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Why Your Website Project Is So Off Track And How To Fix It

Mike SweeneyOctober 1, 2015 Ask your friendly neighborhood head of marketing about her new hires, and she is chock full of enthusiasm. Ask her about her 2016 marketing plan, and she is raring to go. Ask her about her shiny new marketing automation tool, and she is six flavors of hopeful. What about the launch … Continue reading Why Your Website Project Is So Off Track And How To Fix It →

Tough Choices For Your Next Web Project: Budget And Flexibility

Website Development Guidelines

Debi LewisSeptember 24, 2015 As you prepare to build a new website, redesign an old one, or make changes to the way your organization handles its online presence, there are hundreds of tiny decisions that compete for your attention. Do you need a new logo? Do you want to use WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, SquareSpace, Wix, … Continue reading Tough Choices For Your Next Web Project: Budget And Flexibility →

5 Neatly Effective Ways To Ruin Your Graphic Designer’s Project

Web Design Guidelines

By Laura Blaker August 21st, 2015 With any collaborative project, it’s a two-way street. Graphic designers exist to help companies bring their visions to life. But, there are a few ways to really rub these creative folks the wrong way. Consider the five points below if you want to jeopardize your working relationship. 1. Call Them … Continue reading 5 Neatly Effective Ways To Ruin Your Graphic Designer’s Project →

3 Project Management Software Designed for Small Business

Project Management

Pratik DholakiyaJuly 16, 2015 Operations in small businesses differ in many respects from their larger, better-resourced peers. Things are more challenging for small and mid-sized organizations, especially for resource-strained businesses. Completing projects on time and on budget and managing them efficiently is no easy task. Fortunately, small businesses now have a wide range of project … Continue reading 3 Project Management Software Designed for Small Business →

Using A Pre-Mortem To Keep Your Project On Track

Professional Services

Elizabeth KennickJune 23, 2015 As everyone involved in the infamous launch of Healthcare.gov knows, you can deliver your project on time only to have it crash on takeoff. And as everyone involved in a large project knows, tough constraints (deadline, budget, regulations) require project tradeoffs that can lead to unforeseen difficulties or failure after delivery. … Continue reading Using A Pre-Mortem To Keep Your Project On Track →

Get Organized With These 4 Project Management Tools

Productivity

Susan GilbertJune 1, 2015 Run Your Business More Efficiently With These Project Management Tools Monday Memos is a short list of the best finds across the internet to start your week off right. Today I have some project management resources to help you improve your schedule and efficiency. Here’s four links with tips and tricks … Continue reading Get Organized With These 4 Project Management Tools →

Is Everyone a Project Manager?

Business Effectiveness

Jamie MacDonaldApril 25, 2015 Most of us don’t have project manager in our job title but that’s not to say we aren’t involved in managing projects. Personally on a day-to-day basis, I have to manage website updates, allocate tasks and actions to colleagues, prepare and implement marketing campaign plans, and supervise social media and advertising … Continue reading Is Everyone a Project Manager? →

Fine-Tune Your Project With a SWOT Analysis

Business Planning

Michelle WeidnerApril 19, 2015 You’ve poured yourself into your project and want to ensure that it exceeds all expectations. The SWOT analysis will help you and your team, identify potential problems, consider new ideas, and think through contingencies. By viewing your project with fresh eyes, you’ll be well positioned to tweak and polish it — … Continue reading Fine-Tune Your Project With a SWOT Analysis →

Survey Shows Project Managers Are Stretched To The Brink

Productivity

Alexandra LevitMarch 30, 2015 New Workfront research shows project managers are so slammed that they are unable to focus on the most important aspects of their work. According to Workfront’s new Project Management Survey, conducted in late 2014 with 384 North American PMs, project managers are being inundated with too much work, lack of visibility … Continue reading Survey Shows Project Managers Are Stretched To The Brink →

Why Small Businesses Need Project Management

Small Business

Deborah AndersonMarch 18, 2015 Project Management can be as complicated or as simple as someone wants to make it. It is a science (often classified under the category of information technology) that is often practiced by novices, as well as professionals who specialize in the science. What Is Project Management? PMBOK (Project Management Body of … Continue reading Why Small Businesses Need Project Management →