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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

The Cost and Schedule Performance Indexes (CPI and SPI) are powerful metrics a project manager can use to monitor cost and schedule performance. CPI is calculated by dividing Earned Value by Actual Cost. CPI is an indicator of how efficiently project resources are performing relative to the project budget. SPI is calculated by dividing Earned … 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

TouchBase CRM Tool In today’s world where there is so immense competition for growth, the key for top line and bottom line growth lies in Tracking your sales prospects in an effective manner and get more customers. Ensuring the profit margins are correctly estimated during sales proposal time. While this looks like a simple formula, … Read more

Risk Management is difficult – not a natural act for humans to perform! A recent Harvard Business School study cites that people overestimate their ability to influence events that, in fact, are heavily determined by chance. We tend to be overconfident about the accuracy of our forecasts and risk assessments and far too narrow in … 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

There’s an important, but not apparent, set of factors effecting successful use of project management software which can trip you up if you’re not aware of them. Let’s take a look at the hidden Design factor today in this blog. Before we get started on design, a brief baseline. Project management software represents both a … 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