7 Signals Warning That Project Manager Is Burnout

If there’s one condition that’s plaguing organizations across the globe, then it’s employee burnout. Cases of employee burnout have reached such a point that the World Health Organization (WHO) has given it the official status of an “occupational phenomenon.” As per a recent study conducted by Gallup, about two-thirds of workers working full-time face burnout at work.

2021-05-18T08:31:13+03:0018.5.2021|

7 Good Warning Alerts for Your Project to Follow and Monitor

The growth of any business is necessary to ensure continuity for the future. If your business is not growing over time, that means it could eventually stagnate or fail. In case your business is displaying any of these signs, that means that you need to follow your projects closely. Use these signs to make informed changes to your existing modus operandi or scale of your operations.

2021-04-22T13:09:12+03:0022.4.2021|

Why Kanban Is So Easy To Use?

Kanban is a methodology implemented in different fields to help the team become more efficient and drive down costs. It gives the companies flexibility to empower their team to accomplish more by improving and visualizing their workflows. In this article, we will be discussing what Kanban is and why it is so easy to use.

2021-04-22T13:02:26+03:0022.4.2021|

How to Manage Your Project just in 5 Minutes per Day?

Believe it or not, project planning and management is something that most people struggle with. It’s certainly not a piece of cake, especially in large organizations where there are tight deadlines and specific processes to follow. One wrong move on your end can cause the entire workflow to go haywire. The consequences of such a thing is not limited to just your reputation at work but extends to the entire organization.

2021-01-14T09:09:45+02:001.2.2021|

Why Should You Cancel Your Project?

Project managers are some of the most resilient and hard-working bunch. They will keep at it until nothing else can be done to deliver the perfect product. But sometimes this isn’t enough, and there are telltale signs of this. It is a project manager’s job to identify the problems and tackle them head-on. Carefully dismantling each problem so that the project is completed can be a tedious task, but alas, some projects are doomed to fail.

2020-12-29T10:37:38+02:0018.1.2021|

6 Mistakes to Avoid When Planning a Project

Everyone knows horror stories of projects going down due to lackluster planning and organization. Some brave ones reading this have been a part of such projects. In this day and age, it is easy to determine whether the project is doomed from the start or if it’s going to go down very soon after taking off.

2020-12-29T10:12:08+02:0029.12.2020|

6 Skills That Every Risk Manager Should Have

Whether your business is big or small, there will come a time that you will have to make changes to the existing structure of our business. We can encounter risks every day, and it is a manager’s job to minimize the adverse effects of a bad decision. This means one must proactively look at the pros and cons of the decision about to be made.

2020-12-07T11:42:11+02:007.12.2020|

Thinking Portfolio provides the best tools and practices of portfolio management into Turku University of Applied Sciences’ Master School project management training

Thinking portfolio launched the social responsibility program Young Talent for Finnish universities on May 3, 2019. As part of the program, Thinking Portfolio provides a standard project portfolio free of charge for educational use. Nobody expected the upcoming covid-19 crisis in the spring of 2019, but it was clear to us that companies needed faster responsiveness combined with holistic management. We wanted to commit ourselves in increasing the skills and understanding of portfolio management ...

2020-07-27T10:23:07+03:0027.7.2020|

Risk table extended to manage projects during Corona crisis

With more than 12,000 employees, the University Medical Centre Utrecht, of which the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital is a part, is one of the largest public healthcare institutions in the Netherlands and the largest employer in the region. UMC Utrecht has been using Thinking Portfolio since January 2018 to have an overview and insight about the ICT projects.

2020-04-17T12:53:00+03:0017.4.2020|

Focusing on the portfolio: How to bring development portfolio to the Senior Management agenda

What are the first steps Project Office, PMO, or the owner of a portfolio has to take to deliver portfolio information into the agenda of the Management Group? How to bring the portfolio to the core of strategic discussion and make each member of the Management Group interested in it? What triggers the Senior Management to focus on the Portfolio?

2020-04-14T08:58:38+03:0014.4.2020|

9 practical and positive ways to fight the COVID-19 pandemic through top-fit Portfolio Management

1. Cut the reporting periods An accurate daily status snapshot is critical when quick decisions are needed. Cutting the reporting periods of projects in half will result to twice a week or even on a weekly basis reporting – and decision making - cycle. 2. Communicate to the whole organisation Communication to the whole organisation is a key issue. Your Portfolio can be opened to the entire staff or at least to all the key ...

2020-04-08T13:39:25+03:008.4.2020|