Traditional project management vs. Agile: how to choose
With Agile, Lean, and all the other new cool kids on the project management block, some managers act as if there’s nothing left to learn from traditional project...
What is workflow management?
As a society, we’re busier than ever. Our plates are fully loaded both at home and at work. Wouldn’t it be nice if some things just took care of themselves? Or if...
How to create a successful virtual office
Working 100% virtually means you don’t have to worry about parking or someone microwaving fish in the shared kitchen. But, with no more face-to-face meetings or...
Collaboration best practices 101
Collaboration feels like one of those words we all understand. We know what it means and have no problem using it in a sentence. When people say it, there’s no...
The value of a good research plan
A research plan is a guiding framework that can make or break the efficiency and success of your research project. Oftentimes teams avoid them because they’ve...
How to get work done with a simple to do list app
There’s a unique kind of satisfaction in crossing things off your to-do list. Especially when there’s a pen and paper involved. Of course, the rise of the internet...
How to choose the right to-do list software (a quick...
To-do list apps and platforms are everywhere these days. Just head over to Facebook or YouTube and you’ll be swamped with ads promoting the next best productivity...
5 ways to cultivate effective communication at work
Communication is essential. With your partner. With your kids. In life in general. In the workspace, effective communication is critical. For example, 89% of people say...
How to get the most out of your team online
Creating a remote team can feel a lot like a first date. You aren’t 100% sure you know what to do, you feel nervous about bombing it, and you hope they’ll like...
Process Map Templates Explained
Process mapping is the solution to your workflow woes if you tend to feel like there are a lot of gray areas and blind turns that slow down your process flow. By...
How to make a checklist that’s actually helpful
Businesses have an unending stream of tasks they have to prioritize, delegate, and finish if they hope to stay afloat. It never stops. How do you juggle all of that? A...
7 features your workflow app needs for effective...
Workflow apps help project managers plan their processes and manage tasks, but, arguably, its most important feature is automation. Workflow automation helps remove...
What is Six Sigma?
Mistakes, errors, wasted time and effort. These are just part of life, right? It may be a comforting philosophy, but it doesn’t help much with running a business. In...
How to create successful team dynamics naturally
Everything changes when you have successful team dynamics — groups that are in-sync and effective know that in order to solve problems quickly and garner mutual...
How to use a team calendar to effectively complete...
Executing a team project involves many layers of modern work life —teams who work from home, multiple time zones, and large, ever-changing projects. When you need to...
Project status report template
But with so many tasks, milestones, and other data to process, status reporting can feel like a daunting task, at least without a status report template. So the...
How to make a Gantt chart
If you manage a team, you know that sometimes you wish you could be everywhere at once. You want to see what’s happening, when it’s getting done, who’s going to do...
The tools battle: does project management in Excel...
Being one of the oldest (and most-used) spreadsheet tools, we can’t argue that Excel hasn’t been a great platform. But is it a great tool for effective project...
Tracking tasks using a task tracker for more...
Are you still scribbling your to-do list on a piece of scrap paper? Perhaps you’ve dabbled with various digital to-do lists, only to let them fall by the wayside....
Insightly vs. Pipedrive: which is right for your team?
Insightly and Pipedrive: they’re two of the biggest names in the CRM system world. Chances are, though, you don’t know exactly what these platforms do. And you...
Get inspired: 4 great project management examples
We’re all familiar with is project management example. The moment when (eek!), your boss says, “Could you just…[insert incomprehensible but seemingly important...