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Women share in Project Management is a topic we hold close to our hearts. Our company is committed to gender equality, having a fair proportion of men and women. The project manager role is one of the most important and fast-growing occupations worldwide, and women are becoming increasingly present in this field. CONTENT Statistics on … Continue reading "Women quota in project management: what are the challenges in 2023?"

CONTENT PMBoK 7 vs. PMBoK 6: introduction to the differences 1.Basic principles 2.Performance Domains 3.Hybrid and agile approaches Project Manager Challenges in Consideration of PMBoK 7 1.Adapting to a more flexible and agile approach 2.Managing stakeholder expectations 3.Focusing on value creation 4.Managing uncertainty and risk 5.Developing personal skills and leadership 5 practical tips for tackling … Continue reading "PMBoK 7 vs. PMBoK 6: Evolutions, Challenges, and Jokes for the Modern Project Manager"

CONTENT 7 tips to increase work productivity 1. Focus on one activity at a timet 2. Take regular breaks 3. Focus on the most important tasks first 4. Set small goals 5. Delegate some tasks 6. Boost work productivity: use the tomato technique 7. No meetings Boosting your team’s work productivity is no impossible feat, … Continue reading "7 tips to boost work productivity"

Communication is an essential requirement within a team; that’s why in Twproject you can find many different features having this goal. Today we added an brand new one: the mentions! Twproject 7.1.000 includes also several security fixes and improvements. Mentions are now available in Twproject Nowadays, using constantly messaging applications, we got used to mentions, … Continue reading "Twproject 7.1.000 – Introduction of mentions and other improvements"

Good time management skills can help in every area of people’s lives. CONTENT What is time management? Benefits of time management 1. Less stress 2. Better work-life balance 3. Improved concentration 4. Less procrastination 5. Increased energy levels 6. Improved work quality 7. More opportunities 8. Better work image 7 tips for successful time management … Continue reading "How important time management is for better productivity"

“Make or buy” is one of the strategic choices that project managers face in project management. CONTENT Make or buy: 6 factors of decision making 1. Existing skills 2. Potential skills 3. Revision time 4. Cost evaluation 5. Quality comparison 6. Emotional reasons Make or buy analysis: project manager’s role Make or buy: strategic and … Continue reading "Make or buy? How important the Project Manager is in decision making"

Time reporting is a critical component of project management. CONTENT Why use time reporting software? How does software time reporting work? 1. Addition of time entries 2. Time tracking 3. Reporting Choosing the right tool Time tracking provides a way to track the hours spent on individual activities and the overall project. The best way … Continue reading "Time reporting: clarity and straightforwardness thanks to a software"

Project variances are a real nuisance, and successful project managers must manage them as best they can. CONTENT What are design variations? Why is change management important? How to best manage the project variance 1. Initiating a change request 2. Evaluation of the change request 3. Analysis of the change request 4. Implementation of the … Continue reading "Project variance: how best to manage it"

Sprint planning is an essential part of the Scrum management process. CONTENT What is sprint planning? Sprint planning execution 1. Sprint planning meeting 2. Past sprints review 3. Establishing your sprint goal 4. Break down the objective into tasks Resource allocation 6. Setting a time period 7. Measuring progress 8. Sprint review Benefits of successful … Continue reading "Sprint planning: how to plan it to achieve your goals"

A successful project must not only be on time, but also on your budget. In this article we will see how Twproject manages project costs. The overall cost of a project depends mainly on the scope of application; the list of items contributing to the total will be very different between a consultancy project, a … Continue reading "Project costs: everything under control"

If you’re looking for the best project management software, you’ve finally landed on the right list. Online you will find many lists like this one, but most of them always include the same software which, let’s face it, does not solve even 10% of all the problems that a project manager and more generally a … Continue reading "Best project management software in 2022"

There comes a time in the life of a project in which the PM will find himself having to answer the fateful question: “where are we?” At the dawn of my activity in this field, many years ago, the main purpose of the PM’s job was summed up by the creation of a huge Gantt … Continue reading "Measuring Project Progress"

A project management software like Twproject, to be really effective, has to be used by all the team, so, how can we valuate if and how much the software is really used? The question is apparently simple, but it hides some pitfalls. Twproject is a PM software used by different user profiles: Project managers, Workers, … Continue reading "Motivate and monitor the use of a tool: user scores"

A “to-do list” is a primal yet powerful tool for organizing. We make lists for all occasions. You start as a child with the wish list for Santa Claus. You are growing up and your list becomes a shopping list,  a travel list or a documents list necessary to open a bank account. Even at … Continue reading "ToDo’s become adults?"

Kanban, is a Japanese words which means + or- sign or tag, it is part of a production organization method (called TPS) adopted in the 1950s at Toyota factories. In project management, the use of Kanban has become a real methodology that is perfectly reflected in the principles of the Agile Methodology. The Agile movement … Continue reading "Kanban software for project management"