Project Schedules, Hamster Wheels, and Your Team's Hidden Superpower
"Failing to plan is planning to fail," - some sources attribute this saying to Winston Churchill, while others refer to Benjamin Franklin, or Alan Lakein, author on time management. Whoever the author really was, his succinct wisdom could help many project managers avoid costly mistakes. It seems that there are many project teams who suffer
The Ultimate Guide to IT PMOs
Companies with large IT departments and projects have complex needs that require advanced solutions. IT project management offices, also known as IT PMOs, offer oversight, guidance, and tools that will make your organization more productive and make it easier to scale. But what exactly is an IT PMO? What are the core IT PMO objectives and
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How to Create an Approval Process in Wrike
There are a few concrete business elements that remain consistent across all organizations, regardless of industry. Emails and meetings generally fall in that category. One element that is often overlooked but almost always takes up time is the approval process. Documents, deliverables, content, purchasing requests, etc. all need to go through an approval process to make
Project Management 2.0 Listed Among the Best Project Management Blogs
. The author of the post, Heather Buckley, is the director and co-founder of a British IT and business training provider, Silicon Beach Training. She picked bloggers who offer something unique and engaging on project management topics. It’s nice to see my Project Management 2.0 blog on the list! The abstract provided in the post
When to Use a Project Calendar vs. a Gantt Chart
With so many options, how can you identify which project scheduling tool best suits your needs? Here, we’ll break down the differences between a project calendar and a Gantt chart, as well as outline a few scenarios when each one is more suitable.
When Failure is the Key to Success: Lessons from Famous Flops (Infographic)
College dropouts, fired employees, bankrupt businesses. Even those people we perceive as the embodiment of success have experienced extreme lows—and used those experiences to fuel their future achievements. This infographic highlights 6 famous figures whose failures turned out to be temporary setbacks on the way to grand accomplishments, as well as tips to turn your own
Cutter IT Journal Features Project Management 2.0 Article
This time, the focus of the debate was the emerging, innovative approach to project management known as Project Management 2.0. The issue dedicated to this extremely interesting topic included articles by experienced project managers and influential researchers and analysts, including Andrew Filev, the CEO and founder of Wrike. Andrew's article
Project Management Templates: #PMChat on PM Templates Discussion Recap
Learn from the experts in this recap of the recent Project Management Twitter chat hosted by @PMChat. Topics include: Whether project managers have a standard set of templates for each project Recommendations about what to include in project status updates What types of templates PMs use for each project Project Management Templates: #PMChat on PM Templates Discussion Summary View more lists
5 Valuable Project Management Skills You Forgot About
Project managers have their work cut out for them — they must manage all the various project stakeholders and keep the project on track by successfully juggling and directing their roles and responsibilities. It's easy to get bogged down by office politics, looming deadlines, and last-minute project changes. As a project manager, focusing on professional development
Project Management 2.0 for Kindle Users
Many of you probably have already bought a Kindle, Amazon's original wireless reading device, or at least heard about it. I personally love the idea of this device. You don’t have to buy and carry along tons of books you want to read. It’s all there inside of a single gadget, and it is available
RACI Improved: Structuring Responsibilities with the Help of Project Management 2.0 Software
In one of my recent posts I wrote that using project management 2.0 software helps project manager guide his team’s work, delegate some of his initial duties and allocate roles and responsibilities so that they are clear to everybody on the team. Project management 2.0 tools also let one apply some traditional methodologies of structuring
5 Powerful Ways for a Project Manager<br> To Leverage Filters in Wrike
Running several projects, you need to track all the deadlines, adjust the schedule, report the progress to your superiors… What a headache! Fortunately, with Wrike project management software it takes just a couple of minutes to get the exact project perspective you need. Today, we want to share some special hints on filtering your tasks in
Top 5 Reasons for Project Failure and How to Avert Disaster
As a vendor of project management and collaboration software, we talk to a lot of project managers. And we've heard all too often that despite every obvious intention for a project to be successful, the reality is that sometimes things fall apart. My belief is that the more you are prepared to fail, the better suited
The Essential Guide to IT Ticketing Tools
If a problem crops up at work, who do you turn to for help? Technical issues are typically handled by teams known as the customer service desk, help desk, support team, service desk, and IT support. The information technology or IT team is important in every workplace, and especially in an IT project management setup. They
11 Ways To Use Social Media To Find Project Management Resources (or just about anything!)
The web is an amazing resource for education, research, and discovery - if you know where (and how) to look. Of course, running a search on Google (or your favorite search engine) is one option for finding resources on project management or any other topic you’re exploring. But “page 1” of any search results page
The Ultimate Guide to Project Management for Accountants
Welcome to the modern financial professional’s guide to project management for accountants. In this article, we’ll go in-depth into the benefits of using project management methods for every aspect of project-based accounting. We’ll also teach you what the challenges are and how to choose the best tool for your team. Why is project management for accountants