It may happen that despite your efforts, your projects don’t bring the desired outcomes and sometimes even fail. The reasons vary, but improper resource allocation is one of the most common causes. In...

The right project management software​ can significantly impact the success of your project management efforts, especially when multiple complex projects and large-scale projects are on the table. How...

A project can sit comfortably under budget while its delivery forecast quietly erodes its commercial value. When a shared specialist becomes the queue every project waits on, completion dates slip. If...

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...

In multi-project environments that operate with a shared pool of scarce resources, projects can remain within their monetary budget and still damage portfolio performance. Monetary headroom does not s...

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 aerospace and defence industry is a space where giant  corporations manage multi-billion portfolios and deal with challenges that many other industries have the privilege not to encounter. With mu...

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...

A complex environment in which most medium to large companies operate can quickly become chaotic without a structured formalized approach to business strategy and processes. Operations management brin...

Capacity planning is a high-level resource management technique that can improve resource utilization and planning capabilities across multiple projects and help it achieve more with less resources. S...

Managing multiple projects is a uniquely challenging task because on top of regular project management workflows, you need to manage interproject dependencies and ensure an optimal resource load. A pr...