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Ask A PM: How Do I Run an Effective Kick-Off Meeting?

“Dear Elizabeth: I ran a kick-off meeting for my project, and it was a disaster. I tried to do the detailed planning, but the group wouldn’t focus, and no one seemed to share the same view about what the project was going to deliver. The experience has put me off running kick-off meetings in the

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Enhancing Productivity for Project Managers in the New Year

January 16, 2020 | Team LiquidPlanner

In the New Year, businesses are eager to dive into new tasks and goals. Project managers are the first in line to have a full understanding of the intentions of the company going forward. It’s their job to take the companies’ new challenges and get them accomplished in the best way to achieve the desired...

How to Manage Global Projects Successfully?

January 14, 2020 | Donald Fomby

With the increase in cloud-based platforms and web-enabled devices such as smartphones and laptops, remote collaboration has become more than just an option. Both freelancers and corporate teams collaborate on a plethora of projects and daily work-related activities constantly. According to Business 2 Community, 93% of organizations report using standardized, traditional project management practices, while...

Stop, Drop and Roll: Ways to Prevent and Cure Employee Burnout

January 9, 2020 | Team LiquidPlanner

In a competitive marketplace, businesses depend on high levels of productivity from their employees. There are orders to fill and deadlines to meet. However, your employees are human beings who can only work at a fast pace for so long. If the demands of the workplace become overwhelming, your staff will begin to show the...

Welcome to 2020: A New Year and Fresh Start

January 7, 2020 | Team LiquidPlanner

The start of a new year is just that — a new start! It’s a chance to try something new, re-tailor and rework all your previous goals, plans, and activities. I hope your celebrations were filled with family, festivities, and food but now it’s time to get back to work. Think about how your last...

LiquidPlanner Named Best of the Year, 2019

January 6, 2020 | Team LiquidPlanner

It’s 2020, and what better way to continue the celebration than being named Best for Project and Resource Management in PCMag’s Best of the Year, 2019. The independent reviewer has ranked us among the top in the industry, and has given us an Editor’s Rating of Excellent. In the feature, the editor praises LiquidPlanner, saying:...

Ask A PM: I Have a New Hire – How Do I Make Our Relationship Work?

December 17, 2019 | Elizabeth Harrin

“Dear Elizabeth: I have a new hire starting on the team, a junior project manager. How can I make our new relationship work? I want to give her meaningful tasks, but I’m personally drowning in work, and I need someone to take some of the burden.” First: Congratulations! It sounds as if you’ve had a...

Project Management Best Practices that Need to Be Second Nature

December 12, 2019 | Team LiquidPlanner

While modern technology allows us to amplify our abilities and do more than we ever could before, the sheer amount of inputs and information has led us to somewhat of a tipping point. Today, business communication is so ubiquitous that most employees spend the majority of their time responding to emails, answering phones, and participating...

What Is The Value of a Project Manager Today?

December 10, 2019 | Team LiquidPlanner

With the popularity of Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Scrum, organizations are asked to justify the project manager’s role on a project. Scrum purists reject the idea of adding a project manager to the team as the team should be able to solve all the problems with the help of the product owner and...

Why Awesome Project Scope Management is Essential to Kickoff Every Project

December 5, 2019 | Team LiquidPlanner

We all know how it goes. A new client is on-boarded with the project manager, and discussions start around the completion and delivery of said project. Unfortunately, a lot of the key players that’ll do the work are possibly absent, and a small, select group holds a short and inefficient project scope management meeting to...

10 Ways for Project Managers to Stay Organized

December 3, 2019 | Diana Nadim

One of the qualities that every project manager should have is organization skills. While being well-organized is a necessity, there is still much you need to invest in and do for your project to be successful. There are so many suggested methods and strategies for project managers, but I have found that the following ten...

What Does a Project Manager Do? How Project Managers Keep Business Moving

November 27, 2019 | Team LiquidPlanner

Whether you’re looking for a career change or you’ve been tasked with hiring a competent PM, project managers are an integral part of the modern-day office. Indeed, having the right one (or several) in place can mean the difference between completing projects on time, under budget, and with purpose as opposed to aimlessly playing whack-a-mole...

How Do You Manage Projects When Your Team Takes Time Off?

November 25, 2019 | Andy Silber

People are always taking time off, and that’s as it should be. In the US, we have a problem with people not taking enough time off. The best way to encourage people to take some much-needed time away from the office is to run projects in a way that creates space for that to happen...

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