How network diagrams can boost your workflows
If you Google image search “network diagram,” thousands of results come back, yet not surprisingly, not all of them are related to project management. Note: if you...
Top project management statistics
Project management can often feel like trying to catch the wind. As a project manager, you keep up with ever-changing goals. You manage a team with tasks and priorities...
Guide to effective workload management
Managing your own workload can be challenging at the best of times, managing a whole team’s workload doubly so. Staff with too much on their plate can crack under...
What is work order management and why do you need it?
Looking for more information about work order management? Well, you’ve come to the right place. To save you spending hours trawling through the internet trying to find...
The complete guide to strategy portfolio management
An organization’s portfolio can be filled with any type of investment, project, or initiative. It’s essentially a collection of all the “stuff” a team has to its...
Why the right store management software could be the...
If you are a business owner with something to sell, we’re about to make your life a whole lot easier. It doesn’t matter what you’ve got in stock, or...
Your guide to spreadsheet software
Data. It’s everywhere. Some 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every day. Whether it’s a business tracking leads or an individual monitoring their personal...
Your ultimate guide to social media management
What’s the difference between a fish and a poor social media manager? Nothing. They both flounder. If you don’t have your social media tools and best practices in...
The ultimate guide to scrum project management
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your team managed themselves? Imagine this. Your team shows up for work each day full of energy and enthusiasm. They know exactly what to...
The ultimate guide to becoming a better Scrum master
Are you new to Scrum and wondering what exactly a Scrum master is supposed to do? If you’re used to being a project manager, internalizing this new role and approach...
The 4 Scrum ceremonies you need to bring structure to...
Sadly, a Scrum ceremony isn’t an ornate presentation that happens after a particularly effective headlock in the British sport of rugby. More’s the pity. In all...
The complete guide to resource planning
If you fail to plan, then you’re planning to fail. When you’re working on a big project, you need to know everything there is to know about your resource...
The best resource management software for 2024
Every project relies on resources — the people, skills, tools, and budgets you need to manage appropriately to achieve your goals and deliver value to your...
Why project cost tracking is crucial for project...
On a list of the 50 most boring things in life, sorting out money featured 4 separate times. Given this list also contained rice cakes and the Kardashians, that’s no...
How to create a contingency budget
In a perfect world, our projects would never be delayed or come in way over the budget. But that, unfortunately, is not the way the world works, usually. There are...
What is a portfolio manager?
Every Super Bowl-winning team needs a coach, right? A coach is always there to manage the players, analyze their performance, and make sure each member of the team is...
What is a milestone chart?
Identifying milestones is a crucial, but sometimes overlooked function of the project planning process. While most people tend to consider milestones simply as start and...
Using a dependencies diagram in your project
The word dependent comes from the Latin dependere meaning to ‘hang from’. For those of you out there with a ‘dependent’ — I have a 4-year old — doesn’t...
Here’s what you need to know about demand...
Your customers have pain points and they’re itching for solutions. What if your company could not only solve their issues but predictably identify any solution...
Business process improvement guide: 3 proven...
What’s business process improvement (and how the heck does it work)? Is it just a random buzzword taken from an old and boring academic book on management? Whether...
What is application portfolio management? Plus...
Have you ever gone out to the mall for the day and come back with a new decorative item for your home — like a vase, picture frame or tchotchke — and been less...