Project management

The Kanban method was developed as a methodology to improve production efficiency. The Japanese word “Kanban” means “billboard” in English and it was born in the company of Toyota, in Japan. Today this method is widely used. Nowadays, the Kanban method is not only used as a planning system for lean production, but also in … Continue reading "How to apply the Kanban method to project management"

The project risk analysis or risk management,  is the process of identification, analysis and response to any risk that occurs during the life cycle of a project. Analyzing the risks that may lie behind the execution of a project, predicting the possible obstacles and having a vision of the solutions in advance is certainly vital for any project. It serves … Continue reading "Project risk analysis"

What is the Digital Project Manager? It is quickly explained! Nowadays, our routine goes in parallel with the digital world, we are connected 24 hours a day and – almost – anything is possible thanks to the Internet. The work itself is largely digital. For these reasons, the figure of the digital project manager is … Continue reading "The digital project manager: when the project meets the web"

The success of any project depends on the ability of a project manager to have a specific methodical approach to each project. The approach must be in line with the needs of the client and with the strengths of his team. In order to manage a winning project, it is essential to create an effective … Continue reading "7 tips on how to manage winning projects"

General overview and differences from the fifth edition At the end of 2017, the sixth edition of the PMbok was published.  Let’s start from the base: what is the PMbok? It is the Project Management Body of Knowledge, a guide, published by the Project Management Institute – PMI, which aims to document, gather and standardize … Continue reading "The sixth edition of PMbok"

Project Management is not a static topic but evolves from year to year and follows the trend of industry and the world of work in general. There’re trends, that we can clearly see, that are increasingly influencing this profession. Some of these started some years ago and gradually take hold, others have been born only … Continue reading "The 3 trends of Project Management"

To know the progress of the project at any time is one of the main responsibilities of a project manager. To this end, project status meetings become a fundamental tool throughout the project life cycle. Unfortunately, however, too often, these appointments turn into a waste of time losing sight of the objectives of the meeting … Continue reading "Project status meetings: what to monitor to make them work!"

Managing a project is complicated and making mistakes that can compromise the progress of all activities is very simple. One of the most delicate phases from this point of view is the project planning one, errors made in this phase are in fact the most serious and can negatively affect the achievement of the entire … Continue reading "5 Project Planning Mistakes to Avoid (Part 1 of 5)"

There are no two identical projects, at the same time all projects seem to suffer of similar problems. Even the best project manager can, in case of important tasks, particularly long-lasting or if subjected to continuous requests for updates, fall into common errors that could lead a task to fail. These frequent mistakes in managing … Continue reading "5 Most Common Mistakes in Managing Projects"

Have you ever had the feeling that everything in your to-do list has maximum priority? If yes, which method do you use to identify what can be postponed? Being a project manager, you know that managing project timelines is crucial; with a correct and realistic plan you will be able to work better, and all … Continue reading "3 Useful Tips to Improve Work Time Management"

Most of project managers have to face projects whose planning was done incorrectly, not in line with customer expectations, with the bad result of  big delays and budget overflows, and maybe this has happened to you too.It is true, companies are being renewed, working groups are heterogeneous and distributed, increasingly flexible, and often, this flexibility … Continue reading "How SCRUM methodology can help you minimizing project risks"

One of the biggest challenges, a project manager can face in a new team, is to change things for the better and let this changes take effect without the resistance of the team. One of the most frequent examples is when a project manager decides to introduce a new tool for project management. This moment … Continue reading "How to Introduce Project Management Software & Succeed"

Despite what people think, being a project manager requires a lot of creativity. A project manager has to be creative managing his resources and their productivity lacks , emotions or peculiar ideas,  be creative in communication with his own bosses, be creative managing large projects with unexpected delays… So, how to stay creative even when … Continue reading "How to be an Innovative Project Manager (Infographic)"

These days, companies has to face an ever growing need for dynamic teams, shared groups of people working together through the internet. This need increases hand by hand with the difficulty of managing team dynamics and project updates. For this reason, using conventional software like Microsoft project, built for managing projects in their best case scenario with … Continue reading "How To Manage Distributed Teams – Sharing is Caring"

Even if every company has its own peculiarity, we find, in our experience, that company with same business share also the same internal processes. This is probably the reason why, often, our customers, ask us for project’s template that they can import and adjust in their own Twproject instance. This helps them starting with Twproject easily, refining … Continue reading "Software Development Project Template – Free Download"