ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Monday is a matchup made for project management professionals. Asana vs. Monday are both similar project management tools. They have features, such as project tracking, workflow automation and other standard project management software features. Which one to choose? It’s difficult. Fair enough.

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ProProfs Project Management

JUNE 13, 2019

Managing a web design team is no easy thing to do. Setting up a web design process requires thorough planning and management. A project manager needs to make sure that their team won’t miss the deadlines, won’t blow the budget, and won’t struggle with cooperation and communication in the process.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2023

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. What Is a Project Management Consultant?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

There are many ways to approach a project. Over the years, people have developed different project management styles or methodologies. Common Project Management Styles We’ve whittled down the many different project management styles and settled on what are the most common.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re working on a design project, wait. It’s similar to a project brief, only focused on design. Projects can’t be idle and exploratory endeavors. Design projects are no different, which is why a design brief is so important. Design Brief vs. Creative Brief. Before you start you need to have a design brief.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2024

Then I’ll show you a worked example (from a fictional proposal but you will be able to see how to apply this to your project). A proposal budget is similar to a project budget, but with a very different goal. For more on how to create a project budget, this article has all the info you need.)

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2023

Leadership can take many forms, from historical figures to project managers and business managers. They all lead their teams to successful ends by providing them with the direction, confidence, tools and resources that they need. But what are the qualities of a leader? Get started for free.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s why you assemble a team, each expert in their own field. They need to lead the project, have a big-picture vision and not get bogged down in the weeds. Delegating work gives everyone the work they were trained to do and frees the leader for greater responsibility, such as strategic thinking, coaching teams and more.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work. If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. What Are Project Meetings? Types of Project Meetings.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 11, 2022

Let’s face it, you want to execute your project well but you don’t want to spend a lot of money doing it. It’s a way to look at your project, whether it’s project management, construction or manufacturing, and figure out how to execute it for the best value. Creative Phase. Information Phase.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Marketing plans manage research, design and copywriting, digital and print production, plus so much more. Managing all those marketing assets is challenging. Get a headstart on your next marketing project by using these 10 free marketing templates for Excel and Word. Creative Brief Template. Marketing Plan Template.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 11, 2023

ClickUp is project management software that promotes itself as “the one app to replace them all.” Its customizable features make it a good fit for agile project management, and it’s well-suited for distributed teams who are not working side-by-side in an office. Why Seek a ClickUp Alternative?

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Wrike

MAY 15, 2018

After months scrambling to finish projects at the last minute, wasting hours searching for feedback buried in your inbox and missing one too many deadlines, you’ve had it. Being the resourceful problem solver you are, you found a solution: project management software. The Creative Request Process Is Too Complicated.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

What is the future of project management? Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Does Project Management Have a Future? So will we need ‘professional’ project managers in the future?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But with a traditional project management methodology, such as waterfall, you set everything up first and then you’re stuck with it. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. What Is Rolling Wave Planning?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if project team members were engaged with their work, leapt at the opportunity to hit their milestones and proactively progressed their tasks without you having to chase them? If leading your team feels like you need to constantly prod them to get stuff done, perhaps you have an employee engagement problem.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

Agile is not a mere indulgence; it is a more innovative and more efficient way to navigate the intricacies of delivering products and services , particularly when the products or services being developed require creativity and complex problem-solving to deliver them. Some may perceive Agile as a cost center rather than a value maximizer.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Project managers are pressured to deliver projects quickly. Sponsors think their project managers are magicians. Let us explore ways to compress project schedules and manage the associated risks. The project manager and the team must break down the project into pieces.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 16, 2020

In this webinar for PMI Phoenix Chapter, I talk about how to reframe your work and stay on top of your To Do list with creative strategies for managing everything — even when it feels like everything is a priority. Project managers are busier than ever. Could I do a webinar for your Chapter?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

So our best course of action is to prepare a risk mitigation plan so that we can manage those risks that are the most dangerous to our organization effectively before they have the opportunity to negatively impact us. Assign the risk to team members, add priority, level of risk, response, impact and more. What Is Risk Mitigation?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2023

Most organizations use project names as they’re a quick way to remember projects and programs. Some project managers think those names should describe a project’s purpose or its main goals, while others simply choose cool or catchy project names to lighten up the mood in the organization.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 14, 2021

Have you ever gotten stuck trying to schedule a project? It’s the project management equivalent of writer’s block, and it can majorly slow down your planning. This is best executed with the help of project scheduling software. The project is planned specifically so that it doesn’t go over schedule.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 6, 2022

Visual project management is simply using graphics, pictures, graphs and charts to display project information. Mine is definitely lists, but I use a lot of visual tools like Vizzlo for creating images that help my stakeholders understand the project environment. Why visual project management matters.

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Productivity Land

APRIL 23, 2024

According to HBR, companies that say yes to this kind of strategic portfolio management saw a 35% boost in projects hitting their targets and business aims. Strategic Portfolio Management Software So, how does strategic portfolio management software fit into the mix?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 30, 2022

A program director is an essential position that oversees projects. A program director is a part of the upper-management tier in an organization. They do everything from monitoring the budget to creating community programs to supervising other managers and developing better business practices.

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The Lazy Project Manager

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We have all experienced an amazing transformation in the last year, one which has, in many ways, accelerated changes that we already beginning to happen, in the way we work, where we work and how we work as part of a team. Creating a Common Collective for Distributed Teams. The following is a guest article from my friends at CROOW.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A project timeline is a visual representation of the tasks that make up the project, showing the sequence of events and key dates. Let’s be clear: I’m not talking about a detailed project Gantt chart, PERT chart or a flow chart. What do you need to create a project timeline? Longer projects can be split by quarters.

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Inloox

JANUARY 5, 2022

Professionalization of project management & increasing demand for project managers. Lifelong learning & knowledge management. Organizations, especially managers, need to be prepared for this. That means you have to lead and manage your team differently than before.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 25, 2022

Better project engagement can lead to better outcomes. In the project management world, we’re boldly aware of how crucial team synergy is to the project at large. . No project team has time for that. . So what’s a project leader to do? . 3 Project-based questions to ask your team .

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Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2023

A central feature of the Scrum framework is the concept of a cross-functional team. Let's explore this topic in an agile software development context. Traditional project management approaches often organize teams based on specialized roles and responsibilities.

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nTask

JANUARY 13, 2021

This is where you can use different project management software to help you manage your marketing strategy and keep you on top of all your tasks. However, with so many project management software to choose from, the decision can become quite daunting and confusing.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The project management landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, with generative AI emerging as a game-changer. IIL’s course offerings delve into the “how” of generative AI solutions, providing a roadmap for organizations looking to integrate this technology into their project management workflows.

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Wrike

APRIL 11, 2024

Workflow automation allows you to remove the roadblocks creative teams face, so they can focus on what they do best: creating. When you automate the repetitive admin and communication tasks that pile up during a project, you ease the bottlenecks that slow the workflow down. The first tool on the list is Wrike.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2021

I like doing the communication bits of projects, and when I worked on a large software rollout there was plenty of opportunity to create buy in and engagement through communication. In this article, I’ll share a project management case study: a time when we used creative solutions for project comms and got creative with video.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to the annual State of Agile report from Digital AI, Scrum adoption surged from 58% to an impressive 87% of Agile teams between 2020 and 2022. Many Scrum teams are improving their adoption of Scrum by adopting complimentary practices such as ideas common to Kanban, like limiting work in progress and adopting a pull system.

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Proofhub

APRIL 11, 2024

The scenario is this: You’re a project manager tasked with overseeing a crucial project. Your team is talented, the goals are clear, and the deadline is set. Without streamlined communication channels and efficient collaboration tools, even the most well-planned projects can quickly spiral out of control.

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Function Point

APRIL 13, 2023

Here at Function Point (FP), we are constantly working with creative firms, advertising agencies and digital agencies to define internal processes and workflow management better using our agency software. In doing this, we have come up with 6 personas that interact with the typical creative agency.

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