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Written by Andrew Rogoff
Work Life: Stories & strategies
Reach peak productivity and team harmony with practical guidance on resource and project management.
Work-life balance in ad agencies—time to rebrand agency life
The advertising industry doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to work-life balance. It’s notorious for its fast-paced, high-pressure environment, where tight deadlines and demanding clients are the norm. “It’s agency life” is the rationale…
Written by Jo Johansson
A sustainable future for all: Resource Guru’s green pledge
It may come as a surprise that Earth Day goes all the way back to 1970. Long before plastic waste protests, carbon footprint calculators, and Greta Thunberg existed. That means 2020 marked half a century’s worth of…
Written by Percy Stilwell
Project monitoring and control: Complete guide (+ checklist)
They say that a watched pot never boils. And that may be true, but here at Resource Guru, we say that a watched project never fails. Monitoring and controlling a project is an essential part of any…
Written by Jo Johansson
14 qualities of a project manager (+ practical interview tips)
The best project managers go the extra mile for their teams. Not only do they wrestle with undefined gray areas to find win-win scenarios for all stakeholders and remove roadblocks that prevent people from getting work…
Written by Jo Johansson
Outputs and outcomes—A story by Dr. Al Zeitoun
Last week, Holly Davis, Principal Delivery Manager at Torchbox, talked about complacency, ownership, and project scope. This week, Dr. Al Zeitoun, PgMP, PMI Fellow, and Senior Strategy Director at Siemens, shares the story of when he…
Written by Jo Johansson
Expert input from
Dr. Al Zeitoun
Project closure checklist: 8 steps to project peace of mind (+ free template)
Your project is coming to a close and it’s time to wrap things up. Ironically, and because so much effort goes into planning a project, we often forget that it’s equally important to close-out projects properly…
Written by Rachael Nicholson
Project closure: 8 steps to seamless closure in project management
Project closure often gets overshadowed by the execution phase, and to be fair, there can be some confusion and overlap between the two. But this is exactly why the project closure phase exists: to make sure…
Written by Jo Johansson
Expert input from
Dr. Al Zeitoun
Free resource capacity planning template: Excel and Google Sheet formats available
Resource capacity planning templates can make life as a resource or project manager so much easier. A nifty template will sharpen your resource planning process—saving you time and stress. Plus, it’ll help you identify overallocated resources…
Written by Rachael Nicholson
New email notifications to keep teams aligned
Keep everyone aligned on upcoming work and time off. Our new email notifications will keep you and your team up-to-date on important changes to your schedule.
Written by Kat Pattison
When complacency creeps in—A story by Holly Davis
Last week, Operations Director at DDB Sydney, Steph Dix, shared her (all-too-familiar) story about work-life balance and how exactly her mantra, “happy people make for great work,” came to be. This week, Holly Davis, Principal Delivery Manager…
Written by Jo Johansson
Expert input from
Holly Davis
Project execution: A practical guide to mastering project implementation
You’ve created a meticulous project plan. You’ve got a project dream team behind you. And your stakeholders are ready and willing to back you all the way. What could possibly go wrong? Answer: the execution. Project…
Written by Jo Johansson
Happy people make for great work—A story by Steph Dix
Last week, Director, Data Governance at American Express, and experienced PMP, Ordonna Sargeant, talked about what happens when you don’t have clearly defined team roles and why collaboration is the key to success in project management.…
Written by Jo Johansson
How to build a project management team: 5 best practices to follow
When you’re figuring out how to build a project team, it comes down to finding the right people with the right skills for the task at hand. Simple as that. Project success relies on a good…
Written by Jo Johansson
Project team roles and responsibilities (with examples)
Your project outcome is only going to be as good as the team behind it. There are no two ways about it—your project’s success depends on the skills, expertise, and experience of the project team you…
Written by Jo Johansson