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Overview Presentation Craft is a product management platform built for product managers. Designed by product managers, it provides a comprehensive, streamlined, and intuitive platform for planning and managing products. Product managers usually work with different stakeholders, having to shift also between workflows, work stages and tools. Dealing with a mixture of spreadsheets, presentations, wireframes, bug trackers, and other tools frequently leaves the product manager depleted of energy and exasperated. Craft presents an agile way to build …

Leaders, regardless of personal style and skills, should have a personal management and maintenance plan. Just like a vehicle needs maintenance every 10,000 miles or a machine needs care and attention to keep it running smoothly, or a project needs a review at the end of each phase, leaders need some type of leadership maintenance check. Even if things appear to be going well, we schedule check-ups for our cars, equipment we use, and even …

It’s still common practice not to kill non-productive projects. In 2019, managers must still be aware of these nine lame excuses not to stop projects and be sensitive not to overload their organisation. The Harvard Business Review article about root causes of project overload reminded me why organisations lose money. As my own doctoral research shows, one of the most common causes of money waste is too many projects for the resources available in a company. The immediate solution to the problem …

Overview Presentation Bricks is an online project management software designed for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) projects. Architecture projects are long, complex, and involve a great number of participants and teams. Most of these projects follow a traditional workflow of communication, such as long meetings, phone calls, and emails, which are all time consuming. They usually result in coordination problems. Unfortunately, construction projects are very costly to fix, and often impact the architectural quality of the …

A Short History In 2007, IT consultant Patrick Debois took an assignment with the Belgian government to help with data center migrations. Patrick is a systems administrator, project manager, and agile practitioner, whose role in the migration project was focused on certification and readiness testing. This required him to work with both the application development team and the operations team. His experience was difficult and frustrating because of the walls of separation, the lack of cohesion, …

Overview Presentation Unito is a project management tools integrator that enables the connection between and among tools. It automatically synchronizes work items, such as projects, tasks, issues, cards, or to-dos between different online software for greater collaboration. Now, it is possible for users to work with their favorite tool and still be able to collaborate with others who are using different applications. They do not have to switch between applications. And they can use filters to …

Every field brings its share of “you’re-not-gonna-like-this” news. The global construction industry, like most businesses, is undergoing a transition from old ways to the new, technology-improved ways of carrying on business as usual. For over three decades, the industry has seen a myriad issues pop to the landscape—whether it’s labour inefficiencies alarming firms to underperforming projects, or longer haul systemic issues where many businesses still don’t adopt technology for easing on-site workflows. Depending on where you are in your construction career, you’ll feel the ripples, …

Overview Presentation Sciforma is an enterprise project and portfolio management software that helps businesses maximize project benefits while reducing risks. It is an end-to-end solution with multiple features focused on the areas of strategic management, functional management, and execution management. The whole organization, from the project team, the PMO, to the top decision makers, is able to use a flexible platform that enables them to drive innovation, enable change, and successfully achieve digital transformation. It works …

Before we present the components of a project charter, we are happy to announce that we have partnered with Master of Project Academy to bring you a real Project Charter Template you can download. They offer 50 Project Management Templates, and one of them is a Project Charter Template. Introduction Every CI (Continuous Improvement) event or project starts with a Project Charter. The PMBOK book says you start with Stakeholder identification before you make a charter. This document …

Before we present our article about the types of risk, we are happy to announce that we have partnered with Master of Project Academy to bring you a real Risk Management Plan Template you can download. They offer 50 Project Management Templates, and one of them is a Risk Management Plan Template. Most Common Project Risks Cost risk, typically escalation of project costs due to poor cost estimating accuracy and scope creep. Schedule risk, the risk …