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....
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...
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....
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...
Why creating a strategic plan is worth your time
Meeting organizational strategy goals is a key indicator of future project success. Without a strategic plan, businesses are left scrambling trying to put something...
What is a timeline creator and how they can help with...
Project managers are struggling to meet deadlines. A 2020 survey of 111 organizations revealed that only 29% completed a majority of their projects on time. Project...
A Project Charter guide to maximize productivity
Sometimes when you’re planning or managing projects, you can get caught up in the final result as opposed to establishing up-front processes to ensure everything is in...
Why you should consider a Timeline view to manage your...
No project can afford to go without a timeline. If you don’t have a timeline, how will you know how to schedule project activities? How will you know if you’re...
What does a project planner do?
Benjamin Franklin once said, “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” There’s no doubt that planning is a crucial step in every project, no...
The Top 20 Project Management Methodologies for 2024
Project management methodologies provide a consistent, structured approach to managing projects, reducing risks, and increasing the likelihood of project success. But...
Free Gantt chart: should you consider one?
Project managers are pretty divided when it comes to Gantt charts. A recent survey stated that 38% of respondents tend to ignore the Gantt chart feature of their project...
The conclusive guide to Gantt charts in 2020
Every project manager remembers the first time they saw a Gantt chart, and we probably all had the same reaction: A fun combination of confusion and dread. Color-coded...
How to manage design projects and ensure exceptional...
You might have an eye for design, but do you have a mind for management? You can have the greatest design team in the world, but if your project management is sloppy,...
PERT: everything you need to know in plain English
Q: What do a project management system and nuclear submarines have in common? A: A lot! In 1957, while secretly creating nuclear submarines, the United States Navy...
How to create a Gantt chart in Google Sheets
How many times have you started a project only to find yourself faced with task delays that ultimately force you to restructure the entire project? That’s why you have...