Team empowerment gives each member a say when the group is making decisions. This allows the team to organize and get things done. When a team is empowered, the hierarchy becomes flatter, and the gap between the manager and the team members is reduced, to the advantage of the project Read more
One of the most effective skills you possess is efficient time and resource management. When you know how to manage your time and resources well, you know you will excel in your tasks. Here are 10 tips to keep your tasks, time and resources under control: 1. Setting Goals: When you Read more
Project management has a lot of moving parts. You’ve got to set objectives and deadlines, manage people and track their progress, not to mention dealing with unexpected hurdles and challenges. Unless you have a solid plan on how to run your project, you’ll soon find that nobody in the team Read more
Project management software helps your team improve their effectiveness. This software is used to track the implementation, progress, and completion of a project or series of projects, and it becomes a great medium to share knowledge by encouraging and facilitating proper documentation throughout the organization. As the adage says, different Read more
As a project manager, how do you delegate project tasks? How do you remind your team who is responsible for what? How do you ensure your project stays on course and is completed on time? Maybe you’re a wizard when it comes to communication, staying on top of other people’s Read more
When project management comes to mind, a lot of people simply consider it as a method to starting and completing a project. While this may be true, project management usually encompasses much more. We often see big companies take on new projects, announce an expected time frame, and more often Read more
Project management methodologies are the tools that allow project managers to guide their team members through a project from initiation to completion effectively and efficiently. They are designed to maximize the use of resources and time. While there are numerous project management strategies and methodologies out there, all of them Read more
Project Managers have to deal, not only with time, resources and budget, but also with people. Most projects have a team assigned to them, and being able to keep everybody on board is one of the biggest challenges of PM. We’ll take a look at 3 main skills that will Read more
Project Managers are like octopuses: they need 8 hands to do everything they have to do to manage their projects properly and keep everything under control. But even if they had 8 hands, there are common problems that arise during the project planning and execution phases. Problems that are difficult Read more
New project: sounds scary, right? Who are the team members? What resources do we need? When is the due date? Do we have a PM software? …and so many other questions to ask and the project hasn’t even started. If you are a project manager, or want to be one, Read more