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
Project Manager flexibility – a sign of increasing maturity
When our long term customer GNB produced a white paper on their implementation it held a surprise. Of course they spoke about consistency of processes and improved reporting but also they noted project manager flexibility. So we thought it would
Learning from lessons – a practical solution
Everyone agrees that the lessons learned process should be a core part of any mature or maturing PPM approach. Saving your projects from repeating the problems of the past seems like it should be both simple and improve delivery. However
Planning tool review – Planner 5.0
Steve Cotterell reviewed Planner v5.0 in the Sept/Oct issue of Project Manager Today and you can read it here. This planning tool review hit the nail on the head with the summary: Why pay for a planning, risk and issue