“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”—Babe Ruth
Among the many critical project success factors—detailed plans, accurate estimates, and clear communication—a strong, unified team is
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Stopping the Takeover: How to Manage Scope Creep
It lurks as though it’s coming from the shadows. Its insidious presence looms, threatening to take charge of everything we do. It. Is. Scope creep. Scope creep is the tendency for software projects to grow beyond their original bounds. It arises naturally. For instance, a client will want more functionality for the same price, and
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The New Normal: Collaboration and Creativity Grow at LiquidPlanner with a New Work Culture
In the year since Todd Humphrey stepped in as CEO and brought Charles Seybold back as chief product officer at LiquidPlanner, the energy at our office has drastically changed. “There’s more excitement in getting things done,” says customer success manager Allison Wilbur. “There’s more motivation to be the best we can be. We all have
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Introducing Todd Talks
From the Desk of Todd Humphrey Since joining LiquidPlanner 12 months ago, I’ve put my competitive spirit, passion for sports, and 20 years of technology startup experience to good use. By taking the crown jewels of our technology—scheduling, tracking, and reporting—really exploring the opportunities in front of us, and talking to so many of
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What Project Managers Need to Know about GDPR (Even If You Don’t Work in Europe)
It seems like every week a company is in the news for misusing data. Whether it’s concern with how our data is being used by marketing firms or about companies “losing” thousands of credit card records to a hacker, data is regularly making the news—and not in a good way. Amongst all the database dramas
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Ask a PM: How to Get Proper Estimates
Dear Elizabeth: I work in a technical team as a project manager. We do a lot of projects that are innovative (for us), and my development colleagues always seem reluctant when it comes to project planning. They won’t give me timescales that will help me plan. How do you deal with a team that refuses
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Ditch the Scales: Why Work-Life Balance Doesn't Work
Recently, I realized I occasionally pit work and life against each other in my mind, and these moments certainly don’t help my positivity during the week. Instead of treating work and life like they are on opposite sides of a scale, I started to think about how the aspects of each can coexist harmoniously. For
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