How to use a progress tracker to optimize efficiency
These days, when going somewhere new, almost everyone will use GPS on their phone to stay on track. You can easily confirm where you are at any moment, as well as how...
What is enterprise project management?
Enterprise project management often takes the cake when it comes to complexities—managing a whole portfolio of projects across a range of teams, departments, branches,...
Interactive calendars: all you need to know
When you think of a project calendar, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it the paper calendar on your wall that you sometimes look at if you forget what...
What is integrated project management?
With a system called integrated project management (also called project integration management or integrated project delivery), you can manage the way every facet of...
Implementation plan: how to carry out your project from...
Managing a new project is like baking. If you want to control the results, you need to follow a recipe. Even if you’re tackling something completely new, re-using...
What is a workflow diagram?
A workflow diagram can make or break your project. With it, your team is in alignment, ready to face whatever the world throws at them. A workflow diagram, then, is a...
5 essential organizational skills (and how to learn...
Up to 47% of employers say organizational skills are important for their team members. So, whether you’re a brand-new college graduate looking for your first job, or...
How to Create a Workflow Chart [+ Templates and...
Workflow charts are a way of visualizing complex information involved in each step of a process with the overall goal of making things easier to understand. This method...
What is the best checklist app?
We get it—you’re strapped for time. An entire day can pass you by, and you’re not sure whether you’ve actually knocked out all the important jobs you were...
What is scope in project management?
Would you ever start baking a cake without knowing the full list of ingredients? Or without an idea of what the finished cake should look like? Of course you wouldn’t...
Find the right project management framework for your...
Without a robust frame, a building won’t be able to support its own weight. And the bigger the building is, the stronger its structure needs to be. A reinforced...
What’s the best to-do list app?
Feeling overwhelmed by what seems like a never-ending list of things you have to do? You’re not alone. In a Vitalsmarts study, 3 out of 5 people said they...
What is PMP and why should you care?
What is PMP? If you’re asking, you’re probably either working with a project management professional, or you want to be one yourself. Either way, you’ve come to...
Your guide on making a better daily to do list
Do you wake up every morning knowing everything you have to do for the day — and the exact order you’ll do it in? Unless your brain is a computer, probably not. You...
What is a Contingency Plan & How Do You Create...
The vast majority of failed projects and bankrupt companies had a plan and followed it. So why do these projects and companies end up failing? Unexpected things happen...
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...
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...
monday.com tutorial: a complete guide
It’s no secret that we think monday.com is the best work management platform around — and that’s in part because of its intuitive, user-friendly interface....