Every new year means New Year Resolutions! I see evidence of this each year at my gym, which gets very crowded during the month of January. Many people focus on their personal lives, resolving to eat better, exercise more, and improve their relationships with others. And that’s all very good. However, if you are a project manager or the owner of a project-centric business, the start of a new year is but one time to resolve to improve your work life.
Category Archives: Project Collaboration
Using Project Automation Wisely
From time to time we like to talk about automation in our client webinars because we believe that a system such as the Spitfire Project Management System can make the job of project managers much easier. Why work harder when you can work smarter?
TweetEmail: Still the Right Tool for the Job?
A few days back, Dennis discussed the need for Just One Version of the Truth – the need for sanity in knowing where the facts that matter are stored, reliably, always, definitively.
Along that same vein, here’s another culprit: email. Information stored in an email system is a disaster waiting to happen, a virtual sword of Damocles: how often does something slip and you later find the email that was supposed to alert you to the hazardous material recall–with the “obvious” subject sorry I missed you at lunch? How long have you spent searching through emails knowing one of the replies to a reply by somebody had the piece of information you need? Continue reading
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