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
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
Collaboration explored
The last five years has seen a huge growth in the number of on-line collaboration tools. These are often light in nature and little more than shared todo lists. New customers have often reflected that whilst those things were easy
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
Daily scrum meetings – practical scrum
We have had a few posts about scrum over the last few months. We launched our Practical Scrum method earlier this month and it is authentically Agile whilst corporate friendly. In this post we are going to look at another agile
Product Backlog – driving Scrum
We all know what at the heart of a well run Scrum Project there will always be a Product Backlog. So when we started working on the Practical Scrum method creating one was a high priority. We wanted to support you
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
Project Management Basics – a practical guide
We were all new to projects once. When I started working on projects it was at best a black art, at worst an opaque maze. So I decided to help out those of you who are starting out now with