For every growing company, there comes a time when you need to add new blood to your product team. Unfortunately, scaling a product team from product/market fit to the demands of hyper-growth isn’t easy. Get it wrong, and it can be an expensive...
A happy team is a productive team. However, any time you get a group of diverse people working towards a common goal there’s bound to be conflict. As a project manager, it’s your job to manage people as much as projects, which unfortunately means...
The best project management tools do more than track issues, shoot out reports, and keep your team organized. They’re a beacon in stormy seas. Because if you’re here looking for a new project management tool, you know all-too-well how chaotic building...
Leading a team through the triple-pronged crisis of a global pandemic, massive economic recession, and widespread social unrest was something I never imagined myself doing. But clearly, 2020 had different plans. The past year has been full of...
It’s quickly becoming the ‘new normal’ for companies and teams to be split across cities, countries, and even time zones. And while there’s no denying the many benefits of working remotely, mismatched schedules, repetitive communication, and out...
Talk to enough project managers and you’ll start to realize that there’s really just one thing that differentiates the great from the good: Good project managers are masters of planning, gathering requirements, sticking to schedules, and hitting...
There’s no denying that Trello is one of the best project management tools ever created. Until it’s not. While it might have been the perfect option for you early on, every growing team hits a moment where they need to start looking for a Trello...
Have you ever had one of those bad dreams where you keep making the same mistake over and over again? Like showing up to the final exam without studying or standing up at a meeting only to discover you’re not wearing any pants? Now, what if that...
Everyone’s experienced a “quick” task turning into a day-long endeavor. Despite our best intentions, human beings are terrible at estimating how long a project or task will take to complete. But as a project manager, it’s your job to properly estimate...
The great remote work debate is over: Working remotely is here to stay. After years of dipping our toes in the water, the global coronavirus pandemic has abruptly forced teams to dive straight into working remotely. And you know what? It’s not...