No business can operate in isolation. To gain sustainable success, it’s essential to know how you are performing and how your competitors are performing. This allows you to compare your progress against your own projections and against industry averages. Competitive benchmarking is a practice that allows you to make accurate comparisons with other companies operating [...]
The Guggenheim Museum, The Tokyo Sky Tree, Sydney Opera House. These are just some examples of architecture outstanding enough to take our breath away. As we marvel at their incredible lines and majestic geometries, we may not consider the sophisticated project management systems that bring these buildings to life. The reality is that all architectural [...]
You’ve heard it before: time is money. For a lot of employees, however, time can be, well, annoying – especially when tracking it. This is because time tracking often conjures up images of an old-fashioned punch-card system or a micromanaging boss in a stifling office climate. Others may see it as additional work where they [...]
Engineering is a highly technical field that involves the construction of roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, bridges, sewage systems, and more. Not only does the complex nature of such projects make it difficult to reach goals on time and within budget, constantly changing requirements from clients, extreme weather conditions, and immense pressure from stakeholders make it [...]
A Kanban board is a project management tool designed to help employees visualize their workflow with cards, columns, colors, icons, and other visual cues. It’s simple and a good way to keep everyone on the same page, which is more important now than ever with remote working on the rise. Most teams that use a [...]
During a normal day at work (or from home), you’ve got calls to answer, emails to reply to and meetings or virtual meetings to attend. All of this, while some ‘’less’’ important tasks may pile up. And deciding what deserves your attention can quickly become overwhelming. By implementing prioritization strategies, you will surely change the [...]
There is a good chance that you are reading this article from your work-from-home office... Due to the current situation, many employees just like you have chosen to work from home (WFH) while these uncertain times settle down. Before the pandemic, probably not everyone was up to the task of working remotely. Remote workplaces used [...]
Even for the most seasoned project managers, handling complex projects can be overwhelming. Which tasks are needed? How do you define roles? What is the most efficient way to create a list of deliverables? What about organizing timelines? Scheduling meetings? Establishing a budget? When it comes to the success of a project, clarity is key. [...]
One of the most important aspects of a project manager’s job is choosing the right project management software. It might sound simple. They all do the same stuff, right? Wrong. Or more like Ish. As a rule, they claim to have similar features but the real, I-got-your-back-news is that not all of them are created [...]
Speculate to accumulate, so the old saying goes. Businesses deal with risk every day, but some are better than others at doing so. Read on to discover the five main strategies of project management risk mitigation. There is always a risk in pursuing any business strategy. Organizations with long term innovation programs are especially vulnerable [...]
