Product Review: Zoho Projects
I’m continually curious to learn more about the enterprise project management software market 🤓 This time, I’m taking a look at Zoho Projects, the project management software solution associated with a much larger Chennai-based B2B software company called Zoho.
Remote is Work: Tips on Setting Up Your Organization for Success
In this post, I’ll share some ideas for how you can structure remote work to set up your organization for success. TLDR; communication is critical.
How to Craft a 30-60-90 Day Plan
This blog post will explain how to craft a 30-60-90 day plan as a way to align with your stakeholders on expected scope, measure outcomes, and stay accountable to your stated goals.
Product Review: Moqups
Moqups sees its product as a solution to the ongoing challenges around requirements definition. In their view, creating good requirements is “more art than science.” Engaging a diverse swathe of people early in the process and continuing to question and refine initial hypotheses is key to generating the best possible set of requirements.
Product Review: CROOW
CROOW is a project management software company that describes itself as being at the nexus of project management and business management. For this post, I had the opportunity not only to demo the product but also to speak with CROOW’s founder to learn about the origins of one of the new kids on the block in the PM software space.
The Unpopular PM
As a proud millennial and child of the ‘90s, I distinctly remember the ubiquitous educational posters adorning the walls of my elementary and middle school imploring us to remember that “what is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.” What do you do when project stakeholders resist adopting effective program management practices?
Product Review: Roadmunk
Roadmunk is a roadmapping software designed to fill a gap left by many popular project management products—the ability to communicate strategy to an executive audience. I’ve faced this challenge many times in my career when using the work management products commonly available in an office environment.
Product Review: Hey
Oh, hey! Here comes the ubiquitous Hey product review. Hey is a subscription-based email service that was developed by Basecamp, a time management software company renowned for its forward-leaning practices around the future of work. Productivity nerds like me have been eagerly awaiting the launch of Hey for months.
Solutioning and Project Management
When a colleague asked me to write about the difference between solutioning and project management, I knew that solutioning had transcended from a passing fad to a full-blown trend. Solutioning seeks to structure the problem solving process so that it is consistent, repeatable, and generates optimal results.
Storyboarding for Report Writing
On the last few deliverables I’ve worked, we were having difficulty synthesizing the information in a coherent manner, incorporating perspectives from multiple authors, and organizing the content in a logical sequence for the reader to process. So, I’m trying a new approach. Here is our plan to storyboard as part of the report writing process.
How to Manage a Proposal
In the project management world, there is nothing quite so rewarding—or quite so exhausting—as the opportunity to submit a bid as part of a competitive procurement. How do you apply project management principles to run a proposal well?
What to Do When You Get a New Project
When you inherit something midstream and need to get up to speed quickly, it can be challenging to ascertain what you need to do first. What’s worth learning (and doing) immediately? What can wait? Here are some things PMs should consider when taking the reins on a new project opportunity.