There are so many tools for managing projects everywhere! Each with its characteristics, suitable to meet different needs. In this article, we want to point out those that (for us) are the key aspects, or at least factors to consider, when choosing a project management tool in the company. But first of all, here is … Continue reading “PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL – 10 key aspects to make the right choice”

Project cost management is an evergreen feature in all projects: big or small, from IT to construction. In fact, all projects require the purchase of any type of material or service. Regardless of the scope or the program, projects need funds to complete the work. Technically, even projects that use only manpower needfunds. Someone in … Continue reading “Project cost management: what is it and how to implement it”

Crashing in project management aims to shorten the duration of the entire project by reducing one or more activities during the life cycle. In concrete, less time can be spent on completing the project, but doing so requires additional investment. Precisely for the greater cost that it represents, the crashing of a project is used … Continue reading “When to use Crashing in project management”

Complaints during the realization of a project are almost inevitable. Of course, you can aim for full success, but also knowing how to handle complaints is an important quality for a Project Manager. The organization requires a consistent methodology of activities aimed at planning costs, resources and the project in general. All with one goal: … Continue reading “How to handle project complaints with negotiation”

Let’s talk about project procurement management in this article. This is not because we want to talk about psychology or counseling, but because we are interested in practical aspects, useful for the project. Projects are not carried out in isolation by the project manager and his team. In fact, most of these require other resources to … Continue reading “Project procurement management: how to manage project procurement”

Managing critical project paths is a challenge for all project managers. In fact, in every project, you can have hundreds of tasks with dozens of dependencies and interdependencies. Although all useful, not all tasks will have a decisive impact on the project. Therefore, it can become very difficult to identify the most important tasks, those … Continue reading “Governing critical project paths without being overwhelmed”

A new Twproject release is out today, with some small enhancement and some bug fixes. This release is free for all plan and does not contain any schema update. For the complete list of changes take a look out our change log. Features This new release includes a new rich HTML editor that you can … Continue reading “New Twproject 6.5.65004”

Fast Tracking is defined as a compression technique of the project program with the aim of concluding the project as soon as possible. When it comes to managing project planning, Fast Tracking is a well-established technique used to reduce the time needed to complete a given project. The compression techniques of the project program consist … Continue reading “When to use fast tracking techniques in project management”

Stakeholder engagement and stakeholder management are, without doubt, fundamental for project success, but, despite this, they are often considered a marginal activity. Stakeholder engagement is instead an essential and at the same time broad topic. It includes gathering and sharing information, managing concerns and complaints, measuring the impact and importance of different stakeholder groups, efficient … Continue reading “Stakeholder engagement plan: how to plan stakeholder engagement”

Lead and lag indicators are often used in performance management. But what exactly do they mean? Lead and lag indicators are two types of measurements used in performance evaluation in a company or an organization. A lead indicator is a predictive measure, such as the percentage of people wearing helmets on a building site. A … Continue reading “Lead and lag indicator in the scheduling activity”

Project scheduling compression techniques are applied during the development of the planning process if a project is lagging behind its plan. The goal of scheduling compression is to try to compress the schedule without changing the scope of the project. If the scope of the project has not changed and if the project is delayed, … Continue reading “Key aspects for the project schedule compression”

A root cause analysis is a project management methodology that attempts to get to the root of a problem in order to eliminate it. Even if the perfect design plan was realized and if it was executed in an exemplary manner, this would not eliminate all the risks that could arise from the execution of … Continue reading “Root cause analysis”