No fluff – just actionable guides for planning, tracking, and optimizing project management processes
When it comes to running your own business or a digital marketing agency, we know that there are many opportunities for failure. Some of them are inevitable, but the best way to avoid failure is to remain vigilant, motivated, and engaged with your goals and business.You're all probably tired of reading ...
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Balancing between billable and non-billable time is a constant challenge for most agencies, consultants, freelancers, and other contractors. It's safe to assume that companies and teams want to bill as many hours as possible. But one of the most effective ways to land new clients - and gain an opportunity ...
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Whoever thinks there is such a thing as a risk-free project needs to pass over that cup of optimism around and take a sip of realism instead. Project management, as well as life, is full of risks. To quote Baz Luhrmann: "The real troubles in your lifeAre apt to be things that never crossed your worried ...
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The first step in eliminating waste is to identify it by breaking down all business processes visually and finding opportunities to get rid of any activities that don't add value to customers. The Lean methodology defines seven types of waste that need to be eliminated so that processes can be optimized.Two ...
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Ready to talk task dependencies? Let's get right into it. For starters, let's define what task dependencies are. Task dependencies are the logical links between individual project activities. Having an overview of task relationships enables you to create a project schedule where every activity happens ...
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Strategic project management is the next big thing within the project management community. A popular and growing trend that is slowly sweeping the business world. The main idea of the concept is based on project management teams learning how to support their company's strategy and deal with the business ...
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In our previous post, we talked about setting a S.M.A.R.T. goal and said we'd give you an example from our own yard, so here it is!This is how we do itWe thought it would be nice to suggest you try out ActiveCollab in your native language. So, if you’re from Portugal and you’re visiting our site ...
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If you are a project manager and don’t know what a scope creep is, you are either new to the gig - or just extremely lucky. But don’t worry, it happens to the best of us.The scope creep is an uncontrollable expansion of project goals that were not previously agreed upon. It usually starts off small ...
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You say that you think things through when setting your goals. But, are you actually being smart about it?If businesses were to set their primary goal, it would boil down to something like: “Earn as much profit as possible.” However, if you were to give this task to a new employee (and leave it at ...
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How to Master Project Management with a Single ToolJumping from one tool to another can be a huge energy drainer. Stop wasting your energy trying to be productive. Instead, choose one centralised hub that will help you master the art of project management.As a fully-fledged project manager, you’ve ...
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Change can be hard to swallow, especially if your team isn’t familiar with the benefits it brings. Be proactive and help your team realize that a new project management tool is not a means of control but a perfect way to move the business forward.Propelled by the idea that one tool would minimize multitasking ...
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Do you feel like you’re wasting time, money and energy on repetitive tasks and manual data collection. Start saving right away by using a project management software that can help you centralize your collaboration, project and workload management, and hold your processes in line.There’s much talk ...
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