As an effective team manager, understanding the problems your team faces is a significant part of the battle against fatigue. But realizing that through some innovative solutions, you can unlock increased potential for your team. That’s where the magic happens. Below are some ways to effectively optimize your project delivery by leveraging your employees' workload [...]
When starting a new career, we face a variety of challenges. These hardships are usually related to training and studying all that is required to execute the job. That’s why we bury our faces in books, take online courses, and attend classes to prepare ourselves. But, we tend to forget that starting a career also [...]
When we think about construction, it usually comes to mind complex endeavors that require a series of planned and careful actions, after all, it’s necessary to stay faithful to the clients and stakeholders' expectations and, just as important, make sure that the projects are executed and delivered safely. This complexity is why construction project management [...]
Every new project comes with costs, deliverables, deadlines, and demands. Failing to manage all of these moving parts could result in lost money, wasted resources, and failed projects. Fortunately, following the project life cycle methodology can bring order to the bedlam. The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines the project life cycle as, “a collection of [...]
If you’re reading this article, you probably know that there’s a lot of new tendencies and growing opportunities for specific professionals in the business market. In the last decades, new occupations were created and others have become high in-demand positions, some of them are in the Project Management career paths. But, in case you [...]
In all kinds of business, the goal of answering and meeting customer needs is immediate. In strategic consulting, which has the function of helping different profiles of companies to solve major challenges, reconciling this goal with an adaptation of the forms of work according to the style of each client makes the routine of the [...]
Ask any architect what it’s like to manage a construction project, and they’ll tell you it’s nothing short of complex. From small firms to large architectural offices, every job requires an ordered and planned assembly of materials and workers to complete the job on time and within budget. To make matters more complicated, bad weather, [...]
Remember school projects? All the anxiety over defining the tasks that needed to be completed? Who was going to get which task? Deadlines? Even budgets! Bet you it’s stressful to just think about that, right? That was project management and you probably didn’t even know! Usually, the project would be left in the hands of [...]
Implementing a project billing process is critically important for the success of any business, whether you’re a freelancer, small business, or huge corporation. But with several different types of billing methods available, which is best suited for your needs? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Why are some models firm-focused, while others customer-focused? [...]
Struggling to stay motivated? Slowly losing gusto as the finish line seems further and further out of reach? It’s easy to procrastinate when your heart isn’t in a project. And, of course, we all have those days when we’re just not feeling it. Other times, stuff gets in the way; family-life gets hectic, side projects [...]
