Esther Cohen — June 21, 2018 — June 21, 2018 The project life cycle describes the stages a project goes through as it progresses from start to finish. A well-defined life cycle brings order and structure to the project. This article will demystify the project management lifecycle and help you run better projects. Few things … Continue reading What Is the Project Life Cycle and How to Use It Better?
Heather Steele — June 21, 2018 Follow @heathersteele03 — June 21, 2018 Starting a new design project is exciting. You’re putting your ideas and objectives out into the world for your designer to bring them to life. Things probably kick off awesomely, with you and the designer totally clicking, speaking the same language. You can’t … Continue reading How to Give Design Feedback That Actually Improves Your Website or Graphic Design Project — 6 Simple Steps
Sylvia Gindi — June 13, 2018 — June 13, 2018 Every project has some risk of failure. Identifying and planning ahead to avoid these points of failure is one of your top responsibilities. This guide on project risk management will help you understand and manage risks better. If there is one thing you can be … Continue reading Project Risk Management: 10 Surprisingly Brilliant Tactics to Reduce Risk
Esther Cohen — June 5, 2018 — June 5, 2018 Well begun, as they say, is half done. Better project kickoff meetings will help you establish expectations, gather requirements, and set the general tone of the project. This article will share 10 tips to running kickoff meetings that lead to project success. After months … Continue reading How to Run Exceptionally Effective Project Kickoff Meetings
Ben Mulholland — May 25, 2018 — May 25, 2018 Have you ever had a project which never seems to end? One which you either underestimated or kept adding tasks to as you went along? That’s exactly what setting out your project scope will prevent. By analyzing the elements of your projects before starting, you … Continue reading Project Scope: How to Meet Deadlines and Keep Stakeholders Happy
Esther Cohen — May 25, 2018 — May 25, 2018 Creative project management is that particular flavor of project management that you’d use on creative projects. Whether you’re running an internal creative team or an agency, adopting better creative project management practices can transform your project success rate. Would you use the same approach to … Continue reading How To Be Unbeatable at Creative Project Management
Sylvia Gindi — May 8, 2018 — May 8, 2018 A project deliverable is any output created as the result of work done during a project. Defining, tracking, and managing project deliverables is one of the most important responsibilities of a project manager. What is a Project Deliverable? You might use the term “deliverable” casually … Continue reading The Complete Project Manager’s Guide to Project Deliverables
Andrew Conrad — May 5, 2018 — May 5, 2018 In 2001, at Utah’s Snowbird ski resort, 17 software developers got together and produced the groundbreaking Agile Manifesto. It was meant to streamline the software development process by de-emphasizing inefficient practices such as heavy documentation, excessive meetings, and rigid adherence to process. There’s no way … Continue reading What Exactly Is Agile? A Definition of Agile Project Management
Alexandra Hall — April 30, 2018 — April 30, 2018 If you’re forever fighting your project management system, Kanban boards are worth a look. “Kanban” — Japanese for “visual signal” or “card” — are card- and column-based project management systems that offer a convenient way to keep teams abreast of a project’s status, from initial … Continue reading Intro to Kanban Boards, the Highly Visual Project Management Method
Amanda Abella — April 17, 2018 — April 17, 2018 PIRO4D / Pixabay I recently announced to my email list that I’m quitting my podcast for now. Actually, I turned it into a teachable lesson where I explained how it’s okay to quit a project. I even encouraged my list to share some of the … Continue reading How to Know When It’s Time to Quit a Project
