Most people experience a parade, like Chicago's St. Patrick’s Day Parade or Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in NYC, as a finished product. What they don’t see are the months of planning it took to deliver the perfect parade.

Starting a business is a risky endeavor, and it’s even harder to grow that business. A higher level of ‘uncertainty’ is what distinguishes startups from established businesses. Project management can help bring more certainty into entrepreneurship and help entrepreneurs take their business to the next level. 

International projects are not an exception anymore, and so project teams often live in different countries or even continents. Telecommuting or “home office” is steadily on the rise. In 2015, 37% of employees said that they have already telecommuted and studies have found that people who work from home are just as productive, or sometimes work even better, at home. 

In February, the InLoox blog was fully dedicated to time management. Even though National Time Management Month is over now, project managers will always need to have this essential skill if they want to deliver successful projects. 

There are mistakes you can make in project management, and then there are the seven absolutely unforgivable seven deadly sins of project management. Committing any of these sins and you can be sure that your project will fail – so avoid them at all costs!

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” – either way, project managers have to manage time carefully if they want to work effectively and complete projects successfully. As one of the three constraints, time is the hardest one to control as it depends on so many, often uncontrollable, factors. 

As it is #TimeManagementMonth, we’ll look at how the four hottest PM Trends - IoT, Remote Teams, Customer Service, and Measurable Results - will help you accelerate project delivery, grow your business or simply save you valuable time.

It’s the age old question: is it better to have a project manager or a subject matter expert (SME) leading a project? You will find heated discussions on this subject in various PM forums and groups, with each side presenting very convincing arguments.  

Motivational quotes are extremely popular, it’s not a coincidence that the hashtag #MondayMotivation is trending on Twitter every Monday. Why are quotes so motivating? It’s because they usually come from important people, often people who are leaders in their respective fields, and like to share their wisdom and experience with others. Over time, we have stumbled across quite a lot of inspiring quotes on all aspects of project management that are worth sharing with our readers. 

To be successful, a project needs to have a clear plan to make sure that it’s completed on time, within scope, and on budget. That’s all there is to achieve project success, right? Not quite. Many businesses overlook one vital aspect: project sponsorship. Having a sponsor who is involved and engaged in the project from day one can make the difference between success or failure of a project.