Project Management
Tips, recommendations, and ideas related to the field of project management.
GrandView has played a significant role in handling the multi-office challenges for RoviSys especially when it comes to promoting employee communication and maintaining business culture. Features are continuously added that will allow RoviSys to adapt to whatever challenges that may lie ahead in a multi-office environment.
Project transmittals containing several items have previously required the manual addition of each document or software item individually. Now, all the items required for a transmittal can be added at once through a single dialog. This will save time and simplify the process of getting the transmittal to the customer.
GrandView can keep tabs on the documents and software that get passed back and forth with Electronic Transmittals. By tracking the who, what and when of file transfers Electronic Transmittals inject accountability, ease of use, and customer peace of mind into your project.
TimeSheet is an important part of any GrandView user's day. However, many users do not realize the features that TimeSheet makes available to them...
After a summer hiatus, the GrandView Blog is returning at full strength this fall.
Executing projects consistently and efficiently is nothing less than the secret to successful and profitable projects. At Rovisys, we understand that--we've been doing it for almost 20 years...
In an economic time when most businesses are cash-strapped, having a good handle on your billing status is a necessity. New tools are available in GrandView to help!
One of the most common (and feared) part of project execution is the "punchlist." This is a list of observed problems with the project deliverable that you created. Punchlists are not to be feared, however...
Back in January, we talked about how the Configuration Management features of GrandView allow you to collaborate with customers through the process of document creation, review, and approval. Now we've extended that concept to...
The Project Management Institute defines a project as "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result" (PMBOK guide, 3rd ed.). Because of the temporal nature of projects...
GrandView uses the summary of project task analysis data to forecast remaining hours in the project and resource loading views.
In the previous Project Management Challenges post, we described 8 common challenges contributing to project failure. The following are a couple more potential pitfalls to avoid.
GrandView Project Management features have helped RoviSys maintain an edge on our competitors by providing us with a solid framework to more efficiently run our projects while emphasizing communication.
The research on traditional information technology projects is chilling: between 25 and 75 percent of projects are over budget and past deadline. Chronic project mismanagement is particularly a concern when customers perceive all providers in a given area to have similar technical capabilities. To compete, you could lower prices. Or you could gain the reputation for more consistently meeting deadlines, budgets and goals—before another company does.
Today, time is as important as cost and quality. Time to market is critical. Time to respond to a client request is critical. Time to incorporate change is critical. When under a tight schedule, keep in mind that clients remember meeting schedule commitment, NOT reduced scope.
Thanks to AJAX technology and Telerik Controls, the Projects Dropdown list box now uses auto-complete to filter a large list of projects down to a smaller list as you type. This really makes selecting from a large list of Projects much quicker, allowing you to more easily move around to different projects.
Have you ever wondered how to make people accountable? Well, there's really no such thing as "making" people take ownership. But there are some things you can do that will help foster accountability, and in the process make your project run smooth and profitably.
Wouldn't life be easy if you just had one project which you contribute to or manage? For most people, work is more complex, although most days we wish it wasn't!
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