This detailed guide will help new project managers get up and running in no time. You'll learn the basics of project planning, initiation, execution, management and reporting.
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How to Write a Project Status Report. Free Checklist
Those project status update meetings are every manager's worst nightmare. Team members arrive late or not at all, technology for presentations fail, or agreements and agendas can't be reached...
12 Project Management Software Considerations for your Business
A comprehensive list of critical criteria for selecting project management software. The post 12 Project Management Software Considerations for your Business appeared first on Blog | Project...
Project Intake Best Practices for Project Managers
Project intake can have its challenges. Project managers often receive project requests in various ways, like instant messages, email, phone, or even through conversation from the elevator to the...
4 Solutions to Common Professional Services PM Pain Points
Here’s a common scenario for professional services team leaders: Another work week has begun and you received a calendar invite for a Wednesday executive update meeting. You already know you’re...
Industries That Benefit Most From Project Management Software
Project management tools are versatile and can help all industries. Below is a list of the most common industries that utilize PM software and how it benefits their specific needs.
5 Ways to Create A Positive Work Culture for Remote Teams
With the switch to remote work, it is imperative that your positive culture remains in effect so your team can continue to feel motivated and produce quality work.
8 Work From Home Productivity Tools
Here’s a list of 8 tools for remote work that our team uses and recommends for teams working from home.
What are Project controls? Why are they so important in project management and how to deal with them!
Saving time and money during project planning and execution is akin to eating when you are hungry; it’s something you plainly need to do to grow and survive. If you are unfamiliar with how project...
How to estimate project time and resources
How to estimate project time and resources When a Project Manager is presented with a project and asked “Can you do this?”, “How long it will take?”, “How much resources will you require?” his...
Alternatives to MS Project: Why cloud-based project management software like Easy Projects is becoming a strong alternative to MS Project
As far back as in 1984, Microsoft revolutionized the project management (PM) field by introducing their Microsoft Project application. Indeed, Project’s innovative approach to developing a plan...
1:06What are Project Milestones? — Episode 36
Project milestones are an important tool to gauge the early success and progression of your project. In Episode 36, we'll break down the basics of using project milestones. Learn more about effec
What is a Project Baseline?
Even new or accidental project managers know that nothing ever goes according to plan. Any deviation from the project schedule or scope, whether it’s for the better or for the worse, throws off...
1:12WBS: Work Breakdown Structure in Project Management — Episode 35
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is your powerful tool to make your projects manageable and successful. In Episode 35, you'll learn the basics of "WBS", also known as "work breakdown structure". Lear
Why a top-notch Project Manager should first and foremost be an effective Change Manager
Over the past several decades, project management as a discipline has gained a lot of attention. While first developed specifically for use in the construction industry, project management as a...
2:54What is Change Management? — Episode 33
Change Management is about making sure that organizational changes are adopted by everyone. In Episode 33 you'll learn about the steps that project managers need to take to successfully manage chang
4 must-have leadership skills that will lead any Project Manager to success
Leadership skills are to a project manager as claws are to a lion: yeah, you could maybe survive in the jungle without them for some time, but you will be severely disadvantaged, and catch less...
How project management software can improve every stage of your marketing project
Project management software (PM software) is the contemporary incarnation of the practice of project management. While projects have been executed by humans since time immemorial (you could say...
2:21Lean Project Management: Eliminating Waste — Episode 32
In this Episode 32, we'll talk about six principles of Lean Project Management and features of Lean processes. Learn more about effective project management on our website: https://goo.gl/xarG1o Wat
5 questions that you should contemplate before starting a project
In a lot of different scenarios, there are more people getting affected by the outcome of a successful or failed project, than just the project manager and his or her team. In some extreme cases,...