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Does your organization have these signs of a project management culture? A project management software alone doesn’t mean that you have such a culture. Take this test. The signs also hold clues about how to build such a culture. This is the second article in the three-part series on ‘Project Management Culture’. If yours is … Read more

At a glance It is best to understand project management culture as a synthesis of different facets of culture. Project-oriented culture can also have unintended consequences. The downsides can be avoided through a multi-pronged approach. This is the first article in the three-part series on ‘Project Management Culture’. Yours is an IT services company or … Read more

At a glanceLearn how to effectively manage resources in your IT company. This article outlines the essential steps.  By taking these steps, your managers will be able to focus on actual resource planning instead of juggling spreadsheets. You will be able to overcome challenges like retaining and finding top talent, preventing employee burnout, and digital … Read more

At a glance·       IT project success depends on resource allocation and scheduling.·       Resource planning and scheduling can prevent delays, improve quality and customer satisfaction, and protect margins.·       Good resource planning can prevent misallocations and employee burnout.·       Resource planning is a core function and requires enterprise-class resource management software. It may seem that planning resource allocation … Read more

At a glanceo   Mismatch and misallocation are the root causeso   Lack of visibility of employees’ progress is another root causeo   Data silos prevent collaboration needed to address the aboveo   Your managers need a ‘Single Version of The Truth’ Layoffs by big tech firms have started hitting the headlines. Employee attrition in professional services companies continues … Read more

At a glance·       Resolving resource conflicts -the biggest challenge for IT service companies·       Endemic resource conflicts push companies on a downward spiral of performance·       Operational and strategic actions required to prevent them Conflicting requirements of resources for multiple projects is a recurring challenge in the professional services industry. Such persisting conflicts cause revenue losses, lead … Read more

At a glance• Resource planning is a collaborative, iterative, and distributed operation• Microsoft Excel, is a personal tool• Resource planning using Microsoft Excel wastes managerial time and slows down decisions If your business depends on 100s or 1000s of knowledge workers to deliver projects to customers, managing them well is your major challenge.  How well you keep your … Read more

At a glance·       Revenues leak due to many reasons·       Revenue leakages can be prevented only by a single logical method·       A single version of the truth enables meaningful collaboration Let’s face it. If executing projects is difficult, project financials are messy. Every project brings its own set of deliverables priced differently. Every project contract has … Read more

Deploy the battle-ready workforce         At a glance·       “Quiet quitting”·       Planning steps·       Assessing people·       Why operational workforce planning is important·       Enterprise-class software platform for workforce planning Strategic workforce planning is like keeping your gunpowder dry, keeping it battle-ready. You need to put it to good use, or else it will lose its power. For this, … Read more

Keeping your gunpowder dry  At a glance·        The goal·        Questions that need to be asked and answered·        What strategic workforce planning is·        The benefits  ·        The tools you will need if you have 100s or 1000s of people Your goal is to keep your workforce -your most important strategic asset – battle ready. It’s like … Read more