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Gate review: what to do if your project come to a halt
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…
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Project management for consulting firms
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…
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Department Manager: how to use Twproject (without being a project manager)
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…
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From initial contact to reporting: how consultancy firms manage clients without losing track
For those working in the consultancy sector, securing a new client is just the beginning. The real challenge lies in managing client relationships over time in a structured way – from the initial contact right through to reporting on ongoing projects. When this information is scattered across emails, spreadsheets and separate tools, there is a…
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Project hour reporting: how to compile a report
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…
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Resource management in consulting firms: who does what, with what workload, and until when?
In consulting firms, managing multiple projects is the norm, not the exception. That’s why, in a recent article, we discussed how to handle multiple projects using a tool like a Portfolio. In this case, instead, we want to focus on issues related to resource management, in order to provide consulting teams with some practical examples…
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Resource leveling: what it is and when to implement it in your projects
In project management, effective resource management is one of the most challenging components. Overburdened teams, unrealistic deadlines, and overlapping tasks can threaten the entire project. This is where resource leveling comes into the picture. This is a key technique for optimizing resource utilization and ensuring sustainable planning. In this article, we’ll take a closer look…
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How to set up and manage a project portfolio for consulting firms
Managing one project at a time is one thing. Managing ten projects simultaneously — for different clients, with shared teams and overlapping deadlines—is quite another. The real challenge for consulting firms isn’t the individual project; it’s having a big-picture view that allows them to make quick decisions without getting lost in the details. When this…
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The Project Manager’s Toolbox
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…
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Why consulting projects fall outside the scope (and how to avoid it with better planning)
In consulting projects, meeting deadlines isn’t a matter of good will—it’s a matter of tools. When planning is scattered across Excel spreadsheets, emails, and separate tools, delays always arise too late to be managed. The problem isn’t the complexity of the project—it’s the lack of real-time visibility. Below, we’ll show you, using practical examples, how…
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Project management in the microservices and microteams era
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.…
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The “Quiet Quitting” phenomenon in projects
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…
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How to keep project costs under control in a consultancy firm (without driving yourself crazy)
If you manage consultancy projects, you’ll be all too familiar with the problem: the approved budget provided by the client is one thing, but what actually happens during the project is quite another. Unrecorded hours, internal costs that are difficult to isolate, and financial reports that always arrive too late. CONTENT The key issue: keeping…