Successful project execution depends on managing people and resources effectively, but the question remains—are people resources? Though it may sound odd, employees are often referred to as resources ...

Resource management software is a must-have tool for any project-based company because it addresses most of the challenges and complexities that organizations face when managing their resources and pr...

We had the opportunity to feel the earth-shattering digital presence at Web Summit 2016 in Lisbon, an event that boasted 53,000 attendees! In fact, this year's Web Summit embraced the tech experience ...

Imagine the situation: you have three projects that are looking suspiciously perfectly green on paper, but still, somehow, form an impossible portfolio. All three projects are on schedule. Still, all ...

Primavera P6 vs MS Project is often reduced to a question of project size. That misses the decisions that actually determine a good fit: who owns the schedule, how many people must work in it, what th...

Planview Portfolios is a strong starting point when your hardest problem is connecting strategy, investments, capacity and delivery across an enterprise. Planisware Enterprise is a strong starting poi...

Most portfolio dashboards answer only “what is happening,” cluttering screens with historical actuals and lagging KPIs. But static visibility alone does not show leaders where intervention can still c...

Schedule variance is a specific project management metric that quantifies project progress by subtracting planned value (PV) from earned value (EV) at a reporting cutoff date. If you get a negative re...

Managing a delivery project pipeline is rarely a tracking problem; it is a decision-latency problem. Treat it as a static status report and new initiatives will almost immediately overload active comm...

Project cost management (PCM) is the discipline of planning how costs are governed, estimating required resources and money, approving and time-phasing a budget, measuring actual cost and progress, fo...

The engineering industry faces multiple challenges, from supply chain disruptions to sudden changes in project scope coming from customers. This changing environment needs a strong approach to project...

Portfolio and project management tools have similar features, but ultimately, some might be more suitable than the others for specific use cases. For many Smartsheet users, their current tool of choic...