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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.

How to Create a Project Plan in 7 Steps

Every process, notion, thing, etc., start from something. That moment began not now, days or years ago, and things looked differently – not like they do now. Project management is not an exception. Being a complex chain of tasks and processes, it should have the first step where everything begins. This step is project plan…

How to Create a Project Timeline in PowerPoint: 2 Practical Ways & Solid Alternative

Teams across various industries use a project timeline to stay on track and visualize key work processes. It can be created not only with the help of powerful planning tools but even with publicly available platforms such as PowerPoint. How to create a project timeline in PowerPoint? Are there different ways to do it and…

Critical Path Examples: How to Find Vital Tasks That Impact Your Project

A critical path helps ensure efficient work planning, control, and execution. It represents a sequence of vital tasks that must be accomplished for the successful project completion. Managers and teams often need a simple critical path example to understand the essence of this concept and learn how to effectively work with it and put it…

Effective Workload Management: How to Organize Team Work & Keep Resources Under Control

Implementing any project involves many important processes, including careful workload management. One of the critical duties of project managers is to ensure that their team’s workload is well-controlled and balanced. It can be achieved through rigorous training, sufficient experience, and the use of smart resource management tools with workload control functionality. Let's start this article…

Project Management Software or Excel: How to Define Your One & Only Business Helper?

Spreadsheets are known as a reliable business tool applied in many spheres. However, with the continuous evolution of modern online platforms, tools such as Excel face serious competition. Therefore, many project teams experience the challenge of choosing project management software or Excel. The following text will help you understand the benefits and drawbacks of both…

How to Create an Asana Gantt Chart in Accessible Ways

If your workflow is not organized properly, the entire project can quickly get complicated. Here’s where a Gantt chart comes to your aid. Many tools offer a Gantt diagram, but it’s often not feature-rich and not free. An Asana Gantt chart is also a "hot topic" for the users of this tool. Some of them…

Resource Сalendar in Project Management: What Is It And How to Create One?

Companies across various industries, project managers, and individuals apply a resource calendar as a strategic work management tool. They understand that neglecting resource management can lead to overloading, frequent project delays, and cost oversights. What is a resource calendar in project management? How can it benefit your business efforts and what should be done to…

How to Streamline Resource Planning for Multiple Projects: Strategic Approach for 2026

Resource planning for multiple projects may seem challenging and chaotic. Any business may face asset-related problems at any time. If teams don't overcome resource constraints and threatening issues timely, they can derail their best-laid project plans. However, by having a strategic resource management approach, forward-thinking project managers can improve their projects' outcomes and overall productivity.…

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