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
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
Practical scrum – fitting your corporate frame
So in the last post we talked about Scrum and how it delivers well in dynamic situations. Scrums focus on getting the best possible product with the resources provided is what makes it good. However this and other aspects of
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
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
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 Management Survey Results – Challenges
We have now closed our 2017 Project management survey and begun to look at what you said. So over the next few months we will look at the Project Management survey results in more detail. First of all we will look at
PRINCE2 2017 software made easy
Earlier in 2017 AXELOS launched the PRINCE2 2017 refresh and we have already blogged on the subject a few times. So in this post we go beyond theory to look at PRINCE2 2017 software options. Whether you are looking for
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