In over 15+ years working with both cash-starved startups & Fortune 500 companies, I've seen and used dozens of project management tools:
But at the end of the day, all this info could be distilled and filtered down to a few principles and rules to follow to maintain a well-managed project schedule. On a weekly basis, I'll blog about these principles and specific rules that I use to tightly manage my schedule. I've seen some poorly created project schedules (yes, even with those with PMP certification) that could have been significantly improved by following a few simple principles.
Hope these principles I'll be blogging about prove as useful for you as they have been for me.
- MS Office apps: emails, spreadsheets
- Desktop solutions: e.g., MS Project
- Online solutions: Smartsheet, Zoho Projects, BaseCamp, LiquidPlanner
But at the end of the day, all this info could be distilled and filtered down to a few principles and rules to follow to maintain a well-managed project schedule. On a weekly basis, I'll blog about these principles and specific rules that I use to tightly manage my schedule. I've seen some poorly created project schedules (yes, even with those with PMP certification) that could have been significantly improved by following a few simple principles.
Hope these principles I'll be blogging about prove as useful for you as they have been for me.
