results and comments with the class. How would an auditor determine if the communications among team members was adequate? Examples? Would you audit different factors at different stages of a project? How so? Examples?… MGMT 404 Project Baseline and Agile Project Control Discussions Week 7 All Posts 56 Pages DeVry MGMT 404 Project Baseline Discussions 1 Week 7 All Posts 29 Pages DeVry We have now moved from the planning stage to the execution stage of project management. Following good project management practices, we have set a baseline. How is a project baseline used to guide the execution of the project’s work, to evaluate progress and performance, and to control the project? Also, as you continue to think about monitoring and controlling the project, specifically consider the question: How can the project baseline and the earned value approach for variance analysis be used to monitor and report project progress? What does it mean to be a “systems thinker?” Example? Is a proven track record (experience and success) more valuable than a certificate? For those who have looked at various job postings in different industries, what did you conclude about this? Did most of them require experience, or require certification?… MGMT 404 Agile Project Control Discussions 2 Week 7 All Posts 27 Pages DeVry In the first discussion, we looked at traditional project control. Is project control different in an Agile project? What is the role of a project manager in controlling an Agile project? What is the role of the project client, sponsor, or customer at controlling project changes? Involving the customer and communicating regularly (there’s that communication need again!) is the first step in making sure they know what the project entails. Class, which documents would be most useful in managing their expectations? How do you personally exceed your customers (or supervisors) expectations?…

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Project Recalculation Improvements & Enhanced Project Data Saving to XML inside Java Apps

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the release of Aspose.Tasks for Java 17.5.0. This month’s release is kind of maintenance release where Aspose team has fixed several bugs related to various functional areas of the API. This month’s release is sort of maintenance release where Aspose team has fixed several bugs related to API functionality. These include scenarios where loading or saving sample MPP files raised to various exceptions, Improvement in project recalculation resulting in more accurate output results, Improved project data saving to XML format where the project calendars resulted in erroneous calendar entries, Issues with Timephased data writing to output MPP file which resulted in repeated entries in output XML file and some wrong work values in certain cases, Problems with actual start and percent complete and actual duration while saving project data to MPP using the API. Moreover,  Fixing of Out of memory errors while exporting project data to image, Issues related to preserving formulas while saving project data as MPP and Differences in Tasks duration for MSP 2010 and 2016 file formats.  Below is the complete list of bug fixes and enhanced features included in this release.                                                         

Tasks with custom timephased data has Percent Complete > 100% and MSP in XML format cannot be imported.

Formulas get corrupted after file save

Loading a MPP file using Aspose.Tasks throw exception An item with the same key has already been added

Recalculation of project sets percent complete to zero on milestone tasks

Saving Project raises TaskWritingException

Erroneous calendar entry added in XML while converting MSP 2016 MPP

Out of Memory error while saving MPP to PNG

Task duration shown wrong in MSP 2016 as compared to MSP 2010

Saving MPP file hangs and never returns

Timephased data entries are repeated for AssignmentActualWork in the XML file

Timephased data not copied while saving project as MPP

Wrong Actual Start, % Complete and Actual duration calculated while saving MPP

The value of actual start of parent node set to NA while loading and saving the project

TimephasedData written to MPP File shows wrong Work Values for the Last two days

Project.getCustomProperties gives compilation error in latest release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for Java documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Extended Task Attributes

Writing Metadata to MPP

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for Java

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical Java Project management component that enables Java applications to read, write & manage Project documents without utilizing MS Project. It supports reading MS Project Template (MPT) files as well as allows exporting project data to HTML, BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, XPS, XAML and SVG formats. It reads & writes MS Project documents in both MPP & XML formats.  Developers can read & change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations & calendars.

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Read/Write Projects Created using MS Office 365 Project Online Service using .NET APIs

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Tasks for .NET 19.2. This release includes support for Microsoft Project Online,  MPP files saved with Microsoft Office 365 cloud are supported now. Also fixes few issues reported with the API that further enhance the stability of the API. Aspose.Tasks for .NET API now supports Microsoft Office 365 Project Online Services. Now the users shall be able to read/write projects created using Microsoft Office 365 Project Online Service. There were various important improvements are implemented with this release. The support of setting CSS prefix for HTML export has been added and API is enhanced in working with Primavera DB. The feature to set custom date format while exporting to PDF format has also been implemented in this release. There are some important enhancements introduced in this release, such as Working with hyperlinks, scheduling, Chinese timestamps and lookup values are improved while re-saving MPP files and Improved reading of resources in MspResourceMapper and MpdResourceMapper.  This release includes plenty of new features as listed below

Implement the Adding of Page Prefixes in CSS Classes when Saving MS Project into HTML

Support for Microsoft Office 365 Project Online Service

Implement an informative exception when trying to open a non-existing project from Primavera DB

Implement a feature to set custom date format while exporting to PDF format

Fix extra text in the hyperlink note after the MPP file being re-saved

Fix missing hyperlinks after the MPP file being re-saved

Fix error when a project with incorrect formula is saved to XML

Fix reading of resources in MspResourceMapper and MpdResourceMapper

Fix schedule differences after the MPP file being re-saved

Fix displaying of lookup values after the MPP file being re-saved

Fix Chinese timestamps after the MPP file being exported to PDF in US locale

  Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Saving a Project as PDF

Saving Project Data as HTML

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications.

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Read Activity Codes for Primavera XER Files & Enhanced Project Export to PDF using .NET

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Tasks for .NET 18.9. This release gives users the power to read activity codes for XER files. It also fixes several issues reported with the API that further enhance the stability of the API. There are some important enhancements and bug fixes part of this release, such as Scheduling of recurring daily tasks has been fixed, Time-phased data for material resources has been fixed, Issues with formula calculation have been fixed, After exporting to MPX, the number of task links generated was wrong. This issue has also been addressed, Exceptions while loading MPP files have been handled and Custom fields’ values are now formatted properly when saved as PDF.  This release includes plenty of new features as listed below

Implement reading of activity codes for XER files

Incorrect scheduling of recurring daily tasks

Wrong time-phased data for material resources

Fix issues with formula calculation

Wrong number of task links after export to MPX

Loading MPP file raises an Exception

Custom fields' values are not formatted properly when saving a project to Pdf Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Saving a Project as PDF

Exporting Project Data to Primavera XER Format

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications.

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