On paper, managing projects seems like a straightforward process. Define your scope, break it down into manageable tasks, and assign them to your team. However, anyone whoâs actually managed a project knows this couldnât be further from the truth...
The worst mistake any project manager can make is to focus too much on their process and forget about the people powering it. Your team is the heart and soul of every project. But thatâs easy to ignore when youâre behind schedule, over budget,...
Metrics and data can be a touchy subject for Agile teams. In the best-case scenario, Agile metrics like sprint burndown charts, velocity, and cumulative flow diagrams are used to reduce confusion and show team progress (or bottlenecks). However...
Thereâs an old saying that goes âIf you try to be all things to all people, you won't be anything to anyone.â Thatâs why whenever you start a new project, prioritize features, or do product exploration, the biggest question you need to answer is...
Thereâs no denying that âprojectsâ are the currency of the modern workplace. And whether youâre a designer, developer, team lead, or administrator, your job requires many of the same skills that separate the best project managers: organization...
Scalability is a big deal in enterprise development. When youâre working with massive companies, get a significant spike in users, or land a great white whale of a customer, you want to know that your infrastructure, tech, and team can handle the...
Navigating the project manager career path can often feel like looking at a map without any compass directions. Just when you think youâve got it figured out, it turns out youâve been holding it upside down the entire time. Thatâs because few...
As much as product teams (and project managers) want to create and follow detailed plans, even the best ones are just dressed-up guesses. Instead, great products are built on experimentationâtrying small changes at scale, occasionally failing,...
The most productive people all follow a simple rule â if itâs not on their calendar, it wonât happen. The same goes for your team. But instead of a calendar, your âmust-haveâ tool is a project schedule. A project schedule is more than a calendar...
As a project manager, itâs your job to help shield your team from the constant communication, notifications, and meeting requests that threaten their daily tasks (and sanity). Asynchronous communicationâwhen you send messages without expecting...