Gulit Upadhyay

Every company measures success in different ways. They use baseline-reporting, slippage and earned value, issue reporting, risk analysis and tracking. Project Managers and/or the PMO are accountable to establish the metrics they will track and report the progress of their project. I would like to go out on proverbial limb to say, that most of … Read more

Project Management Software Earned value analysis is a powerful tool that can be used in project management to monitor and forecast project costs and delivery dates. If you are not utilizing earned value analysis on your project, chances are you already have the data available to begin right away. To do so, you will need … Read more

Solar Agile Project Management Previously we discussed about how you could Enhance Your Productivity with Solar Project Management Software. Let’s go a little bit deeper and understand, how solar PM software could work more efficiently using agile methodology approach. A recent search at Google on Solar Agile Project Management gets 69,70,000 hits. Leading magazines like Software Development, … Read more

There are lots of choices when it comes to selecting IT professional services automation (PSA) software. Do you go with a product recommended by a friend or choose the top-selling brand? Do you have to spend a lot? What do you need to look for when choosing IT PSA software? Here are a few things … Read more

We’ve all heard that the best way to start a new business is to find a need and fill it. The stories of entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses from this concept are legendary and entertaining to hear. Many of us have found ourselves wondering “why didn’t I think of that?” But then we go … Read more

The practical implementation of Project Portfolio Management Software will for many organisations present a variety of challenges and issues. Many companies have become unravelled with the complexity of the tools available or in the lack of executive sponsorship. We have compiled a list of several best practice recommendations that we think a business should be … Read more

Not long ago I found a recent study published by PMI, a project management learning company. The point of the study was to find out if organizations are successful in facilitating team collaboration. The findings suggest that although the majority of organizations value a highly collaborative work environment, less than one out of three organizations … Read more

Do you remember long summer vacations as a kid? Your family would take a trip to visit friends and relatives on the other side of the country. It was too expensive to fly everyone to the destination so it was decided the trip would be made via car. Weeks were spent on planning the trip … Read more

Did you know that there are people in your company right now that is ordering up their next project…?  That’s right, like sugar-free, gluten-free, or carbohydrate-free diet plans, people are looking to slim down the administrative weight of their next project, which has been deemed either too big, too small, too easy, or too complicated … Read more

Reasons for Project Failure “My project is closing down,” a disappointed colleague told me the other day. She was working on something confidential, and I didn’t know anything about it. While she still couldn’t share the details, I could tell she was very upset at the team being disbanded and all their work to date … Read more