There was a time when digital projects were novel and digital project management tools were new. That time has long since passed. As more people are using digital project management tools, a whole generation has grown up in a digital…
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Is There a Microsoft Project for Mac? You’re probably here because you’re looking for Microsoft Project for Mac. Unfortunately, Microsoft Project, also known as MS Project, wasn’t designed for Mac computers, so it won’t work on any Mac operating system…
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Work management software ties together information, business processes and human resources and allows them to work in sync. The little shortcuts add up to big savings, and companies both large and small are looking to adopt them. But which one…
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In project management, a program is a set of related projects that are executed simultaneously by organizations to make the most out of their resources and maximize their return on investment (ROI). Program management requires company-wide collaboration and lots of…
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Creating a project plan is one of the most important responsibilities of a project manager. This document should include everything the team needs to execute a project, such as its budget, schedule, scope, resource requirements, roles & responsibilities, among other…
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Are employees more productive when they’re working in the office or when they’re allowed to work from home? The answer depends on who you ask. Company leaders can’t seem to agree whether working from home is good or bad for…
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Scheduling a project can be daunting. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques such as the precedence diagramming method to help organize activities and get them all done on time. Precedence diagrams are used to visualize the tasks in a project…
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Requirements are the tasks that must be done in order to deliver a final project. That includes the features, functions and so forth. Tracing those features can ensure that none slip through the cracks, a process that’s best completed by…
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The better team members know their roles and responsibilities, the better a project will run. The last thing you want on a project is confusion, so communicating role distinctions early on in the project is crucial. A RACI chart allows…
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Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. They need to know immediately if their team is on track or falling behind. Without that knowledge,…
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What Is Product Management? Put simply, product management is an ongoing process to streamline the planning, production, marketing and other tasks related to the product life cycle. It involves the coordination of cross-functional teams, data, processes, business systems and more….
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Planning a project only gets you so far. You also have to monitor your progress and performance to track if you’re on schedule and within budget. Then there are your stakeholders whose expectations must be managed. That’s where Excel report…
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In the world of planning, there’s no shortage of software offerings that allow you to plan and execute your project. Microsoft Planner in particular, which is included in the Microsoft 365 platform, is a major player in the project planning…
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