Category: project manager

For a project to be successful, you need to get organized. By providing structure to your project scope, you get some control over the project work and increase the chance that you’ll succeed. Before you get started, you need to…

All businesses must make money in order to remain solvent and stay in business. The need for profitability is clear—how you get there is the tricky part. One way is to deliver more value to your customers while creating less…

Time is not on your side when it comes to project management. Work piles up and deadlines approach quickly. While project managers haven’t figured out how to bend time and space to their bidding, there are time management techniques that…

Manufacturing requires the right balance of many factors. One of the most important is the inventory—the materials and components needed for the manufacturing process. The more efficiently a company handles this process, the more profit they will find. To this…

All projects have risks, but not all risks are the same. There are many potential risks that can affect a project and you need to have a risk management process in place to manage them. This risk management process consists…

You identify them, record them, monitor them and plan for them: risks are an inherent part of every project. Some project risks are bound to become problem areas—like executing a project over the holidays and having to plan the project…

Projects are successful when they end on time and within budget. But if you don’t meet the quality expectations of your stakeholders, it doesn’t matter how fast you delivered—you failed. To avoid this, focus on quality planning. Create a quality…

ProjectManager is excited to announce our September release. In this release, we’ve added the ability to organize files into folders and subfolders on the Project Files and My Work pages, giving users more options and flexibility over file management than…

What is a Risk Register? A risk register is a tool in risk management and project management. It is used to identify potential risks in a project or an organization, sometimes to fulfill regulatory compliance but mostly to stay on…

If you’re looking to start or grow a business (or just keep a business profitable), you need a business plan. But not all plans are the same. If you need to define your business and its objectives, you need to…