Planning is not only a project management essential but a major life skill. So it is such a great pity that many people cannot plan well. We have helped by provided Planner as a free project planning tool. Users though
Cost control – Planner delivers again
In the last blog post we covered the importance of budgeting your project. So now your project has a reasonable budget agreed. Your next step will be delivering the project within budget. So you need to get to grips with cost control.
Project finances with Planner
Project finances can be hard, we all know that. And not everyone has the support team to help them with it. So luckily help is at hand in the shape of Planner and its project accounting capabilities. Project Finances –
On-line projects with YourPMO
Being a lone Project Manager can be very difficult. You have so much to do and no one to support you. You want to do a good job and use the best tools but could never quite find the right
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
Free project reporting – Planner does it again
For most organisations project reporting seems like a huge challenge. Often they spent lots of time and money on systems to try and make it work. But in practice they could be missing a simple hack to fix it. And even
Project analysis – free and powerful
Whether your project is big or small, simple or complex you will still need to monitor it. Of course your first challenge will have been to plan it and to set up the project controls. Then you will have had
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