Even though project managers are expected to embrace new digital technologies, it’s unlikely that they’ll get much direction from leadership regarding tools and processes. To help you orient yourself ...

Projects fail, that’s nothing new. But each project’s failure can typically be tied to a common reason, most of which can be prevented. Reducing the number of failed projects in your portfolio comes d...

Project delays and failures lead to billions of dollars in losses as companies lose to their competitors. The 2024 Construction Association report highlights that 53% of companies face delays or proje...

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 company’s strategic goals are big-picture ideas. Those ideas need to be pursued through specific measurable actions to be realized. This is what operational planning does: finds a way to achieve one...

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...

In larger companies that have a large pool of distributed resources and execute multiple projects simultaneously, scheduling resources without running into performance issues can be a struggle. A stru...

Modern project-based companies often face numerous challenges in coordinating multiple concurrent initiatives and resources involved in them. Moreover, the business environment quickly changes under c...

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...

A PMO’s job is seldom easy. As incentives and projects pile up and resources remain limited, delivering everything on time, balancing resource capacity, and delivering tangible business value becomes ...

Resources are everything that a company needs to complete a task or project and achieve its goals. It can be anything from people to funds, and when you have to deal with shared resources across multi...