We are excited to announce the formalization of our Primavera P6 scheduling services. We’ve been helping clients who wished to outsource their Primavera P6 scheduling for a while now and have seen an increased demand for this popular
Managing Remote Workers
In today’s business world, teams are often a group of individuals who don’t work in the same office, don’t speak the same language when they are at home and perhaps don’t even work for the same employer. That’s one extreme of virtual teams. At the other end of the scale
Bringing New Staff Onboard
Because projects change as they move through the lifecycle, the project team changes too. You could start off with a strategically-focused team, preparing the business case and financial models. You will move into a delivery-based team
IT Portfolio Management For State And Local Government
In today’s tight economic times, State and local governments face challenges in effectively managing their IT investments. Specific problems include:
What is a Benefits Breakdown Structure?
How do you work out what benefits your project or program will deliver? In most cases project teams hold a brainstorming session and try to come up with ways that the deliverables will benefit the organization. You may be able to look back at the original
Gadget Ground Rules
It used to be the case that using gadgets like mobile phones in meetings was considered rude. You were supposed to put your laptop away and stop playing on your BlackBerry while someone else was talking. It was bad form to spend the
7 Scheduling Mistakes to Avoid
Scheduling Mistakes to Avoid Why we need to avoid common scheduling mistakes! Scheduling is one of the key things that an enterprise project management tool can help with. But however good the tool, it is only as useful as the data you enter in to it. Complex project schedules inevitably end up changing along the […]
Project Management Crossword
Today we are pleased to release our Project Management Crossword. This is for all you folks out there who want to test your project management knowledge and love crosswords. Just so you know, last year we published our Earned Value Management Crossword. It was very well received by many crossword enthusiasts in our industry. Since […]
What is Schedule Margin?
We’ve recently had a few situations where folks have asked us about Schedule Margin – what is it, how does it work and when do you use it? In short, Schedule Margin is a technique for managing schedule contingency. Schedule analysts use it to help ensure that either a certain milestone or an overall schedule’s completion is protected. The end objective can be accomplished
Bring Your Own Device: The New Trend
There’s a new trend amongst the project management population, and it’s one that businesses aren’t really ready for. Employees are shunning the corporate-issue mobile phones and using their own devices to access project data and collaboration tools. We’re in the era of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).