For those of you who are already PIAB users we have great news. This month sees the launch of the new Version 5.2 for Live Edition and also Enterprise and Small Team editions. As usual we have prepared some videos
Scrum – Introduction and overview
Scrum is a methodology for delivering a project. It is an agile approach to projects, and to be clear agile means light of foot, not light on documents. You might like to use it when your project has some degree of uncertainty
Customise your RAID log
So often we hear users saying how project software tools have set ways of doing things. The sort of annoying restrictions that prevent them from matching their required policies. We know that although most teams have similar approaches to risk and
Planner using calendars instead of Gantts
We all know how important planning is to a successful project. Therefore even for small projects it is always good to have a plan. Planner is about as easy as it gets when it comes to planning tools. However still
Bespoke method for your projects
Standards such as PRINCE2 are important in establishing a good process for your projects. Many of you find it helpful to use a published standard. When you adopt an existing standard you get all the benefits of the authors experience
Project methodology expertise
These days it seems like everyone knows the importance of project methodology. But it wasn’t always like that. I have been helping organisations with their project methodologies for over twenty years now. And in the early days it was much too
Better project templates
Most organisations rely on a set of project templates to help the PM get off on the right foot. These templates provide consistency and also help with compliance against method or quality needs. Because MS Office is in such common
Revolutionary browser improvements
Due to the longevity of PROJECT in a box it should be no surprise it was first created as software. During the early years this fitted very well with customers preferred ways of working. For many customers that is still the case
Selecting the right PPM tool
If you are taking those first steps into sourcing a PPM tool then you have found this just in time. As more and more organisations develop their project management skills they find that skills and training are not enough. They
Broken laptop doesn’t have to mean dead project
I just typed ‘broken’ into Google and it confirmed my suspicion. Try it and you will see broken laptop comes in second ahead of both broken finger and broken heart! So as I thought I have been lucky to as