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What is New in Microsoft Project 2010?

By Ana Maria Rodriguez, MSE, PMP
International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today
and
Santiago Sereno
Scheduler at ERA Project Management

Rosario, Argentina

Microsoft has announced the latest release of its project scheduling software, MS Project. The software is expected to be on the market with all the Office 2010 package on the month of May. The Beta version is available at the Microsoft Website and is free access until November 2010 in Spanish, English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. Office 2010 is not required for installing the software, in fact the beta version works pretty well even with Office 2003.

According to Mr. Cris Capossela, Business Senior VP at Microsoft, this is the best release of Project in 10 years. Mr. Capossela bases his opinión on the new functions for easier usage, the integration with portfolio management and with software such as Sharepoint.

Although we cannot deny that MS Project is not an easy tool for managing large projects, it is our daily usage tool for planning and scheduling as it is for thousands of users in the world. So we received with great expectation the announcement of a new released. We expected to find improvements to some problems that are maintained in MS Project and also new tools. In the following lines we share what we found as a novelty in Project Professional 2010:

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About the Author Ana Maria Rodriguez Author International Correspondent Rosario, Argentina Ms. Ana Maria Rodriguez is founder and manager of ERA Project Management, offering consulting services to the Engineering and Construction Industry in Rosario, Argentina, and is an adjunct professor of project management at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Colombian by birth, Ms. Rodriguez graduated with a Civil Engineering Degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota and from the University of Texas at Austin, USA with a Masters Degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management (MSE). Ms Rodriguez has implemented Project Management best practices and managed projects both in the government sector and in the engineering and construction private sector. Ms. Rodriguez is part of the Board of Directors of PMI Buenos Aires Argentina Chapter (PMIBA) and leads the development of PMI in Rosario. Additional information about Ms. Rodriguez can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team. Ms. Rodriguez welcomes contact at arodriguezdev@gmail.com also at www.erapm.com.ar