TechNet has my latest “From the Trenches” article. Well, I say TechNet but in fact, Microsoft are hosting these articles on their main support.office.com site. The article is called “We sell holes, not drills” and talks about one of my favorite subjects; making sure we deliver the solution not just the tool. Is the tool […]
Author: chris.vandersluis
Our websites are sporting a whole new look!
Well, it was a long time coming but we’ve finally completed a major overhaul of HMS Software’s web environment. Our websites are among the oldest in the world. The company, HMS, has been around for 31 years and the original HMS Software website was established in the mid 1990’s just aver the release of the […]
Changing my company’s public face
Over the last few months, I’ve been working with a web design firm and my own marketing people to change our web environment. It’s been no casual decision. HMS Software has one of the oldest web environments in the world. We first started the site in the late 1980s when websites were just new to […]
HMS Releases TimeControl version 6.8
We’ve been busy at HMS Software as we released TimeControl version 6.8 for both on-premises purchase and online subscription. It seems like just yesterday that we were shipping version 6.7 and all the new features there including the new Workflow module, the elimination of the last ActiveX controls and updated OnBoarding and Project Link functionality […]
See our President at PMI
HMS Software’s President, Chris Vandersluis will be speaking once again at the Project Management Institute’s Global Congress. This year it’s in Phoenix Arizona at the end of October. Mr. Vandersluis’s topic this year is “Applying Agile Methodology to non-software Enterprise Projects”. If you will be attending the 2014 Global Congress, you will find information on […]
Microsoft Office.Com finds a home for “From the Trenches”
I’ve been writing for Microsoft’s TechNet website on the subject of enterprise project management. You may have seen the column called “From the Trenches” which got going out of all those articles. They have been available from the Microsoft Project and Project Server sections of TechNet. Microsoft has decided to elevate all that writing to […]
EPM Guidance is in Phoenix & Phoenix
Ok, it’s a strange title for a blog post but so is the circumstance. I’ll be in Scottsdale, AZ (A suburb of Phoenix) at the end of September for the Hard Dollar Conference. I’ll be co-presenting a paper with Erik Marthinsen, the President of BASEMETHOD of Calgary. We’re speaking on how to solve sub-contract management […]
A Balanced Matrix
By: Chris Vandersluis I wrote an earlier version of this article for Microsoft’s TechNet. This update has been created for the EPMGuidance site. In project management circles it is common to talk about matrix management. Matrix management isn’t anything new. It has been a management standard in most high-tech organizations. The idea of matrix management […]
HMS is hiring!
Yes, it’s true. My firm, HMS is looking for a Software Engineer. Read this post to find out more or, email me at chris.vandersluis@gmail.com for more details.
TechNet Article – Are we there yet?
I am delighted to see another of my articles in the “From the Trenches” column on Microsoft’s TechNet. I’ve been doing these pieces for the Microsoft Project technical area of the the TechNet website for a number of years and am very flattered that they continue to ask for them and, even better, publish them! […]