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 15 best resource management software options to try...
Every project depends on your resources — think people, skills, tools, or budgets — working together to achieve your goals and deliver business value. Without...
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...
12 Project Management Challenges + How to Overcome Them
Managing a project is a bit like completing a Rubik’s cube — you have to keep several elements of the project at the top of your mind, while also considering...
What qualifies as project management experience?
The market for project management talent is hot — workers with project management experience and skills are in high demand as businesses shift to become more...
Build custom apps fast — a guide to low-code...
To meet swift market changes, organizations need an agile approach.
Business process outsourcing (BPO): everything you need...
A big part of strategic business operations is deciding how to use the resources at your disposal. This includes choosing which projects your internal team spends their...
5 steps to a successful stakeholders engagement...
In today’s world, involving stakeholders in your projects is no longer an option, but a social responsibility — especially in the early stages. But if you’re...
Want a simple CRM? Top 10 software for any business...
CRMs may have garnered a complicated reputation in sales and marketing teams, but at their core, customer relationship management systems have a simple purpose. They...
What is the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?
When you’re a small startup with only a few like-minded people on a single team, of course you can be flexible. But if you do things right, you won’t stay small...
Our complete guide to the Prince2 methodology
The most thrilling thing about writing this article was discovering there was, in fact, a Prince1. Except it wasn’t called Prince1, it was just titled Prince. Which...
The Ultimate Introduction to No-Code/Low-Code
No-code/low-code is no longer a philosophical idea or ideal that only lives in hypothetical tech talks. In 2022, it’s how we can manage complex data without...
All you need to know about using a responsibility...
For those of us stuck at home — juggling homeschooling, caring responsibilities, or the weekly Tik-Tok challenge with imminent work deadlines — keeping on top of the...