What is a Project Plan? How to Write One + 5 Ready-Made Templates
Learn how to write a project plan and a technology that will make each stage of the process easier.
15 Best Project Management Software for 2024
Let us introduce you to our extensive research and reviews on project management software. Search or skim our list to quickly understand each software’s top...
What is a Gantt Chart? Pros, Cons, Examples +...
A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that shows a project’s planned schedule and its tasks or events over time. Each bar in the Gantt chart represents a task, while...
What is Project Management? The Complete Guide [2024]
Efficient project management is a must-have when delivering projects on time, within budget, and satisfying all stakeholders. But what does best-practice project...
How to visually organize projects using Kanban software
To Do. Doing. Done. In its most simple form, those are the three categories of a traditional Kanban board. But how can you use one to improve your personal or team...
How to create a project communication plan
As a project manager, communicating with your team isn’t always simple. Team members work remotely, from multiple locations, or on different schedules. A project...
Project charter templates: definition & how to use
Project charters get a bad rap in many organizations. It’s just another daunting part of a project’s bureaucratic approval process, right? Wrong. Many might...
Busy but not productive? Reclaim your day with better...
Your workday begins with checking your email. There are 50 unread messages in your inbox, plus another handful on Slack. Before you can finish reading and responding to...
Agile vs. Waterfall methodology: What’s the...
Agile and Waterfall are two popular project management styles that use radically different methods to reach a successful project outcome. Agile is lean and flexible with...
How to ensure exemplary project deliverables every time
So many projects deliverables. So (very) little time. As the number of projects and their accompanying deliverables continue to rise and time remains constant (still...
Building a purpose-driven culture with agile teams
In every organization, there is a big-picture vision and big-picture goals that push everyone to work hard and bring the whole team together. And then, there are the...
A deep dive into the 6 Agile estimation techniques...
Ask a software developer to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar and you’ll probably get some kind of algorithmic reasoning and a frustratingly accurate response....
Project implementation: the end-all guide
Effective project management is like directing a play. There’s a lot of “behind-the-scenes” work leading up to the actual performance. Directors need to cast the...
What you need to know about the RACI matrix (+...
It seems like there’s always a new fad or way to make teams more productive and efficient, so it’s hard to keep up with all the new matrices and...
5 project management strategies to stay on track
Truth be told, projects cannot be willed into existence. It takes more than a good idea and drive to manage projects, achieve strategic goals, and deliver the project...
The newbie’s guide to IT project management
Gulp. You just landed your first project as an IT project manager. IT project management means overseeing the implementation and management of hardware and software...
Forget the iron triangle. Here’s what you should...
Ahh, the good ole iron triangle. A classic in the project management world, the iron triangle is comprised of three constraints: scope, time and cost. It’s lived...
Why transparency is crucial for modern project...
Behind every successful project is a formulated checklist, copious amounts of coffee, and an organized project manager, if not several. Compelling project managers are...
[Webinar] Streamlining the project management lifecycle
For project managers, coordinating across multiple teams, establishing priorities, aligning goals, and managing resources throughout the different project life cycle...
4 rules for Gantt charts every manager needs to know
We haven’t always been what you would call “pro-Gantt chart”. The concept took some warming up to for a lot of us here at monday.com. Why? Because traditionally,...
4 Project management templates every PM needs
As a Project Manager, it can feel like you need eyes in the back of your head and an extra set (or two) of hands just to get everything aligned. With scattered...
Keep scope creep from undermining your project
Scope creep can happen to even the most diligent workers. “We fell deeper and deeper into redeveloping existing code—timelines got extended, we missed our deadline,...
Developing a strategic plan for your PMO
In talking about the challenges project management offices (PMOs) face in doing effective strategic planning, Mark Price Perry recalls a conversation he’s had hundreds...
How blockchain will change project management
If you think about blockchain, it’s usually in relation to cryptocurrency, like bitcoin, where the technology ensures secure, speedy, identity-protected transactions...
Project management trends reshaping how we work
As new trends in project management (PM) are reshaping how the the job is handled, they are also redefining the profession—the growth of its importance within an...