Data runs this world. Numbers are what help any businessman make sense of exactly how his concern is performing. Growth cannot be proven if there are no numbers suggesting the same. People place their faith in numbers, even though some agents might misuse numbers to state a point. Hard data is the lifeblood of business processes. And with the increasing abundance of data, it becomes all the more important to derive the right insights…
The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines project management as ‘the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements’. Project management had always been practised informally but has recently emerged as a formal profession due to the demand for specific skills and domain knowledge required for project management. Today, project management has come a long way. Long enough to warrant discussions about the impact that Artificial Intelligence (you can’t…
Reporting is the essence of efficient project management. Without reporting you may as well take out the word “management” out of project management, because if you don’t know what the status of the project is, the resource availability and where the project is heading, your project is pretty much doomed. However, creating good project reports requires skills and consumes valuable time. The skill part is for the project manager to imbibe, but even a simple…
Looking to launch your website but not entirely sure how to plan it? We’re here to help. But first before we get into how to plan a website, let me just highlight some surprising project planning statistics: An astounding 97% of organizations believe project management is critical to business performance and organizational success. (Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers) For every $1 billion invested in the United States, $122 million was wasted due to lacking project performance. (Source: PMI.org) Fewer…
When you sit down to think about your USP – Unique Selling Proposition that gives your Web Design and Development business a competitive advantage over other companies, Price, Quality, Efficiency and Reliability are obvious metrics you will consider. To deliver on these, there are multiple processes that need to be put in place and today we will explore one very critical aspect. Project Management is extremely critical to any business, let alone the Design and…
While roping in the big clients is certainly not an easy job, I believe it’s still only half the job. The considerable other half of the job is the management bit – communication, deliverables and deadlines. Most people do not see Web Project Management as an important or necessary part of the web services business. But is it? In this blog post, we point out the three most important reasons why project management is not…