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I remembered that I have not said anything about my very favorite users group yet to all of you.
A few years ago, I learned of the Microsoft Project Users Group or MPUG. I attended a meeting and found myself in group of like minded individuals. MPUG is independent of Microsoft, but is obviously (given the subject matter) closely related to Microsoft. It is not large in terms of users groups, (nowhere near the size of the SharePoint Users Group for example) but it is focused on Microsoft Project. From the beginning I learned a lot from the meetings and from networking with other users of Project that I met at the meetings.
MPUG is a international organization and there are local chapters in many locations. I am now on the board of the Boston chapter and I am still learning a lot. The Boston chapter has 11 meetings a year, meeting every month except July. Presentations vary from new things in the latest release of Project to "How Project Saved my life (or at least made my job easier)" and everything in between. Membership in MPUG is $119/year and they do run specials that reduce the price to $99 or so once a year at least. Membership gets you access to the site with all the content, including Webinars and notifications of local meetings. There are also company memberships that reduce the price significantly. So, if you work with several other Project Managers, use Project and have boss that is willing to invest in human resources, check it out.
The web site: www.mpug.com
I have given presentations at Boston MPUG meetings, in fact one of my earlier posts contains a presentation that I gave at a meeting.
Microsoft Project is a very complex tool and the learning curve is long. Perhaps MPUG will assist you in shortening the learning curve as it has for me.
