Here’s how clients often experience hiring outside talent for projects: they agree to pay you a huge amount of money for a result they’d like. They throw a few vague requirements over the wall to you, because they’re a little hazy on the actual details...
When you’re running a project, you face a problem you might not have faced before. You can’t just outwork a project. There’s other people involved. There’s input from senior management. There’s ideas from the creative director, from the IT dude across...
Imagine waking up, grabbing a coffee, and sitting down to your laptop with a view overlooking the beach. Work for a few hours, and then head to beach for a swim. That’s the dream of remote work. But how does it work in pratice, and what's the impact...
What would being better at running projects mean to you? What if you became a project management expert? What if you built your own project management course, skipping expensive fees and jumped straight to project guru status? Well, you’d start to get...
When you start a business, it’s all about throwing things at the wall and seeing if it sticks. You've launched a new app, and you get your first five paying customers. You excitedly chat with each of them as part of their concierge onboarding. Or you...
I sat down with Bruce Harpham from ProjectManagementHacks.com for a chat about project management, meetings, checklists and even Oktoberfest. In the interview, you’ll hear about: why you should write an agenda for each meeting you run; using checklists...
It’s tough managing projects. You get input from the CEO, sales, marketing, support and customers, while trying to come up with a realistic plan about how to make the project happen. Your role feels more like a cattle herder when you’re trying to coax...
I’m happy to welcome Thomas as Planio’s newest team member. His responsibilities will be writing content, diving into metrics and looking for ways to help Planio achieve world domination (of course). Let’s have a chat with Thomas so that we can learn...
You know those situations: There's an open issue in Planio which hasn't been completed yet and there are still a few things missing. You're making note of each item in the issue history but over time it becomes hard to keep track. Of course you could...
It’s done. It’s ready. And we think it’s awesome. Planio’s new Team Chat App is finally ready and is now rolling out as a new Pro Feature to all Planio clients. A picture is worth a thousand words. So here it is: Beautiful, isn’t it? Planio’s new Team...