Everyone’s experienced a “quick” task turning into a day-long endeavor. Despite our best intentions, human beings are terrible at estimating how long a project or task will take to complete. But as a project manager, it’s your job to properly estimate...
The great remote work debate is over: Working remotely is here to stay. After years of dipping our toes in the water, the global coronavirus pandemic has abruptly forced teams to dive straight into working remotely. And you know what? It’s not...
Managing remote teams can feel a lot like playing chess... with a blindfold on. You can use all your experience and instincts to make the right moves and still have no idea if it made any impact (or even what your team is up to!) Awareness and...
Every great company–from the billion-dollar tech behemoths to innovative and scrappy startups–has one thing in common: talented people motivated by a shared vision. But while finding talented people isn’t hard–even when hiring remote employees...
In 2015, Stanford Professor Nicholas Bloom found that working from home increased productivity by 13% and lowered turnover in half! In other words: working remotely works. However, these days with the rise of COVID-19 pushing more companies to...
When you’re heads-down working on a huge project, it’s easy to forget that the smallest things can sometimes have the biggest impact on your success. Let’s say you’re working for NASA and your job is to get a rocket to the moon (no biggie, right...
Sit through enough meetings and you’ll start to think their only purpose is to book another meeting. While your main responsibility is to always make sure you’re planning (and attending) effective meetings, it’s what you do after the meeting that...
The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. And number two? A good project management book. There’s nothing “new” about running a project. Sure, the goals and specific issues will be different in each...
There’s a reason startups are obsessed with “community” and influencers tell you to find your “tribe”. Pretty much everything is made better when you bring together a group of the right people. Even software. Redmine is the most popular open source...
In a study conducted by Stanford University Professor Behnam Tabrizi, it was found that almost 75 percent of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional. Dysfunctional was categorised as unable to meet 3 of the 5 criteria they tested: keeping on...