Category: General Discussion
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Reframing The ‘Problem’ Of IT Recruitment To Maximise Business Benefit
Interesting scenario this week in the world of IT & Project Management Recruiting. A client asked us to find an IT Project Manager. Simple enough, we have a live database of interviewed talent and we maintain regular contact with them. What’s more, we have a relationship with the client that is based on a deep…
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What Makes the Perfect Project Manager?
The best project managers today have taken years learning and honing their craft. This understanding comes from learning to balance the structure and framework of a recognised project management methodology like PRINCE2 with an innate ability to adapt to the environment they find themselves working in. There are a number of so called soft skills…
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Are Your Project Goals Realistic?
Projects can run off course – hardly front page news to those working within project management. Even worse, if things haven’t been rectified projects can fail, very quickly. Only 64% of projects meet their goals 70% of companies report having at least one project failed in the last year Companies lose over $100 million for…
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Project Management Basics: 5 Steps to a Foolproof Project Plan
When it comes to shaping a prosperous future of any organization, sound project management serves as the cornerstone. It aligns project goals with the strategic approach of an entire organization. It provides leadership, mission and vision to the teams, who get specific direction that is aimed at generating achievable outcomes. Guiding them about the objective,…
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New Year’s Resolutions For Small Businesses
We reveal some New Year’s Resolutions that can help you to achieve small business success. As we embark on a New Year, it is often an opportunity for reflection. For small business owners, this is an opportunity for you to analyse the efficiency of your company. Where can you make improvements? Here are some…
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5 Reasons to Consider Project Management for E-Commerce
Project management- it’s definitely the most fundamental way for organizations to optimize processes, making certain that they offer the highest level of competence and productivity. Small to medium-sized businesses need to juggle a number of tasks, plan, people and projects at the same time – project management software can help them keep organized in an…
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The Benefits of Resource Management
Resource management is a discipline that was conceived primarily to complement the efforts of different project management techniques by facilitating the optimal and sustainable utilisation of all project resources. In the light of project management, resource management refers to the scientific process that regulates and allocates resources on to projects with a keen consideration of…
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How to Best Use a Project Management Tool with a Virtual Team
The remote employment trend is being adopted by many organizations nowadays, given its multiple benefits such as low operational costs and ease of management. More and more teams worldwide are counting on remote employees to run the show, with most of them working with a computing device and an internet connection. Though this employment model…
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Top Productivity Management Strategies Inside Your Office
Importance of Resource Management: It is said that “A good businessman is always a good leader “and “A good leader is always a good manager”. Many business owners and entrepreneurs don’t realize the significance of resource management. There are a lot of examples of business ventures that started with nothing and ended up earning billions.…
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IT Project Management boring? Are you sure you’re doing it right?
Project Management is the second most boring job in the world, according to a recent study. When you factor in that working in IT also makes the top ten you would be forgiven for imagining that all IT Project Managers must be constantly nodding off on the job. Who did they ask? It reminds me…