Humans love seeing a 100% score, whether on a test, a report card, or even a film rating. We equate it with complete success and accomplishment, no room spared. So, when it comes to your resource…
As a project manager, you’ve probably had the iron triangle of project management drilled into your brain: balancing the budget, scope, and schedule of projects to make projects as high-quality as possible. That may sound simple…
Resource management sounds like an administrative task, but it’s inherently human. Resource management is about using your most important resource—people—in an empowering and efficient way. Effective resource management is key to ensuring a happier, more fulfilling…
If you’ve ever played Tetris, made a few miscalculations, and watched the shapes rapidly stack up to the top while you struggle to keep up, you’ve had a taste of what happens when a business uses…
We’ve just released a brand new design for Projects and Clients with some huge improvements
In 2019, Wellingtone, a UK-based PMO consultancy, surveyed 150 organizations about the state of project management. They found that “poor resource management” is the second-largest project management challenge among respondents, trailing just a few percentage points…
Project managers are professional negotiators. We’re negotiating constantly—even when we don’t realize it. We negotiate resources, timelines, budget, and scope every time we start a new project. We negotiate stakeholder expectations and vacation plans. We don’t…
Years ago, I was handed a brand-new project to manage and needed to get my team up-to-speed—with a tight two-month deadline to launch and no room for errors. In order to onboard my team, I linked…
Resource forecasting in project management is much like a super-effective crystal ball. While it may not tell you when you should buy a lottery ticket, it can save you a lot of stress by estimating the…
Why is it that something as important as resource planning is so often not given the due attention it deserves? Many projects have come unstuck due to the failure to plan resources accurately throughout their lifecycle.…
Tentative bookings have arrived! Perfect for when there's a bit of uncertainty about your booking eg if you're waiting for a client to sign off the budget.
Have you always wanted a better view of your projects in Resource Guru? One with greater clarity and less noise? We’ve just added a nifty little feature that does just that! 🥳
I am notoriously overbooked, in both my personal and professional lives. I assure you, this is not a humble brag about either my popularity or my skills as a writer. My time and energy are the…
Brilliant news!! Much sought after multi-resource bookings are here 🎉 Now, if you want to book a team and a meeting room in a single event, you can.
As we all know, time zones can be mind-boggling. Apart from the mental conversion gymnastics of colleagues in different time zones, clocks regularly go forwards and backwards.
