6 posts tagged “Your First Project Management Tool”
Read the comparison articles and still can’t tell which project management tool to pick? In plain language, this article covers six things to check before counting the checkmarks in a comparison table, and how to trial candidates with real work.
Project management tools often stop being opened within a few months. In plain language, this article covers five reasons tools go unused, five things to agree on as a team before you start, and how to run the first month.
A small team of two to five people can often get by without a tool. In plain language, this article covers four situations that are hard precisely because the team is small, and how to decide whether you need a tool with three questions instead of headcount.
Requests get lost in chat and email not because someone is slacking off. In plain language, this article covers six reasons requests slip through, how far better chat habits can take you, and how to keep discussions and requests in separate places.
Once an Excel sheet is shared, the “which version is the latest?” problem is mostly solved. In plain language, this article covers the five limits that remain, when a team can stay with a sheet, and how to bring your sheet along when you move to a tool.
A project management tool lets everyone see who is doing what, by when, and where it stands, all in one place. For small teams running their work on spreadsheets, email and chat, this article explains in plain language what changes when you start using one.
