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7. About EPMA 3 rd Largest dedicated Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Project and Portfolio in United States PMI Houston and University of Houston School of Business and Technology preferred training provider Largest dedicated EPM training and solution center in United States Our goal at EPMA is for the client to achieve incremental, measureable victories in order to enhance user acceptance leading to a smoother enterprise adoption of project management leading practices. EPMA is an Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management consulting firm focused on Microsoft Project and Project Server; we provide project management consulting, business management consulting, implementation, development, hosting, training, and support

9. Agenda What is Wave Planning? Wave Planning Concept Generic Vs Named Resources DemoQ&ANext Steps

10. What is Wave Planning?

11. Named vs. Generic Resources Named Resources: Resources that represent real / physical people or things. e.g. John Smith Generic Resources: Resources that represent individual resource types / roles e.g. Project Manager

12. How does it work? Assign named resources for near future tasks Assign Generic resources to distant future tasks. Current Date Stage 1 Named Resources Stage 2 Generic Resources

13. Current Date Stage 1 Named Resources Stage 2 Named Resources How does it work?

14. Current Date Stage 1 Named Resources Stage 2 Generic Resources Stage 4 Generic Resources Stage 3 Generic Resources Wave Planning Concept

15. Current Date Stage 1 Named Resources Stage 3 Generic Resources Stage 4 Generic Resources Stage 2 Named Resources Wave Planning Concept

16. Current Date Stage 1 Named Resources Stage 3 Named Resources Stage 4 Generic Resources Stage 2 Named Resources Wave Planning Concept

17. Current Date Stage 1 Named Resources Stage 2 Named Resources Stage 3 Named Resources Stage 4 Named Resources Wave Planning Concept

18. Why Wave Planning

20. Questions?

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