Project Management Blog

Day after day, we are expected to do more than before as expectations on work output, quality, and the rapidity of expected task completion are increasing as technology advances. Juggling multiple projects is the norm for project managers today. Ask around, and you will find that project managers that have only a single project on ...

As far back as in 1984, Microsoft revolutionized the project management (PM) field by introducing their Microsoft Project application. Indeed, Project’s innovative approach to developing a plan and tracking progress was God-given for managers of the time. However, the reality has immensely changed. Today the ‘cloud’ seems to be dominating everywhere – starting from website backup ...

Productive (adjective) – producing, or being able to produce, large amounts of outputs. In today’s business world, being productive has become a necessity for every employee, and every team out there. In fact, the word “productivity” is used to such an extent, that most people can’t tell the difference between productivity and effectiveness anymore. Being ...

Ever wanted to simply keep tabs on a project where you don’t have any assigned activities? To observe and get updates sent to your email, but not have it affect your own task list? In the past, you could only keep tabs on an Easy Projects task by: Expanding a user’s permissions to see tasks ...

“I’ll start this in just a few minutes” “Ok, let’s have a coffee break and get to work” “I’ll just do that tomorrow” “Oh, this can wait a bit” “I simply don’t have this much time” “Meow” If you have ever tried to get teenagers to listen to their parents, teach cats how to behave ...

Do employees who appear eager to join your company, move on to new opportunities that “can’t be passed up” after just a couple months after joining? Do your new hires stop showing up after a week or two? Let’s get to the bottom of this mystery. Employee turnover will happen,but an eternal employee is a ...

Mobile Project Managers rejoice! The Easy Projects mobile app now allows you to create projects from scratch! Now you can keep your team’s project list up to date from anywhere, at any time. Start the project up and put your tasks down at the touch of a button. Instantly assign team members to the relevant ...

Many people assume that taking time to organize your workspace is a waste of time, since everything will eventually turn into a mess again. This is why they decide to do it smaller chunks, like dusting a few shelves, rearranging trash cans, or organizing a few papers. However, this is ineffective. Environments in which we ...

Even new or accidental project managers know that nothing ever goes according to plan. Any deviation from the project schedule or scope, whether it’s for the better or for the worse, throws off estimates and affects resource usage across other projects. That’s why you need a project baseline. Not only do project baselines help keep ...

Regular meetings are a fact of professional life. Whether they're once a week or once a month, they take up time and need to be accounted for in your schedule. However, actually putting them in your project plan is a pain, since you have to manually create multiple instances of the same thing.