Your path to business agility
Project management—everyone is doing it in some shape or form. However, it’s no longer tied to a project manager title, but instead it’s a desired skill in many job descriptions. In fact, roughly 30% of people expected to manage projects don’t have a PM title.1 Here’s another interesting stat: 33% of workers claim to be...
In recent years, collaborative tools in the office have become the standard for inter-office communication among small businesses and enterprises alike. These tools can provide a lot of help to ensure that workplace collaboration goes smoothly and efficiently. Here are some of the best tools to use for smart, effective collaboration in the workplace: Set...
In today’s race to digital convergence, it’s becoming more imperative to engineer product innovation management into the development process. This is about more than coming up with good ideas. From a product development standpoint, Tech-Clarity defines “innovation” as “Developing, acquiring, or applying capabilities to meet market needs and developing those capabilities into new or greatly...
In software development, we’re always working to improve the way we plan, build and deliver software. The most popular ways we do this are often by applying automation, DevOps or Agile concepts – or a combination of all three. However, unless we have a traceable process, something is always going to get missed and/or we’ll...
The growth of internet and mobile communication technologies has made new employment opportunities possible, including the birth of a new remote workforce. This is beneficial for companies that can cut costs by reducing full-time, in-house employees and the many expenses they entail. Other benefits could include talent attraction, improved employee well-being and even increased productivity....
When you’re handling complex, multi-step projects, organization and prioritization can become a problem. As a project manager, it’s often easy to lose visibility of who’s working on what, and what’s being accomplished. On the flip side, as an employee, it can be difficult to prioritize and take ownership of your tasks. These issues lead to...
If workspace chaos is keeping your team from completing goals, and you’re looking for a way to plan and manage your team using less time and energy, the streamlined simplicity of a Gantt chart may be the answer for you. Let’s take a look at the basic ways you can start to manage information and...
In the modern American workplace, it’s becoming more and more common for team members to do the majority of their work at home. According to a study from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 25 percent of the American workforce works remotely at least part of the time. While this may seem like a blessing,...
If you’re an “accidental” project manager, you’re likely familiar with the stress and chaos that can come from being overworked and unorganized. You may have fallen into the role, unsure of what’s expected of you or where to start, and suddenly you’re juggling a million tasks and to-do lists. As a marketer myself, I can...
Consistency and visibility are crucial to running a business, providing an avenue for making well-informed decisions. However, many companies continue to be limited in both areas, overwhelmed by vast amounts of data. RBS understands this struggle, having relied on spreadsheets and multiple project and portfolio management tools with different information. This blog is a summary...
