Project management

Budgeting and management control are two key tools for any project manager who wants to manage project costs, resources, and timelines without losing track of how the work is actually progressing. A project that overshoots its budget is not just an accounting problem. It’s a indication that something went wrong: an overly optimistic estimate, an … Continue reading "Budgeting and Management Control: stop wasting money"

If your company follows structured methodologies, you know how important the gate review is. These strategic checkpoints are designed to assess your project’s status before approving the move to the next phase. But what happens when the data fails to convince stakeholders and the red flag is raised? For many, seeing their activities stuck at … Continue reading "Gate review: what to do if your project come to a halt"

Consulting firms operate in a structurally different environment from any other organization: their primary product isn’t a physical item or software, but rather people’s time and expertise. Each commission is a unique project, with a different client, specific objectives, and a team that often works on multiple assignments simultaneously. As such, project management isn’t just … Continue reading "Project management for consulting firms"

One of the main challenges of working as a department head is distributing work in a balanced way. With Twproject, you can create tasks, checklists, and recurring activities, assign them to specific team members with priorities and deadlines, and always keep track of who is doing what. As a result, every sales representative or operator … Continue reading "Department Manager: how to use Twproject (without being a project manager)"

Hourly reporting is one of the key tasks in project management, both in the business world and in public sectors such as educational institutions. Creating a clear, accurate, and easy-to-read report allows you to keep costs under control, stay within budget, and prove that human resources are being allocated correctly. In this article, we’ll take … Continue reading "Project hour reporting: how to compile a report"

Want to find out how to structure projects using “work packages,” a versatile tool that forms the basis of project management? We discuss it here. Work packages are a key concept in project management and represent the lowest level of a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure). Understanding what they are, how they are created and how … Continue reading "Work packages: what are they and what relation do they have with wbs?"

Every trade has its own toolbox. Woodworkers have planes and chisels; surgeons have scalpels and precision instruments. The project manager is no exception: to complete a project according to schedule, budget and expected quality, they need a specific set of tools, methodologies, and skills. But what, exactly, should be in this toolbox? More importantly, how … Continue reading "The Project Manager’s Toolbox"

The adoption of microservices and the emergence of microteams are redefining not only software architectures but also the way projects are planned, managed, and completed. In this article, we will take a look at how this evolution affects development processes, what benefits it provides to organizations, and how project managers can adapt to remain competitive. … Continue reading "Project management in the microservices and microteams era"

Quiet quitting is an increasingly discussed topic in the workplace, especially in project management. It does not involve actually quitting, but rather adopting an attitude where employees choose to do only the bare minimum, limiting their efforts strictly to what is required by their contract without going the extra mile. This behavior has a major … Continue reading "The “Quiet Quitting” phenomenon in projects"

Calendars are essential tools for organizing meetings, deadlines, and tasks. Without a synchronized calendar, however, the risk of disorganization is always just around the corner. Nowadays, managing projects means coordinating time, resources, and priorities. Even so, in many companies, schedules are still scattered across different tools: Excel spreadsheets, Google Calendar, personal planners, and non-integrated software. … Continue reading "Too many calendars? Switch to a unified, synchronized calendar"

Research and development is one of the strategic foundations for companies active in technology-intensive industries. Yet managing complex R&D projects requires much more than just forward thinking: it requires robust governance, effective monitoring tools, and structured project management. In corporate environments where experimentation is a constant and technological innovation is a key competitive factor, the … Continue reading "Research and Development: a guide to managing projects without losing control"

Project timelines are one of the most critical tools in project management. They help you visualize the entire scope of work, plan activities and resources, and make sure everyone knows what to do and when to do it. Without a clearly defined timeline, any project risks becoming a series of disjointed tasks with unclear deadlines … Continue reading "Why the project timeline is key and how to create one"

Task monitoring in project management is not just another operational effort: it is at the core of project control. Without a clear and up-to-date view of what happens every day, even the most accurate planning is likely to fail. For a project manager, knowing exactly what goes on in real time means being able to … Continue reading "Task tracking: achieve accuracy, control, and results"

In an ever-more results-oriented business environment, timesheets are now a key tool for monitoring activities, costs, and productivity. It’s not just about logging hours worked, but about transforming the data collected into strategic information to improve business performance. Optimizing how timesheets are used means moving from a control-based approach to a value-based approach: understanding how … Continue reading "How to optimize timesheet usage"

Managing the workload of a project is getting the right balance of tasks for each team member, is one of the most critical tasks that a project manager has to face. In fact, the equitable distribution of the workload in a team is definitely a challenging task, and the temptation to entrust more projects to … Continue reading "How to manage the workload of a project: 6 key suggestions"