LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Project management methods have evolved for centuries, from records at the Pyramid at Giza to rebuilding London churches after the Great Fire of London in 1666, to the Great Western Railway. The best-known modern methods of managing projects efficiently are: The Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s .

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APRIL 21, 2022

One year ago today, on April 22nd, 2021, LiquidPlanner launched its next-generation project management software! The reason for this complete redesign was to fundamentally improve the way people manage their projects and teams in a simplified and scalable way. What other pain points have we solved?

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JUNE 13, 2022

These feelings are sometimes our reality in the project management world. We dread that next call from our customer, the project management office leader, or a company executive looking for answers or updates on our latest project. We can dread the inevitable fire drills that come with being a project manager.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 27, 2022

In honor of National Superhero Day on April 28th, this article gives tips on how we can rise to “superhero status” as project managers. In order to hit the mark, here are the three things a hero project manager must do: Execute with speed (Deliver the project on time). These are all common goals of project managers in any organization.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 15, 2022

Project management software is like comfy underwear: it gives you the foundation for everything else. In short, your firm needs project management software. Project management software is your not-so-secret weapon. Project management software removes the need for endless spreadsheet updates.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 4, 2023

When properly developed and proactively managed, project teams and project managers can feel confident they will be successful. I have led projects for more than 30 years and continually improve my project management skills to help project teams be successful. Maybe in terms of a task or perhaps a phase or the whole project.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Think your project management clients are your business’ bread and butter? From workflow creation to briefing to internal scheduling, provide your team with software that can help them streamline all project operations. Whenever possible, implement business process automation to help your team automate manual, repetitive tasks.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 29, 2022

But for project managers who don’t know basic programming or coding, you’re in the right place. Ready to learn more about the basics of an API and why it’s a critical feature for project management software? Application refers to any software with distinct functionality. . What does an API do?

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For example, when ordering features for our development roadmap at LiquidPlanner, we consider several things: How it will benefit existing customers. While objectives are an effective way to capture high-level priorities of an organization, they often lack sufficient detail and are rarely translated into finite projects and tasks.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 17, 2022

The method was flawed, the financial group was only worried about cutting costs, management did not make a full commitment, there was not enough training. Using LiquidPlanner as a Logical Tool to Address These Problems. “The time it takes to complete a task that always varies, except tasks in Project Management software.”

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 29, 2022

In celebration of National “ I Am In Control Day ” we thought it would be fun to explore the dynamics of “control” that we experience as project managers. In project management, a whole sub-profession of Project Controllers came about for a reason. This software also shows how changing priorities affect project timelines immediately.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, “a team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal.” Companies use LiquidPlanner’s technology to scale their work.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 13, 2022

Software like LiquidPlanner makes it easy to create an action plan against your goals. LiquidPlanner helps you estimate timelines by listing tasks and then applying ranged estimations. It’s equally important to make those career or organizational progress even when project tasks seem to be taking over.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 5, 2022

If you manage to balance personal responsibilities alongside work, it will be the difference between just getting by and thriving—at work, at home, everywhere. One of the best ways to make sure you don’t have too much work on your plate is to estimate the time to complete each task. Estimate your time. This could be a tricky issue.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 31, 2022

Project portfolio management (PPM) is much more complex than project management. Well, a project manager may be responsible for one project in the company. Whereas a project portfolio manager needs to keep an eye on all projects across the organization’s portfolio.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 26, 2022

Your organization probably has people doing project management. More and more people are involved in project-based work, even if they don’t have the job title ‘project manager.’ Regardless of your job role, project management skills will ensure you succeed. But many job roles need those skills, not just project managers. .

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 3, 2023

Both project (PM) and portfolio management (PPM) are core processes for driving growth in many businesses – large and small. Project Management vs Portfolio Project Management One of the best ways to visualize the difference between PM and PPM is to put yourself at sea on a boat.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 27, 2022

To effectively lead a project to completion, I think we agree that many soft skills are needed to manage a project team and timelines successfully. Being an effective communicator is Job One for the Project Manager. If this is a problem you’re facing, try a project management solution like LiquidPlanner.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’ve written before about the top project management prioritization issues faced by teams. There are always peaks and troughs in project work, and planning intelligence helps you improve prioritization on projects you manage to your advantage. Track progress and manage your team’s time. Common alignment challenges.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Increasing visibility ensures everyone involved in the project understands what the objectives are for the work and their personal role in meeting this goal – and managers spend a lot of time trying to achieve that. A work management software tool can help, but only if everyone looks at it.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There are peaks and troughs in every workload, but when you’re struggling to keep all the balls in the air, how do you manage competing priorities? Competing priorities are where you have multiple tasks or projects to work on, and they all seem important. Why is it important to manage competing deadlines?

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APRIL 2, 2018

People are gradually becoming more interested in project management as an independent topic and as a possible career. But through this clutter, how easy is it to find the most valuable blog feeds out there? Finding the best ones to follow can be a difficult and time-consuming task considering their growing number.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 31, 2022

Project management has been a job since the Egyptians mapped out plans for pyramids – and probably before that too. I’ve been around project management most of my professional career, which has given me over 20 years on the job. As project managers, we need tools that empower us to lead our projects. Thank goodness. .

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

If you’ve worked on projects for a while, you’ll know that making sure the right people are focusing on the right tasks at the right time is a perennial challenge. Resource management is the art and science of making sure people are deployed to the tasks that need their attention at any given moment. That’s quite a list!

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 29, 2022

Many of us may not have a healthy relationship with time management. I don’t manage my time well enough. I was a lousy worker/parent/student because I didn’t do this task today. I’ve succumbed to the idea that I only have a ‘good’ day if I have checked enough tasks off my to-do list. Struggling with perfectionism?

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 2, 2022

The key – to the best profitability, project success, growth, and customer retention – is to use best practices in managing complex projects with limited resources. Let’s consider some of these common startup miss-steps when managing projects. Be realistic about time management. Not investing in project management tools.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? That’s largely down to consistent use of user stories, story points and breaking down stories into tasks with hour-based estimates. The work to estimate effectively requires teams to know a lot about what the task actually is.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 17, 2022

Most days for project managers can be fairly similar. And if you like to lead initiatives, there is plenty of room for that when managing complex projects. Teams and project managers can be overbooked and overwhelmed with their workload, juggling too many priorities to finish tasks in time. Analyze the day.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software is a critical tool for teams who need help managing complex projects and priorities across their organization. This software isn’t just critical for enterprise organizations, but any company that manages shared resources and has complex projects with succession planning components.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 9, 2020

They are experts in the field, but they are really bad at forecasting time, work effort, and even identifying the tasks that need to be completed. But without any guidance from them about how long things will take, we are at risk of my management team deciding on a delivery date for us. Are the tasks the same?

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 30, 2018

The result might go something like this: Software dev manager: “I need a burndown chart; this Gantt chart tells me nothing.”. Biz dev manager: “Burndown chart—where am I going to get that?”. Scheduling tools don’t always mix and match sprint-based and phase-based tasks. Project structures match the way you work.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When I asked my wife about the theme for this article, she rolled her eyes with wonder on how I could geek out so much on project management. In my experience, project leaders do not accurately estimate tasks, they fail to set clear priorities, and do not realistically plan for unexpected but likely changes that always seem to emerge.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

If one reads the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (or as the cognoscenti call it, PMI’s PMBOK) you’d think there was just one way to be a project manager; a heavily waterfall approach that the cool kids think is old fashion. You can also read books and blogs (like the LiquidPlanner blog!),

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2022

But when you ask most project management professionals what the number one challenge is, they will, almost certainly, say time. In my book, The Lazy Winner 1 , I challenge the thinking of individuals when it comes to time management and the allocation of their busy work schedules. Is there a compelling reason for doing a task or not?

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 14, 2022

Do you ever feel like this same kind of madness is reflected in your project and portfolio management? Portfolio management is the practice, the science and the art of balancing investments and resources between a group of multiple projects. The right project portfolio management tool will help you ensure that isn’t happening.

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MARCH 31, 2022

I am telling this story because a lot of the chaos of daily project management can sometimes feel like April Fools pranks. It may be helpful to break the project into smaller tasks and assignments to estimate project deliverables and resource needs better. My bed, my dresser, chairs, and table… literally everything.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Today, we know that if someone has a low level of self-awareness, isn’t able to manage their emotions well and finds it difficult to relate to others, they won’t be as successful nor be looked upon as a great leader. . An emotionally unregulated project manager might instantly get angry and openly display that anger.

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