The project life cycle, just like a good story, has a beginning, a middle, and (hopefully) a happy end. The beginning involves the ever-so-important planning; then comes the middle, where teams complete various tasks to move…
Written by Jo Johansson
If you’ve ever tried to complete a project without the right tools, the right team, or the right resources, you know it can feel like an impossible task. But you don’t have to go it alone.…
Written by Jo Johansson
Project scope is the project manager’s best friend. It’s what we lean on throughout the project life cycle. It keeps us on the straight and narrow all the way to project success. But sometimes, complacency can…
Written by Jo Johansson
The FTE vs. headcount dilemma can get people scratching, well, their heads. But in project management planning, people are your most valuable resource and you should treat them as such. Sure, you need enough workers to…
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Team burnout is more present than ever. A terrifying 68% of tech workers feel more burned out in a remote setting than they did in an office. And who can blame them? The “always-on” culture eats…
Written by Jo Johansson
Let’s face it. Job interviews can be stressful. But it’s natural to feel anxious before a job interview—most of us do (a whopping 93% of us in fact). But those nerves aren’t all bad. It shows…
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It’s hard to get remote work right. But remote project management is even more challenging as team leads need to ensure everyone’s aligned and responsibilities are clear – often across multiple projects and timezones. Remote work…
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Project manager or not, chances are you’ve heard the phrase, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” But even if you fully understand the need to track project data, it can still be tough to determine…
Written by Jo Johansson
Nothing sinks a remote project team faster than micromanagement. It sends the message that you don’t trust your remote team to do their jobs. In fact, an HBR study found that 34% of employees said that their…
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Nobody likes a creep. And if you ask any seasoned project manager, the worst kind of creep comes in the form of scope creep. It’s the last thing they’d want to encounter in a dark alley late…
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The constant business hype surrounding Agile workflows can feel a bit like a buzzy food trend on your feed (avocado toast or matcha lattes, anyone?). You get that people love it, but you may not fully…
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A project handover should be simple, right? You reassign a project, and it becomes someone else’s responsibility. In reality, a project handover is more like a game of dominos—one shaky piece and the entire project will…
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For a new starter like myself, while the reasons to join Resource Guru were already plenty (remote-first, async culture, work-life balance), learning about the upcoming team retreat, or Guru Gathering as we call them, sure was…
Written by Jo Johansson
I’m sure you’ve seen your fair share of “today’s office” pics across social. Typically it’s a “for the gram” type photo. Perhaps it’s working from a hammock, the beach, a camper van, or even something more…
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What makes a project successful? This is the question every great Project Manager asks themselves when kicking off a new project. Delivering successful projects comes down to one (not so) simple thing: Defining what project success…
Written by Jo Johansson