Estimation is quite challenging to master, but a crucial part of the Agile methodology. As a business owner or manager, it’s your responsibility to estimate the work and plan ahead. But not everyone is good at it, so we try to make estimates because they help us shape the rough idea of what the future ...
In the last 20 years, time spent at work has increased by 15%, and leisure time has decreased by as much as 33%!Yet despite that, are you still struggling to keep up with meeting your agency’s goals? Are you always busy, but making little progress? If the answer is yes, join the not-so-exclusive club ...
Have you ever heard of the term Work Breakdown Structure? Or perhaps wondered how it can help your project management efforts? If this is your first time getting familiar with WBS, you should know this is a visual tool that helps track and define a project deliverable and other small components required ...
Most people aren't born with leadership skills; they must be earned through hard work and practice. You can lead your team in many different ways! In fact, a great leader often chooses to combine a couple of management styles, depending on the situation and need.If you want to motivate your team members ...
Requirements Traceability Matrix is a document that traces and identifies user's requirements with test cases. RTM captures all the requirements proposed by a client and requirement traceability in one form. With the help of the Requirements Traceability Matrix, you are showing the relationship between ...
When someone mentions risk, we often associate it with a dangerous chance or hazard. But risks aren't necessarily negative! In fact, risk represents a thin line between an opportunity and a threat or the difference between loss and a prize.Many would say that risk can either make or break your company ...
Time management and keeping track of schedules are essential tasks that fall under the responsibility of the team leader or project manager. Sometimes, they require a little help in the form of calendars. They allow them to supervise project-related events, milestones that will happen during the project's ...
Lack of communication is one of the major complaints in project management. To be a successful project manager, you must be an excellent communicator. This type of skill is hardly ever perfect and requires continuous improvement.You can rely on communication skills to some extent, but incorrect methods ...
Push and pull communication are two sides of how info flows. Push is all about broadcasting—think emails and updates. Pull? That’s when people seek out info themselves. Knowing when to push and when to let your team pull makes agency comms smoother and more effective.
Even though sprints and iterations have a lot in common and are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between them. Both terms are linked to scrum, a modern project management framework, and follow a specific timeframe during which planned work should be completed, but they're not the same.Sprints ...
It rarely happens that you have all the resources available to complete a project. Even if that's the case, any risk might take away that freedom during the project execution, and you could get stuck with fewer resources than you intentionally planned.If you possess the necessary recourses, you must ...
If you are involved in project management, the statement of work is something you are pretty much aware of. When composing an SOW, you can leave no room for mistakes because it covers all the future cooperation stages, and it's part of a legally binding agreement.Project managers understand the importance ...