Often, a product owner and a product manager may be a part of a project team. Both positions play an important role in a project, sometimes with a crossover of responsibility. Overall, though, these...
As a project manager, it can be all too easy to run over the original cost of a project. Even when the original budget is created properly, improper planning and disorganization can lead to...
Everything you do in your project accounts for some form of cost. The more time you take, the more wages you have to pay. The same goes when you add manpower and scope. But...
One popular definition of project management is the practice of planning, allocating, and adjusting resources to efficiently and sustainably achieve project goals. Companies with more mature PM practices, such as those using project management...
Construction projects have many moving parts that include people, equipment, and materials, as well as the activities that bring all these parts together. It is critical for construction projects to have a solid plan...
Companies that embark on digital transformation are switching their business processes from manual, paper-based systems to automated, electronic systems. As these companies migrate their invoices, expense reports, purchase orders, employee forms, and other physical...
Planning a new project and getting organized for kickoff and beyond is a big undertaking for a project manager. It is where a majority of the work takes place, with the goal of getting...
When a business is clear about its purpose, it is more likely to succeed because it can concentrate all its efforts into fulfilling that purpose. It’s the same way with project management. When your...
An important and required responsibility connected to running a successful project is writing and delivering useful and comprehensive project status reports. Everyone, including project team members, stakeholders, management and CIO or CEO-level sponsors will...
Sales professionals use customer relationship management (CRM) software to keep track of their prospects and clients. It stores and organizes client information, sends reminders and automated emails, facilitates team communication, tracks performance, and generates...
