Cost variance: the key to keep projects under budget
All projects have various costs associated with them. Ideally, these costs have been planned for ahead of time and detailed in a project budget. The tricky part can be...
Bottom-up vs. top-down project management 101
When it comes to managing projects, there are two schools of thought: Bottom-up vs. Top-down.
Complete guide to effective cost management
Budgets can make or break any project. You’ve got to be able to keep tabs on the cash, time, and resources you’re working with at all times. You’ll also need to...
Great marketing workflow features and how to prove ROI
As a fellow marketing team, we know how difficult it can be to keep track and monitor your endless campaigns, ongoing projects, blogs, and remote team members— just to...
Lean project management methodology guide
There is no shortage of project management solutions in the SaaS marketplace The “best” solution often depends on the type of organization, the specific project, and...
Daily Task List: reclaim your time, prioritize your day
Tasks are things that have to be done, often within a certain period of time. While tasks can be weekly and sometimes monthly (or really any time period for that...
AI collaboration tools: 12 platforms to boost team...
AI is reshaping the way teams work. For enterprise organizations, collaboration has moved far beyond simple file sharing and chat. It’s now about intelligent systems...
Making Gantt charts in Excel [free Excel Gantt chart...
Gantt charts are a project manager’s bread and butter. They indicate who’s working on which tasks, dates and durations, crossovers or delays, and everything in...
Goal vs. Objective: what’s the difference?
What’s the difference between the terms, goals, and objectives? If you thought they were synonyms, you’re not alone. Most people think that — including us...
Keep track of your work with an Excel checklist...
We’ve all had those days when our to- do list seems endless and that was before we had an Excel checklist template. In the old days, we had whiteboards and sticky...
Is investing in a task list app worth it?
Let’s be honest, you probably have lists littering your desktop — and desk — as we speak. Perhaps you’re the “Sticky note on the side of the...
How to create an effective project schedule in 6 easy...
It’s no secret that projects of all sizes include many stages and even more tasks and deliverables. If so much as a single element is delayed, it can lead to a...
The ultimate project portfolio management guide
Do the projects you take on align with your overall business and growth strategy? Over time, projects can lose direction. Once profitable projects lose their edge, and...
Picking the best calendar app for you: a quick guide
What do your mother-in-law’s birthday, anniversary, and your root canal appointment have in common? They’re all extremely painful things to forget. Back in...
Top 20 Gantt chart software to improve your projects in...
Gantt charts are an important part of project management. Using horizontal bars, these charts are used to trace project progress over time, helping teams visualize how...
How to create an effective to-do list
Tasks come from every direction—your boss CC’ing you on an email, a coworker asking for feedback on a report, or even your cat jumping on your lap meowing to be fed....
What is a change management plan? And how to make one
Before we start any new project or endeavor, we sit down and make plans and try to account for every eventuality. But no matter how good we get, it’s impossible to...
Master your workflow: How to streamline tasks and boost...
The process of completing tasks needs to flow seamlessly to ensure a successful process or project. This flow can be a series of steps that dictate how you get from...
What is a Project? Definition, Types, and Examples...
You may be familiar with project management, but when it comes to the basic question of “what is a project,” it can sometimes be more difficult to specifically...
What is a task? and how to get more of them done
While the word “task” might bring about feelings of despair related to chores or undesirable actions, this is usually related more so to the way you have to manage...
Best timeline software: free and paid
Most project managers today use software for project planning. And a key feature that most project planning tools offer is the timeline. Timeline’s are great for...