Then Until Now: Project Management Over the Years
Project management technically started with, well, projects. Name a project. There was someone in charge of it. That person was the project manager, and they had a certain way of doing things. So with...
View ArticleVideo Conferencing – How to Maximize the Effectiveness of Online Meetings
Video conference vs. Phone conferencePhone conferences were the go-to-solution for the longest time when connecting with geographically distributed colleagues and business partners. Video conferences...
View ArticleSuccessfully Integrating Change Control Management and Project Management
Think of change control before you need itThe term change control management already implies that it is a structured process. When it comes to project management, it is crucial for successful deliver...
View ArticleDream Job Project Manager - The Skills it Takes to be Successful
The project management career path is not necessarily a straight one. In fact, if you ask one of the professionals who work in the field of project management today how they came to be working in their...
View Article5 Hot Project Management Trends to Look Out For in 2015
The project management industry seems to be evolving constantly and at an ever faster pace. Project managers and teams need to stay ahead of the game and understand the most significant trends that...
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The Magic Triangle and Devil’s Quadrangle – Understanding Project Management...
The Magic Triangle of Project ManagementThis project management model is also called Triple Constraint or the Iron Triangle. It helps to illustrate that no project related constraint is independent of...
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Project Management with Kanban Boards – What Project Teams can Learn form...
Demystifying KanbanA very familiar idea stands behind the odd-sounding name. Back in the 1940s, Japanese manufacturer Toyota re-modelled its production process to resemble the concept that supermarkets...
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What Does Project Management Have in Common with American Football?
The football season has ended with the biggest annual sports event in America: the Super Bowl – do not worry I won’t spoil you if you have not been able to watch it yet (but in case you do want to know...
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The Importance of the Gantt Chart and the Critical Path for Project Management
Gantt Chart Gantt charts are an easy way to schedule tasks and track the progress of your project against your deadline, in short it is a project planning tool that shows the beginning and finish dates...
View ArticleTake Your Project Management to the Cloud
What is cloud computing?Before we get to the advantages of project management software hosted in the cloud, let’s start with understanding what it actually means. Cloud computing means that the...
View ArticleAvoid These 6 Time Wasters and Be More Productive
1. Emails How often have you been gone for a week or even just a few days and your email inbox was bursting at the seams? This has happened to all of us. Emails have been identified as the task...
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The Scrum Methodology
What is Scrum?The scrum method is a type of agile project management and it was developed for teams to work more effectively together in order to develop a product. Its main feature is that it is a...
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Effective Time Management with Pareto and Eisenhower
Time management helps you get your job done more efficiently within a given time frame. Everybody has the exact same number of hours per day – the goal is to take control over the time you have and...
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InLoox PM 8.2.3 is out now!
With the latest version of InLoox PM 8, you can mark work packages as completed directly in the work package list. You no longer have to open the task related project. Simply click on the InLoox PM tab...
View ArticlePlanning “The Oscars” – The Project Management Perspective
The 87th Academy Awards have ended with Birdman being the biggest winner of the night (full list of winners). However, for the organizers after the awards is before the awards. This means that now they...
View ArticleIntercultural Competence and Project Management
Advantages of International ProjectsMulti-cultural project teams can increase the chance of a project’s success, because they are diverse, have their own set of skills and can offer new perspectives to...
View ArticleHow Your Marketing Department Can Benefit from Project Management
Marketing and Marketing ManagersMarketers are traditionally seen as creative individuals who mostly work independently and not particularly strong project managers. A marketing manager’s role and...
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Critical Path – How does it Work?
The critical path method was developed in the 1950s by Morgan R. Walker of DuPont in cooperation with James E. Kelley Jr. of Remington Rand to address the challenges of managing complex projects and...
View ArticleInLoox Product Spotlight: Technology Advice Talks with Andreas Tremel of InLoox
Technology Advice featured InLoox in their recent Product Spotlight episode. In the video Andreas Tremel of InLoox explains the features and advantages of the InLoox PM software, particularly the...
View ArticleWhat IT Professionals Can Learn from Project Management
What is IT project management?IT project management is a sub-category of project management. An IT project manager is responsible for planning, monitoring and controlling information technology...
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