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Revamp your Excel skills
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Hello Reader, You might know that most of my projects are managed in – gasp – Excel, because my stakeholders don’t have access to MS Project and they still need to be able to see the plans, action lists, budgets, etc, etc. (We also have Jira, and an enterprise PM software product.) So I spend a lot of time in Excel, and it’s not a fun time. Recently, I was on the phone with Grant Huang (who does Excel training), and I realised that I hadn’t updated my Excel skills for a long time. His cheat sheet of shortcuts was a good starting point, and I’m going to use Ctrl Shift L a lot! He also has a YouTube channel called Excel with Grant, if watching tutorials is more your thing. Anyway, I just wanted to pass that along in case you or someone on your team needs some resources to brush up on their Excel. I’m not affiliated to him or anything, I just like his short, to-the-point videos! Managing Multiple Projects is available for pre-order!In other news, the second edition of Managing Multiple Projects is now available for pre-order, and the publisher is offering 30% off with the code SALE30 until 2 May. If you are outside of the UK or US, you still might find it cheaper to pre-order on Amazon in your country (or whatever bookseller you prefer) because of postage fees. I'll tell you more about the book in due course, but I didn't want this offer to pass you by! Have a great week! Elizabeth P.S. Add these to your reading list for this week: |
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I help project professionals get more done with less stress. Having been a project manager for over 20 years, I share tried-and-tested tips that work in the real world, every Tuesday. Join our community of over 15,000 project professionals (and accidental project managers too!).
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