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Guides, tutorials, tips, and useful educational materials to improve your professional skills in planning, scheduling, project management, and other related areas.

The Ultimate Guide to Gantt Charts: Everything about the Tool You Can’t Ignore for Project Planning

A Gantt chart is a great tool for task management, project planning, scheduling, and progress tracking. In case you have questions about these diagrams, here is the complete guide to Gantt charts that covers most of them. What is a Gantt chart? The history of a Gantt chart. What is a Gantt chart used for?…

Andrew Stepanov
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December 15, 2020
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Estimated reading time: 12 minutes
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How To Ensure Timely Tasks Implementation

Timely implementation of tasks by the company's employees is one of the main elements that the average manager should pay attention to. Why do we not keep to deadlines? Is the adherence to deadlines a skill or rather a feature of character? The Gallup Business Journal proves that only 2.5% of companies finish their projects…

Pawel Kijko
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February 21, 2019
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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How to Build Great Project Leaders

Good leadership is an integral part of any functional organization. The leader should be someone with a clear vision, outstanding organizational skills, and drive. They are not only responsible for the tasks at hand, but also the people working on a particular project. When building a great project leader, it’s important to keep certain personality…

Gabriela Julia
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January 10, 2019
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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How to Resolve the Differences if You are a Team Manager in a Multinational Company

The way teams work is changing. More and more companies are expanding to other countries and creating a multinational community. However, this globalization of works is creating issues in team cooperation. Some believe that these differences are good - that they create teams without the group thinking. And truly, it’s easier to see our differences…

Margaret M. Riehle
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November 10, 2018
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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How to Always Have Projects at Hand with GanttPRO: Modified Export and Improved Application Speed

Online project planning tools allow managers and teams to have 24/7 access to their projects. What could be better? Planning, management, and collaboration happen from any place anytime. But what if we need to showcase our Gantt chart to stakeholders, clients or include in a presentation? This is where the Export feature takes the stage.…

Andrew Stepanov
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October 1, 2018
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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How to Start a Lean Startup

If you have a business idea, then you must be wondering how to start your company. You probably heard of the lean startup already. It’s something that many decide to use as a method for starting a business. Running a startup is always a risky business and the success depends on many factors. After all,…

David Koller
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June 18, 2018
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
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How to Increase Productivity with GanttPRO: Resource Workload, Multi-Assign, and Personal Calendars

Projects are all about tasks, dependencies, deadlines, and of course resources and assignees. If you use a Gantt chart online tool, it means that you manage your tasks efficiently. But what about other aspects like project resource management and workload? This is where most planning tools fail to provide with these features. Working in a…

Andrew Stepanov
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May 30, 2018
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Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
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How to Create a Project Timeline and Make it Your Strategic Ally

Projects can’t exist without timelines. There is no way to accomplish work without having a clear understanding of start and end dates. Therefore, project managers at the earliest stages of their career should know how to create a project timeline. How should they make it with benefits and maximum effect? It depends on a carefully…

Andrew Stepanov
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November 29, 2021
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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
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