Millennials and project management – a complex issue

Guest Post by James D. Burbank, BizzMarkBlog Those who consider themselves voracious consumers of business-oriented publications and online articles have probably noticed an extraordinary amount of text being dedicated to millennials, their traits, their wishes and dreams, and their place in the modern world of business. If we are being honest, one does not even...

Santa’s Workshop – A Planview AdaptiveWork Success Story

Company Overview Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply “Santa” is a figure with legendary, historical and folkloric origins. In many Western cultures, he is said to bring gifts to the homes of good children on the 24th of December – the night before Christmas Day. Santa’s workshop is the workshop where Santa Claus is said to make the toys and...

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...

Sex egenskaper hos framgångsrika projektledare

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...