For many organisations project management has always been a black art. Much has been done over recent years to try and address this. In particular with the development of methodology and process best practice. Sending project managers on training courses and
Management basics you really need to know
Management Basics Project management is just another form of management. Sometimes we spend too much time learning the more complex terms and techniques. So as a result it can be easy to forget about the basics. In this post we
Personalized reporting – made to measure
Most software systems churn out the same old reports with little to inspire you or the viewer. So to most the idea of getting reports which match your current ones is just a pipe dream. Well in that case we have
Weekly review report
For most organisations project reporting is hard. Their reports lack consistency and detail and are also chock full of errors. But if you try to do your reporting by hand that is what happens. Oh and it also takes up
P3M3 maturity – achieving those higher levels
In earlier blog posts we have looked at what the P3M3 framework is and how to use it. We then also looked at how your organisation can quickly leap up those scores to a three by using PIAB. So now
PM capabilities extended
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