5 Multitasking Tips for Project Managers

Let’s start out with this: there’s really no such thing as multitasking. Our big, beautiful human brains, for all of their abilities, cannot pay attention to more than one cognitive task at a time. What’s more, a number of studies and experts (including this one) point out that when we rapidly flip back and forth...

How to Prepare a Plan to Introduce a New Product – Part 2

I know you have been waiting eagerly for the final three steps on how to prepare a plan to introduce a new product. While the first 4 steps focus on the theoretical planning stages of the plan, these 3 steps have everything to do with execution. And what is a good plan without a clear...

Six traits de caractère des chefs de projet qui réussissent

We all know that a project manager is the person who plans and executes a project, but what are the top traits of successful project managers? Whether your opinion has been formed by years of experience or the collective opinions of your clients and colleagues, your list likely includes a good mix of personality traits,...

What Project Managers Can Learn from Brexit

Last June, citizens of the UK voted to leave the European Union by a slim 51.9 percent. The decision immediately affected the UK’s economy and created an overall sense of fear and uncertainty about the future. While the Brexit vote might not seem like something we can learn a lot from in business, there are...

Top Qualities of an Effective Project Manager

What are the top qualities of an effective project manager? From setting clear expectations to having a comprehensive project management solution, we know a thing or two about what transforms a person from an ordinary project manager into an effective project leader. Being a project manager requires planning, organization and a strong dependency on the...

Dealing With Difficult Clients

Quite possibly the hardest part of any customer-based role, Project management included, is having to deal with clients who may be rude, angry or perhaps constantly changing their mind. Being able to deal with such clients, in an effective and resolute manner, is essential to the ultimate success of your projects. Even if you don’t...

Project management issue tracking

In the real world of project management — the one where waterfall diagrams don’t always fall, and critical paths aren’t always critical — I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that issue management skills determine project success as much as anything else. Show me a good project manager, and I’ll show you a good...

Scrum, Kanban, Lean or Waterfall… or maybe a combination?

Many organizations aspire to adopt agile processes such as Scrum, Kanban and even a combination like Scrumban to take advantage of the numerous benefits that they offer to an organization. Those benefits include, but are not limited to, quicker return on investment, better software quality, and higher customer satisfaction. As part of this shift, organizations...

Tips for Identifying Project Risks

En tant que chef de projet, vous pouvez être certain que sur presque chaque nouveau projet, quelque chose va mal tourner en cours de route. Vous ne savez peut-être pas ce que ce sera exactement - ressources indisponibles, conflits de calendrier, changements dans les exigences ou autre chose - mais il y a de fortes chances qu'au moins une partie de votre plan de projet se brise. Ce qui sépare la moyenne...

Planview AdaptiveWork as an alternative to MS Project

One of the things we asked ourselves when we founded Planview AdaptiveWork is why was MS Project so popular and so commonly used? The answer is simple; it’s available, affordable, and includes a very necessary set of Project Management features. The next question we asked was, “why is Excel even more popular and commonly used...