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...

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...

The best Planview alternative depends less on how many Planview features another platform can reproduce and more on what is actually limiting your portfolio. Planview spans strategic portfolio managem...

Jira is a leading tool for project management and issue tracking, but when it comes to advanced tasks required of a multi-project management tool, Jira has a number of limitations. For larger companie...

Have you been using Jira throughout your company, but now realize that your business needs have changed, and its functions are not enough?  Let’s say, your company has expanded, and now you have to ma...

An average enterprise typically has more products and product ideas than investment funds. The question that lies before leadership is how to distribute the investments to reach more market share, mor...

Microsoft’s decision to retire Project Online has left many organizations searching for Microsoft Project alternatives. But what if we look at this not only as a forced migration but as an opportunity...

What projects should you accept and which ones can you decline? Many companies take every project that comes their way, and that might be a good solution in some situations. But at some point, you’ll ...

What if I tell you that in project management, predicting the future isn’t about magic or guesswork? It may sound weird, yet, that’s exactly what modern scenario planning tools can do.  They don’t wor...

Some decades ago, when the manufacturing market was much less competitive, it was a common practice for Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) just to operate costs and ensure project delivery within the bud...