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...
According to a recent G2 study, the three biggest challenges marketing teams face are engaging with customers, creating a cohesive customer journey across platforms, and innovatingâchallenges that can be solved with the right marketing project...
There's an old saying that goes: âYou don't want to know how the sausage gets made.â For many agencies, a good client relationship depends on this kind of subtle subterfuge. You want your client to love the final product, so itâs natural not to...
If you build software for a living, you probably donât think you have much in common with real estate developers, sculptors, or ancient Pharaohs. But every projectâfrom redesigning a website to building the Colossus of Rhodesâfollows the same four...
Thereâs no denying that you can run a project using your inbox for communication and Excel for planning, organizing, and tracking progress. However, if youâre reading this, youâve more-than-likely hit a wall using email and excel for managing projects...
Agile product development has a chicken and egg problem. Building a product based on user feedback requires, well, feedback. But you need a product to get feedback in the first place. While many teams start by building an MVP (minimum viable product...
Out of all the project management skills we attribute to great teamsâplanning, leadership, decision-making, etc...âwriting well rarely makes the list. But between writing planning documents, giving feedback, stakeholder updates, reports, and days...
When you put a group of smart, driven people in a room together, great ideas are bound to happen. At least thatâs what weâd like to believe. Unfortunately, brainstorming sessions donât always work out as planned. The loudest teammates take over...