Methods

Project managers around the world will agree, the most time consuming aspect of being a project manager is creating timelines. Time is a constantly evolving variable, so it’s always a good idea to look for ways to manage it well. What if it were possible to create a Gantt chart template in 10 minutes? Even

Project risk management is the process of identifying and planning for potential risks, which are factors with the potential to affect the schedule, budget, or performance of your project. It’s a concept that causes us to have (in addition to Plan A), a Plan B, C, and even D if a project is big or

A project management plan is the plan a team follows to complete a project. A useful project management plan includes the targets and goals of a project and provides a clear definition of roles to be played by everyone involved. It is the responsibility of a project manager to review these strategies and make revisions

When a project manager tells you that they don’t know where they’d be without their workflow management system is, they’re not being truthful. They DO know. They’d be wasting valuable time by inputting the same data into multiple systems, flooding the inboxes of every team member with status requests, and mass-emailing excel documents every time

With all the project management methodologies out there, how do you pick the right one? As a project manager, you know that selecting the correct methodology is an essential part of getting the project done correctly and on time. These processes provide you with guidance and a series of predefined steps that lead to task

If you’ve read any of our other blog posts, you know we often get deep into the details of project management. From knowing your project’s baseline and how to properly use Gantt charts to learning how to work with your steering committee, things can get a little complicated in this industry. But every now and

Ask any project manager if they have a strategic plan for their latest job and they’ll typically reply in the affirmative. Most of them are wrong. What they usually have are over-extended business plans that should have been retired once the project was up and running. Business planning and strategic planning are not the same

When you’re managing an unusually complex project, it can feel as if entire days are spent planning the implementation, predicting and managing risks, and communicating with team members. If multiple projects fall on your plate simultaneously, everything is amplified, and you’ll likely regret that the ability to clone yourself doesn’t yet exist. Take a deep

You know you’re a project manager when… Everything is vitally important There’s never enough time in the day to finish everything that needs to be done As counterproductive as it sounds, too many companies select and initiate projects in a siloed manner. Everything is decided on a department by department basis with no idea of