Get better at project &amp; resource management

Skills Taxonomy: A Skills-Based Approach to Maximizing Talent

Understand the skills your organization needs to reach its full potential. A skills taxonomy will help you make sure you're always hiring for the right skills.

Hannah Taylor-Chadwick

Jun 6, 2024

The Beginner's Guide to Resource Scheduling

Want to bring the best out of your projects’ resources? Start improving your resource scheduling practices.

Iryna Viter

Jun 5, 2024

12 Reasons Why Change Management Is Important

If you want to bring meaningful change to complex organizations, you need to understand why change management is so important (spoiler: it's your biggest ally).

Nicole Tiefensee

Jun 4, 2024

30-60-90: Fast-track to Success in Your First 90 Days as a Resource Manager

Everything you should do in your first three months as a newly appointed Resource Manager – goals and actions for immediate impact.

Why You Need to Add Job Shadowing to Your Staff Management Toolkit

From upskilling, to relationship building, to leveling up your understanding of the technical work that goes on in your company, job shadowing is a great tool.

How to Do Resource Capacity Planning (Theory & Practice)

How to do resource capacity planning in your project-based business - for higher productivity, lower costs, and happier clients.

Strategic Capacity Planning – And How to Improve It

It’s all about supply and demand. Match your resources to your future needs to see your business grow.

What Causes Poor Work Life Balance?

Understanding what causes poor work life balance is the first step to making the changes that you (and your team) need. You can win the balance back!

Emily Weissang

Mastering Workload Analysis: 5 Tips to Get Started

Workload analysis can save you from a delivery risk. Here's how to do it properly using workload management software.

Iryna Viter

13 Ways to Improve Cost Efficiency in Your Project Business

Cost efficiency is a fundamental part of any project business. You have to control project costs, spend less money than you make, and still delight your clients. Here are 13 ways project businesses can improve cost efficiency - for sustainable profit and growth.

Human Resource Planning Done Right: A Step-by-Step Guide

Human resource planning connects your people to business goals. We've outlined the reasons why it's so important to nail it in a service delivery business.

Efficiency vs. Effectiveness: Which Should You Prioritize as a Manager?

Will you see better outcomes if you value efficiency over effectiveness? Let's explore the differences between these priorities and see how they impact results.

May 23, 2024

How to Nail a Resourcing Meeting

Put all your ducks in a row with a resourcing meeting. Align on the allocation of resources, address potential gaps, and set clear expectations.

May 23, 2024

Eat Your Elephant: How to Create a Work Breakdown Structure [with WBS templates]

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Learn how to break your projects down into more manageable mouthfuls with Work Breakdown Structures.

May 23, 2024

What's the Difference Between PPM & Resource Management?

A quick dip into similarities, differences, and strategic alignment between Project Portfolio Management and resource management.

How to Define Roles & Responsibilities in a Team

Defining roles and responsibilities is a vital step to successful project and resource management that will help you avoid confusion in the long run. Here's how to do it.

Hannah Taylor-Chadwick

May 22, 2024

Future of Work

I Listened to 30 Leadership Podcasts. Here Are My Favorites.

Listening to leadership podcasts can help us fit learning and development into our busy lives. These are our recommendations for the best podcasts out there!

May 21, 2024

How to Create a Bench Report in 3 Simple Steps

Achieve optimal resource utilization by creating a bench report. We'll show you how (spoiler alert: we've made it super easy!)

Masooma Memon

May 20, 2024

Bringing the Human Story to Data in Resource Management

Resource managers deal with data every day. But how do expert RMs see data differently? Well, we asked them - and this is what they had to say.

The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team: Book Summary

If something feels a bit "off" with how your team works together, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team is the book for you. Our summary will help you get to the bottom of those tricky interpersonal dynamics before they escalate.

May 17, 2024

Talent Discoverability in Resource Management

Make sure you find the top performers in your talent pool – for project and business success - by exploring talent discoverability in your organization.

Apr 30, 2024

Time Management Statistics: Understand Where Your Workday Goes

Time always slipping through your fingers? We know that feeling. Get a better grasp of where it goes by checking out the latest time management statistics.

Hannah Taylor-Chadwick

Apr 24, 2024

Future of Work

Why Employee Preferences Are Important for Business Success

Respecting employee preferences delivers competitive advantage - we'll explain how, and help you get started on this journey to a happier, more motivated team.