Adopting a bottom-up or worker-driven management style One of the most common styles adopted in project management is the bottom-up (also known as “worker-driven”) approach. This means that all project decisions and directions are established by top level executives. The way that it would typically work is managers would provide basic direction, information, and outline […]
This Black Friday, try collaborating with customers It’s Black Friday and for many of us, this signals the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Companies are aggressively slashing their prices and rolling out the big red carpets for their beloved customers. Sure, who doesn’t love a good deal, right? But, what do customers really want?
I previously wrote a post about the Tiger Bread Case, where a toddler wrote to a giant supermarket chain to voice her concern about the name used for a particular brand of bread. Now it seems the youngsters are at it again, speaking out against what appears to be obvious gender inequality in the game
Traditional scheduling software usually includes built-in leveling tools that enable you to re-distribute your assignments over time. OneDesk’s scheduling software is not only integrated with a full suite of product development tools but it also allows you to easily re-assign work from one resource to the next. OneDesk comes with an innovative assignment scheduler that
Good project tracking: Continuously spotting red flags Throughout the course of our professional lives we experience different situations that help shape our decision-making abilities. The more we get involved in project management, the more we learn about the importance of organization, timing and most importantly, the ability to identify any project management “red flags” that
OneDesk is more than just a productivity app- it`s a unified product platform. With an endless amount of productivity apps out there, how do you decide which one is right for you and your organization? Do you place more value on collaborative capabilities or do you need something simple and easy to use? Maybe you are
When the project plan structure goes awry It’s the day before your big product release, the team is both excited and exhausted. Everything seems to be on track until you discover a whole list of project issues that have yet to be resolved. Suddenly you’re thinking, Gasp! Now what? Who was in charge of this?
The birth of the Critical Path Method Time for a little history lesson! Way back in 1957, a brilliant man by the name of Walker devised a project management strategy to address the complex task of scheduling the shutting down and restarting of chemical power plants. Given this was a rather challenging process, he developed
In honor of this holiday, we have rounded up a few project management goodies for all you hard-working, tireless apprentice and project managers out there. 1. The Tao of PM Our first selection and one of my favourite project management blogs. It`s a passage from a recent blog post entitled Doing Less is More, and
Project prioritization: Because projects don’t exist in a vacuum In a perfect world, projects would exist in a sealed environment and would develop and unfold from start to finish, without any interruptions. Unfortunately, in the real project management world, things rarely work that way. If something can go wrong, then it probably will. One of