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The Best Project Management Jokes Shared By Project Managers
The LinkedIn group Humor in Project Management is a place where project managers from all around the world share their favorite jokes, quotes, and funny anecdotes, but also advice and best practice...
View ArticleIdea Management: How to Generate New Ideas and Innovations
Many organizations miss out on their most productive source for innovative ideas: the employees. Studies have shown that employees are the best source of new ideas, and often it’s a natural part of...
View ArticleChecklist: Requirements Specification Statement
Clients often shy away from writing a requirements specification statement, either because they perceive it as too much effort, or because they don’t know what it should entail. You can help clients by...
View ArticleThe Future of Team Collaboration
Organizations that fail to offer a collaborative environment and do not promote and enable cross-department collaboration will fail to deliver innovative products and services, which means that they...
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Brainwriting is the New Brainstorming [Infographic]
The Problem with BrainstormingTeams use brainstorming with the goal to come up with creative ideas and increase productivity. However, brainstorming often does not yield the desired results. Done...
View ArticleThe Importance of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Project Management
What is the IoT?Management consulting company, McKinsey, defines IoT as follows:"In what’s called the Internet of Things, sensors and actuators embedded in physical objects—from roadways to...
View ArticleGreen Project Management: How to Run More Sustainable Projects
What is green project management?“Green project management” can refer to ‘real’ green projects such as renewableenergy projects, but it can also simply mean that project managers and teams make an...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Meetings More Collaborative
What are collaborative meetings?‘Collaboration’ is not just a trend, it’s here to stay. You might ask yourself now: There are always people involved in meetings, so aren’t all meetings technically...
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A Guide to Taking Better Meeting Minutes [Infographic & Template]
Why you should take meeting minutesThe most obvious argument for taking meeting minutes is that people are forgetful. You might remember every detail right after the meeting, but with time your memory...
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Back to Basics (Part 7): The Different Project Management Office (PMO) Types
Purpose and function of PMOsA project management office, often abbreviated as PMO (not to confuse with Program Management Office, or Portfolio Management Office, which are also called PMOs; or the...
View Article10 Common Project Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
There are many project management best practice tips out there. The InLoox blog too offers various blog entries on how to deliver successful projects, however, there is no ‘The One’ recipe for project...
View ArticleCheck List: Close-Out Meeting
Project ClosureAs we’ve already established in our blog post on the project management life cycle, a project needs a clear beginning, middle – and end. It’s important to establish a formal project...
View Article4 Things Project Teams Can Learn from Honey Bees
One of our developers here at InLoox recently started to keep bees. He told us all about the moving process of the swarm to their new hive. The whole process was a small project of its own, but it was...
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How to Manage Different Types of Workers in an Organization
In this blog post, we’ll introduce 5 different types of workers and how project managers can communicate with them to get the best out of them:The PerfectionistPerfectionists have very high standards...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: How to Create a New Project with InLoox 9 for Outlook
First, let’s start with a quick reminder of what a project actually is. A project can be seen as an action that you do over a specific period of time to achieve a certain outcome.A project is described...
View ArticleBack to Basics (8): Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up Project Planning
Project management has changed a lot since its modern beginnings in the 1950s. While traditional, waterfall project management dominated the discipline for a long time and is still widely used today,...
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Video Tutorial: How to Create a Task-based Mind Map with InLoox 9 for Outlook
What is a Mind Map?Mind maps are a popular method for idea management or brainstorming sessions. The main node represents an idea, a concept or a project, and is located in the center of the mind map....
View ArticleContinuous Improvement in Projects with the 5S Methodology
What is the 5S methodology?Just like Kaizen or Lean, the 5S methodology was developed in Japan with the focus on optimizing the organization of the workplace. The methodology is called ‘5S’ because it...
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Video Tutorial: How to Create a Plan-based Mind Map with InLoox 9 for Outlook
What is a Mind Map?Mind maps can be very useful to visually collect and organize ideas. The main node represents an idea, a concept or a project, and is located in the center of the mind map. All...
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The Importance of Project Status Reports
Status reports or updates are very common in most organizations. Often the reporting is done in weekly meetings and it’s not always required that you hand in a written report. In project management,...
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