http://chandoo.org/forums/forum/questions-about-phd-products Ask Excel and Charting Questions, Muse about Visualizations, Learn and Share - Discussion Forums - Pointy Haired Dilbert en-US Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:35:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://chandoo.org/forums/search.php http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/multiple-projects#post-723 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:01:10 +0000 Chandoo 723@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>Yes, they are designed with single project in mind. Even though a PM can manage several projects at once, seldom the data is combined (it is combined at dashboard level when making a program status presentation etc.). So I have kept them at single project level.</p> <p>Let me know your suggestions, I can see what can be done. </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/multiple-projects#post-721 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:14:16 +0000 FilC 721@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>Have I missed something? Are the Dashboard Toolkits designed for single projects only? </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/question-on-project-management-bundle#post-385 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:29:45 +0000 Chandoo 385@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>@Qwirrk.. The bundle includes 7 different Gantt chart templates to help you plan better. It also has a bunch of templates to track and monitor individual project activities (like risks, issues, timesheets). The dashboards and report templates might be very useful to you and can give you few more options to choose from. I think you are good in excel (looking at your statement "I have created some dashboards ..."), you can easily customize the files this bundle to make things you want.</p> <p>Here is what I suggest, go ahead and buy a copy. If you find it useless, you can request for a refund. Remember, I ask no questions when you want a refund. </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/question-on-project-management-bundle#post-383 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:51:11 +0000 Qwirrk 383@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>I recently became a production planner and was wondering if this bundle would be useful for this. I use a few of your free templates and they work well. I am looking for some more to make my planning functions easier. I have created some dashboards and they have been a great hit. Can you please comment on whether or not this bundle would be applicable for my needs? If not, do you have any suggestions?<br /> Thank you </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/question-on-excel-pm-bundle#post-338 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:49:54 +0000 Chandoo 338@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>@Ron... Happy to help</p> <p>Coming to your question, there are several ways in which you can do this.</p> <p>(1) the dashboard comes with a separate gantt chart inside which you can configure for reporting purposes. So there is no need to cut / paste anything.</p> <p>(2) You can copy few of the 7 gantt chart templates directly to dashboard. For others you need to copy multiple sheets.</p> <p>(3) You can also take a screenshot of the current gantt chart version and embed it as a cropped image. This way, when you need to update the dashboard next month, just have to replace the screenshot.</p> <p>(4) you can also embed a live image using excel camera tool. </p> <p>Let me know if you have any more questions. </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/question-on-excel-pm-bundle#post-336 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:46:44 +0000 Ron 336@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>Ok...so far I am liking this product...question though, and forgive me if it is a remedial one:</p> <p>1. Can I leverage a single spreadsheet (Gantt)from the bundle and cut &amp; paste it into the PM Dashboard in place of the one in there already? Or does it require formula work? </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/question-on-excel-pm-bundle#post-331 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:13:00 +0000 Chandoo 331@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>Ron.. good question. </p> <p>Some of the files (dashboards, status report etc.) have a separate "readme" worksheet where things are explained to help you get started. Rest of the templates have tooltips (cell comments), grayed out texts, data validation helper texts to help you understand how to use them. Other templates are very straight forward to understand if you know a bit about excel and aware of project management functionalities. </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/question-on-excel-pm-bundle#post-329 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:03:33 +0000 Ron 329@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>Does this bundle come with any kind of user tips/guide or is all out on the website? </p> http://chandoo.org/forums/topic/what-is-your-feedback-about-the-excel-formuls-e-book#post-320 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:30:03 +0000 Chandoo 320@http://chandoo.org/forums/ <p>Hi all..</p> <p>Congratulations on successful purchase of e-book. What do you think about the contents? Do you find the formulas useful and handy? How many new things have you managed to learn? What improvements can be made to this e-book to make it even better?</p> <p>do tell me. </p>