Author Archives: Nenad Trajkovski

About Nenad Trajkovski

Location: Zagreb, Croatia Occupation: Project Manager Interests: Project Management and MS PROJECT He was born in Zagreb, Croatia at 1963. After completing his college he started working on projects in different business areas (banking, manufacturing, automotive industry, distribution, oil companies, etc.) developing and implementing ERP systems into different companies. He has got a lot of experience working with people in different business processes and also possesses great knowledge in information technologies and financial services. Today he works as a business consultant, adn Project Manager in PERPETUUM MOBILE d.o.o. Zagreb. He is a regular lecturer for Project Management in MS Innovation Center in Varaždin, Logosoft Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and SEAVUS GROUP in Skopje Macedonia. He was named the best lecturer of WINDAYS 2008 while his lecture was also voted as the best. In addition, he was in TOP 10 lecturers at the MS SINERGY 2009 and MS VISIA 2009, 2010. Shares first place as the best lecturer of KulenDays 2009 and 2010 and PMI Conference 2009 in Zagreb. He is also a regular lecturer in the MS Community. He is a Certified Accountant and a PMP (Project Manager Professional) and a PMI-RMP (Risk Manager Professional), MCP, MCT, and Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist - Microsoft Project 2010. From 01.01.2012 awarded with MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Proffesional - Microsoft Project)!

Project Manager, Manager, and Micromanagement

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, today I want to discuss with you about Micromanagement. What is Micromanagement anyway? It is a Management style whereby a Manager closely observes and/or controls the work of his/her subordinates or employees, or project team. Is it bad? YES! … Continue reading →

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Predecessors, Successors and Task form in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, How often do you have a large Project with lot of Tasks? Hundreds of them. And your schedule is very complicated. And then, suddenly you have to change something. Maybe relations within Tasks, maybe your timeline is too long, … Continue reading →

Posted in Micsrosoft Project 2016, MS PROJECT 2016, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Micorosft Project 2016, Micorosft Project 2016 - Schedule, MS PROJECT | Leave a comment

Project duration and Task Estimations

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, how often did you hear questions like those two: How much time do you need to fulfill this Task? When do you expect Project to finish? Those two questions are most common when we talk about time in … Continue reading →

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Junior Project Manager and expectations

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi! How many times did you hear about job role called: JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER? Friend of mine (who is very, very experienced Project Manager) always gets angry when he hear this. He says: “There is no such a thing like … Continue reading →

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Agile – is it possible or not?

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got a comment from my friend and fellow MVP Peter Kestenholz: “Hi Nenad, great article. I believe that not all in sales are like this. Especially the last years things have changed a lot. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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Project Management Task in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, very often I hear a question like: “OK Nenad, you are explaining how to make a good schedule, and how to assign Resources properly to Tasks!. But what about Task which are impossible to plan upfront, like, for example, … Continue reading →

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Salesman, Company Owner and Project Manager

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got complaints that I didn’t have any pictures in my previous post. So I will put one from now on. But remember that this post is not about MS PROJECT, it is about Project Management, and there is … Continue reading →

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Project Management – perspective from an old Project Manager

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, If you follow me, you already know that I’m writing my Posts about MS PROJECT for 6 or 7 years. I will continue to do that. But, I decided to share my long, long experience (30 years overall, and … Continue reading →

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“Real” daily work on Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016!

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hello, today I’m going to deal whit one significant question which basically has many answers, or none. How many hours to assign to Resource per day? Let me show you one very, very simple example. Let’s say that we have … Continue reading →

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Project management Task and Administrative work in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my blog reader has a question about Project management Task, and administrative work, and how to handle it in MS PROJECT 2016? Here is Scenario. This is Project Schedule: First of all, I will advice not to use Project … Continue reading →

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