Project Management

While they might have become popular as a visual representation of timed tasks, Gantt charts offer ten specific benefits for savvy project managers and their teams.

Sometimes, using fancy software products isn’t the right way to go when you first begin to plan a project. Get back to basics with some of these manual project planning tools.

The benefits of project management serve everyone involved in the PM process: the manager who oversees the project, the client who anxiously awaits for the completed project and the production team which gets the project up and running.

The approach and follow-through of project management may vary somewhat from manager to manager, but the basic foundation of an effective project planning checklist is probably quite similar no matter what size of project and staff you are dealing with.

You’re never too old to learn. That’s why I’ve scoured the bestseller lists for some of the most popular Project Management Books! Read, improve yourself and enjoy!

Using story points as part of the Scrum Methodology makes it easier for project teams to break a large project into smaller, manageable projects. This article explains the story point process and how projects can benefit from using them.

MS Word works well for creating status reports for only one project at a time. But if you work multiple projects at a time, it may be best to use Excel for your status report. This article explains the benefits of creating a status report with Excel and gives an example that you can turn into a template.

Once you have a good status report form, filling in the information is the easy part. Whether you create status reports for your manager or client, or just for yourself, a well-written status report can come in handy when you need it most. In this article, we’ll look at using Microsoft Word to create a status report.

When managing projects, software tools and utilities to help simply the process or ease the task. Little do most people know that such a tool is right under our very noses; at least most of us who use Microsoft Office.

Why do you need to grasp the key elements of project management? Just connect the dots: your entire project foundation will hold up better from inception to completion once you understand the basics.