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How to Make a Gantt Chart: Steps, Tools & Tips
What Is a Gantt chart? A Gantt chart is a stacked bar chart that organizes the work activities…
How to Balance Work and Festive Season: Productivity Hacks for Project Managers
While some projects might have an end of year deadline, in my experience, most projects finish when they…
How to Make a Risk Management Plan (Template Included)
You identify them, record them, monitor them and plan for them: risks are an inherent part of every…
KPIs for Project roles
People often ask me how project managers can be evaluated, or what targets should be set for people…
How to Conduct a Gap Analysis: Definition, Steps & Example
Plan all you want. But once that project or business plan is being executed, you’ll need a gap…
Questioning and listening: Your mentoring power skills
Mentoring, at its core, is talking to other people and sharing your experience. A successful mentoring relationship relies…
What Is a Transition Plan? Example & Template Included
Changes, whether personal or professional, are never easy to navigate. This is where a transition plan can help…
A Quick Guide to Strategic Initiatives
Although the term “strategic initiative” might sound like inflated business jargon, it’s far from useless. A strategic initiative…
Questioning and listening: Your everyday power skills
Project management is a lot of talking to other people and acting on what they say. A successful…
Why Traditional Software Development Practices Are Failing the Modern Enterprise
When it comes to enterprise software development, there’s an unsettling trend that many executive-level leaders are all too…