How to Manage Project Budgets: Four Tips

Managing a project may seem easy, but learning how to manage project budgets takes a special mix of education and experience. A project that falls out of scope can not only put the project in danger, but risks the reputation of you, your team and the company you work for. When it comes time for...

What is SaaS Project Management?

Any project manager wants the enterprise they work for to be successful, but they can’t be successful without software that works to its peak ability. For this reason, it’s essential to ensure that software and product updates are efficiently and seamlessly integrated so they can utilize updated, streamlined features. SaaS project management, or the delivery...

The Advantages of Change

Winston Churchill once said: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” At the end of the day, change creates opportunity. The problem is in our attitude towards change, whether we treat it negatively or we welcome it and accept it. The majority of people become used to their “stream of...

The Main Causes of Conflict Between Project Team Members

Although the primary job of a project manager shouldn’t be to play referee, when team members are closely collaborating, there is always potential for conflict. As ideas are shared, priorities laid out and responsibilities established, every now and then a project manager can expect some push back. Understanding the main causes of conflict between team...

The Zombie PMO Outbreak [Infographic]

Warning! The Zombie-PMO apocalypse is here. Executives are expecting more from PMOs than ever. They must drive digital transformation and fuel growth strategies by delivering complex programs across the organization at speed. But there is one problem…PMOs are finding it very hard to adapt. PMOs can no longer focus on standardization, governance, or control when...

5 ways technology has changed project management

Technology has made a lot of things in life easier, but how has it affected project management? To put it simply, it has changed it in every conceivable way. Advances in software, hardware, communication technology and other areas have transformed the world of project management over the last 20 or 30 years, and things are...

Five Technologies That Can Improve Project Management

In today’s complex, technologically advanced business environment, project managers have a distinct advantage. In the past five years alone, there has been a solid increase in technologies that were built to enhance and reorganize project development with greater synchronicity, making a project manager’s job simpler, more intuitive and more easily adaptable to the ever-changing technological...

How to Measure the Ongoing Effectiveness of Your Team

The most successful project managers know that to keep a team on track they must find the most operative way to continuously measure their performance and more importantly—their effectiveness. Just as there are an endless variety of projects and tasks, there are countless ways in which you can choose to measure team performance. Measuring team...

Daily, Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports: Why They Matter

While not necessarily the most awesome part of a project journey, the importance of progress report making is undeniable. They cut through the haze of project progress and give the project manager clear visibility of what’s actually happening. They are like a glass-bottomed boat cruising along the course of the project, letting you see every...

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Project Portfolio Management

The primary objective of project management is to assess a job and break it out into digestible tasks to accomplish a set goal. The ability to manage a project and see it through from conception to completion is generally a skillset that is learned through experience. A successful PM has the ability to look at...