Managing construction projects is complex and stressful. You may stick to your schedule and budget, but if your project doesn’t meet quality acceptance criteria, then you’re not just going to upset your stakeholders; you might face lawsuits. Quality means different…
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Throughout the life of a project, project managers check in on progress and compare it to the project plan—comparing their predictions to reality. If they don’t do this regularly, odds are the budget will suffer and their project will fail…
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Throughout the life of a project, you must report on a wide variety of information. This information will be compiled into different reports and passed along to managers, investors, clients and other stakeholders. From there, reports can be used to…
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In order to understand cost control, you must first understand why it is used: monitoring expenses and identifying risks in order to increase profits. Not to be confused with cost management, cost control has its own set of objectives that…
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Stakeholders are concerned with the progress of the project because they have a vested interest in its success. They want to stay in consistent communication with you and get reports on how the project is progressing over regular periods of…
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There are lots of project management software apps that feature a dashboard, but not all dashboards are the same. There are dashboards that offer true business intelligence (BI) dashboards, project status dashboards, project portfolio dashboards, and task status updates, to name…
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The status report is a key component to any good online project management software, and Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you how to make yours cleanly hit their target. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: Secrets…
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The status report you send regularly to your stakeholder is a vital communication tool. Leadership coach Susanne Madsen explains how to improve your reports for more impact. Plus, get your free Status Report template to put these new ideas into action. Here’s…
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Not everyone who finds themselves tasked with leading a project has formally studied project management. If that’s you? Don’t worry. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, gives you the tools you need for proper project reporting. (This is a great refresher, too, even for…
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Learn more about how to better report on your project by watching Jennifer Bridges, PMP, in this short tutorial video. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: Advanced Project Reporting Jennifer said that advanced project reporting…
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If you don’t know how to report on your project, then your project is not only getting away from you, but your stakeholders aren’t going to be happy. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you the basics of project reporting. Here’s a…
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Project managers often wonder if they are measuring the right things on a project. It’s difficult to know how much time to spend evaluating past performance and how much time to spend on keeping the work moving forward. Of course,…
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As part of our project leadership training series, leadership coach Susanne Madsen discusses a way to measure project success beyond the simple “triple constraint” of time, cost and quality. For additional leadership training, check out Susanne’s previous video How to…
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