The Queensland government has been ordered to pay significant costs to technology giant IBM Australia after failing in a bid to recoup losses from the $1.2 billion health payroll debacle. The Newman government launched legal action against IBM in 2013, arguing the company had misrepresented its capability to deliver a $6 million contract for a … Continue reading 4 Project Management Tactics That Stand The Test of Time
Annie Qureshi — August 2, 2017 Follow @annierqureshi — August 2, 2017 Anyone who has worked on a large-scale technology project knows how quickly things can derail if a foundational piece of programming doesn’t get completed on time. Meanwhile, the client keeps adding more and more “nice to haves” to a long list of non-essential … Continue reading 4 Project Management Steps to Ensure Success
Search engine optimization (SEO) can sometimes be treated as an afterthought, but columnist Nate Dame outlines how keyword research can be instrumental in planning and developing an effective content calendar. Nate Dame on July 27, 2017 Too many marketers still bring SEO in at the end of a content marketing project. They finish a … Continue reading 3 reasons SEO belongs at the beginning of a project, not the end
Ben Mulholland — July 6, 2017 — July 6, 2017 Whether you’ve completed a project a hundred times before or you’re faced with a new challenge, having some kind of formal project request form prevents the whole operation descending into a game of broken telephone and wasted resources. No matter how good your team’s discipline, … Continue reading How to Create a Project Request Form (and Why Your Company Needs One)
Julie Huntley — April 25, 2017 — April 25, 2017 Escape rooms are a trend popping up across the United States. The premise is simple (though the storylines vary): You enter a room with a group of strangers (or family members if you’re feeling particularly masochistic) and try to gather and solve clues that guide … Continue reading How an Integrated Approach to Project Management Builds More Successful Creative Teams
Anand Srinivasan — April 20, 2017 Follow @anand_sriniv— April 20, 2017 Every industry needs a tool to manage and run their projects. According to a study published by the US based Project Management Institute (PMI), businesses in the United States lose as much as $ 122 million in poor project performance for each one billion … Continue reading 5 Free Project Management Tools For Business Users
Cassie Green — April 6, 2017 — April 6, 2017 Vector vs Raster — it’s a battle for the ages and one of the greatest struggles that many graphic designers (and many ordinary people) face when it comes time to create some graphics for their marketing. File format is very important, and the file format … Continue reading Vector vs Raster: What File Type is Right for Your Project?
Penny Kooy — April 6, 2017 — April 6, 2017 Is project management different in an advertising agency? The short answer is a resounding “no.” While traditional project management is generally associated with more technical industries—IT, engineering, architecture, and so forth—the basic tenets of good, old-fashioned project management extend themselves across industries. Let’s break it … Continue reading Is Project Management Different in an Ad Agency?
Vignesh Subramanyan — April 6, 2017 Follow @v_subramanyan— April 6, 2017 When you think ops, one of the first things that comes to mind is technology. After all in the modern B2B space, ops are seen as the tech gurus, the gatekeepers that manage the holy trifecta of data, processes, and….you guessed it, technology. That … Continue reading The Third Revenue Ops Pillar: Technology & Project Management
Rotem Gal — March 27, 2017 Follow @gal_rotem— March 27, 2017 While project management is being sought after by organizations to better carry out their projects and meet goals in a timely manner, recent statistics reveal that project management is failing. Nearly half of all traditional software projects are not delivered on time and exceed … Continue reading 3 Robust Alternatives to Microsoft Project Management Software
