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In part two of his series on using VBA in Microsoft Project 2010, Andrew Makar describes how to build a custom task field highlighting feature...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/use-vba-to-highlight-missing-baseline-finish-dates-in-microsoft-project-2010/4569

Andrew Makar goes back to basics and offers simple VBA examples that you can apply to Microsoft Project schedules...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/get-started-with-microsoft-project-and-visual-basic-programming/4548

Consultants, how do you deal with your IT needs? Do you schedule time for yourself, as if you were a client? Let us know in the discussion...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/the-worst-client-of-all/4542

Consultants can better prepare clients for required server patch and upgrade maintenance operations by using this TechRepublic policy...

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Tech vendors should focus on making quality products and offering good service rather than circumventing IT consultants in an attempt to increase the vendor's revenue stream...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/open-letter-to-tech-vendors-stop-circumventing-it-consultants/4524

Fortinet ranked at the top of Gartner's leaders/visionaries quadrant in a recent Magic Quadrant report. Learn more reasons why Fortinet firewalls are worth a look...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/fortinet-firewalls-a-potent-utm-option-for-consultants/4518

When a reader asks for advice about whether to be a cloud migration specialist, Chip Camden suggests how to expand the substance of his niche offering...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/dont-let-your-niche-become-an-empty-buzzword/4509

If your large consultancy can justify the cost, an IT equipment lift such as ones from ServerLIFT offers a number of benefits...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/reduce-injury-risks-and-gain-efficiencies-with-serverlift-devices/4501

Read advice on how many hours you should eat on clients' post-final invoice tasks, and how to avoid these requests in the first place...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/post-close-requests-from-clients-when-is-enough-too-much/4495

When you became an independent consultant, was the most stressful part finding enough business to stay afloat, the feast or famine syndrome, or something else?..

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/the-most-stressful-elements-of-breaking-in-to-full-time-consulting/4482

TechRepublic Pro's customizable Data Backup Policy will help your organization determine what needs backing up and specify where to find that information...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/download-techrepublic-pros-data-backup-policy-to-avoid-data-loss/4475

Ask yourself these five questions to determine whether you're persisting in progress or stagnating in your IT consulting career...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/the-fine-line-between-persistence-and-stagnation-in-it-consulting/4463

Learn about Zoho Projects, Planbox, ProWorkflow, Basecamp, and Milestone Planner to determine if one of the project management tools might be the right fit for your client...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/five-cloud-based-pm-tools-to-suit-a-wide-range-of-projects/4453

The VMware Sales Professional 5 accreditation helps consultants understand and sell VMware's virtualization solutions. Learn what each VSP training module covers...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/vmware-vsp-accreditation-what-consultants-can-expect/4445

Learn how disciplined portfolio management helps organizations select and deliver the right projects to fulfill their strategic goals...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/why-value-dials-is-a-game-changing-concept-in-portfolio-management/4437

Chip Camden identifies common overselling mistakes consultants make and boils down the basic formula for avoiding this practice...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/it-consultants-four-overselling-mistakes/4433

Erik Eckel describes the specific ways in which image-based backups are critical safeguards for IT consulting work...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/image-based-backups-add-recovery-flexibility/4426

Justin James advises development project managers on how to resolve issues with clients and IT departments about workflow processes...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/break-the-cycle-of-project-push-back/4420

Find out why Chip Camden thinks that if you decide to become a consultant and then start looking for business, you're doing it wrong...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/landing-that-all-important-first-client/4412

A road warrior IT consultant recommends applying the same troubleshooting skills to your car emergency that you would employ when confronting a downed server...

Details: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/dont-let-car-problems-bring-your-consulting-business-to-a-halt/4402