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The Difference between a Project Management Office (PMO) and a Project Office...
More and more organizations have a project management department nowadays. The reasons for this are 1, the wish to have a central place to go to get support and advice on projects and 2, the increasing...
View ArticleThings Startups Can Learn from Project Management
A lot of uncertainties surround startups, in fact, the only thing they can be sure of is that that they will be short of money and time. A startup is also a risky business and there are many reasons...
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Perfectionism – a Blessing or a Curse?
Ambition and determination are desirable characteristics in everyday professional life, particularly in project management. But what happens if the pursuit of optimal results becomes counterproductive...
View ArticleMake Renewable Energy Projects Successful with Project Management Part 1
In this first part we will explain the role renewables play in the energy industry and the importance of project management for renewable energy projects to overcome schedule and cost challenges for a...
View ArticleMake Renewable Energy Projects Successful with Project Management Part 2
Considering that renewable energy technology is evolving at a very quick pace, it is sometimes hard to keep up with it. Whether a renewable energy project is successful or not often depends on internal...
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Emotional Intelligence is Key for a Project Manager
What is Emotional Intelligence?The word “Emotional Intelligence” came up in 1990 with Peter Salovey and John Mayer. They defined EI as “the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s feelings and...
View ArticleThe Importance of Time Management (Aspects of Project Management Part 1)
What Is Time Management?Time Management is essentially the ability to organize and plan the time spent on activities in a day. The result of good time management is increased effectiveness and...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Create a Project in InLoox PM 8
But first things first, let’s start with a quick reminder of what a project actually is. In short, a project is an action that you do over a period of time designed to achieve a certain outcome. In...
View ArticleWhy You Should Embrace Change Management (Aspects of Project Management Part 2)
“There is nothing permanent except change.” – HeraclitusYet, people don’t like change. An example: every time Facebook or Twitter or any other web site changes their user interface, there is a huge...
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A Simple “Well Done” Can Have a Powerful Impact on Job Satisfaction
Everybody knows that constant stress can hamper your productivity and in the worst-case scenario, it can also lead to a burnout. Stress can be considered a ‘widespread disease’ in today’s society....
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know about Resource Management (Aspects of Project...
I have talked about time management and change management in the last couple of weeks. In the third part of this month’s blog series I’m going to talk about why resource management is so important for...
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Stop, Collaborate and Listen
Staying on the topic of music, let’s look at some music collaborations. Some combined two completely different artists together and they still made it work: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, “Say Say...
View ArticleGet Things Done With Task Management (Aspects of Project Management Part 4)
Task management is probably the first thing that comes to people’s minds when they think about what the job of a project manager actually entails. It is so important because you can improve...
View ArticleGetting Into the Flow: How to Increase Your Daily Productivity
You probably know the feeling when you’re totally gripped by a good book and you’re fully immersed in it? This feeling is also called ‘flow’ and describes the state of complete concentration. In this...
View ArticleGo Lean! – How Lean Management Can Help Your Project Succeed
This month’s blog series will be all about process optimization and how it can help projects run more smoothly. We will start with the well-known and proven method of lean management.What is...
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Video Tutorial: Create a Mind Map with InLoox PM 8
Mind maps are a popular method to document brainstorming sessions. However, the advantages of mind maps go beyond that. They enable you to visualize not only the hierarchy between tasks but also their...
View ArticleKaizen – Get Better at Getting Better
The second part of this month’s blog series is all about improvement. It’s easy to fall for the prospect of quick and easy success. But often this kind of success does not last. “Rome wasn’t built in a...
View ArticleThink Outside the Box: Creative Ways to Hold Meetings
There are many tips on how to make meetings more productive, such as having a clear agenda and purpose and also staying on schedule. However, even with all these techniques, most people feel that...
View ArticleOptimize Your Processes with Six Sigma
What is Six Sigma?Like Lean and Kaizen , Six Sigma is also striving for the optimization of processes and, thus, performance and quality improvements. Six Sigma achieves this by eliminating defects and...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: How to Use Work Packages with InLoox PM 8
Based on lean and just-in-time production, Kanban is an effective tool to visualize the workflow and efficiently complete tasks. This can be done even if you have not set a clear timeline for your...
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