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In case you’re thinking that “seamless workflow” is a Task Manager’s only attribute, there is more truth to this! Getting the rest of the team on board isn’t an easy task, especially with critical deadlines to be met. According to the State of Project Management Statistics, unmet or unclear task dependencies account for 12% of project failures. Ineffective methods lead to substandard results, whic

Sprint planning meeting is a significant agile scrum event and must be conducted with utmost sincerity. It is not a “me too” event. Never do it just because it is prescribed by the scrum framework. The general understanding of a sprint planning meeting is to plan the set of tasks that will be carried out as part of the sprint, assign tasks to the scrum team and set due dates etc. It is just a very

Every day, businesses are facing new challenges and new opportunities as well. And without having a proper plan for prioritizing your working category can waste your investment in, time, energy, and money respectively. This is why the organizations are keen to invest their time in developing efficient strategic plans. A well-defined strategy reflects the organization’s experience about its key com

Remote teams are mainstream and no longer a nice to have approach. There has been a significant paradigm shift in how companies are striving to build and manage remote teams successfully. Managers were forced to wake up to a reality at an unprecedented scale where the entire team is remote. Suddenly, the normal processes and collaboration practices do not hold good for remote team management. For

The biggest challenge to getting the project done on time, on budget and wowing the client on a single thread, a project manager knows how difficult it is. Even in the best firms, project management can be a largely unformed subject, held up by uncertain aspirations, bowing from the conversation that goes bottom-up and/or less than ideal guidance – and that’s if you’re lucky! If you have str

Scrum Master and Agile scrum project management are two words that go together and almost make one feel as they are synonymous. Nevertheless, practicing agile without a scrum master is unheard of and would just delay in reaping the benefits of the methodology. And this why Scrum Master is a crucial role in the agile project management scheme of things. At a very high level, Scrum Masters are consi

Today’s digital technology has simplified several ways of our work; sometimes it also brings the complexities in the day-to-day workflow operations. And for managing these complexities efficiently, Kanban system was adopted in several workplaces. Nowadays, Kanban is being used by every professional including freelancer to small-scale businesses and global enterprises as well. The implementation of

Research says that project execution is one of the most crucial parts of the project life cycle, and it needs to be planned and monitored by a professional in order to succeed. Hence, strong governance, monitoring and execution principles are a must for any project manager. This is the longest phase in the project life cycle and it is also the most demanding and complex part. But it will be simple

The priority of every business is to pursue a smoother project delivery. But sometimes the project fails, due to various reasons. And over the years, many businesses also developed their internal project management office and tried to stalk about those failures. These PMOs tried to regulate a path where projects can be managed and make them predictable and successful as well. So, a successful PMO

Kanban project management method has been implemented widely in the last decade. And majorly without the full understanding of what Kanban method actually prescribes. Most users are just driven by the quick fix that it is highly visual task management and makes it easy to understand where tasks stand and how to close them fast. Teams put a few status columns to represent their task flow and begin

As a project manager, are you still chasing your team for project time tracking? Every employer knows that time management is very important for productivity. But it always depends on the employees to make it transparent. What isn’t tracked can’t be measured or improved! As per the report of statistica, an untracked working environment could cost $7 million in a day in the USA. And why do they not

This year crossed all the records for remote works. Most of the employees had to work-from-home because of the covid19 pandemic who never thought about remote jobs in their dreams. Remote work has redefined the entire employee hiring and engagement process. Basically, organizations and talent have become furthermore accessible across the globe. So, now you can hire any remote worker across the wor

Time Management is a must have life skill for all professionals and is all the more crucial for Product Managers. They are superlative breed of sorts as they are different things to different people in the organization. Customer Success Manager, Product Sales Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Project Manager, People Manager and what not. Imagine what their work week would look like. Where do you

Project portfolio management (PPM) is the regulation of estimates of potential projects by accounting anticipated successes, risks, and their arrangement with organizational strategy. It can offer real-time analysis and flexibility. By using a centralized management structure it can manage numerous projects, errors to improve productivity. This centralized management system of projects aligns with

Being a successful project manager requires running the projects smoothly from initiation to completion to meet the project goals. Diligent project scope management is crucial to project success. More than 50% of the projects are not completed within estimated time and budget due to: Frequently changing requirements Changes in project direction when you’re already mid-way Lack of clarity of the r