How-tos and guides

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

How to Improve Communication in Construction: 12 Ideas to Rally Managers, Teams, and Stakeholders

Solid communication is an essential part of any project. It leads to effective collaboration, improves team working skills, and results in a happy project journey for customers. Why is communication important in construction? A lack of communication in construction projects creates ample gaps for mistakes, including safety issues, productivity losses, financial consequences, or even construction…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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March 18, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 14 minutes
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How to Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Excel: a Detailed Guide [Alternative Included]

A work breakdown structure (WBS) is a fundamental project management tool that represents a hierarchical decomposition of projects. It helps to break down complex activities into more manageable parts with the aim to manage, evaluate, and assign them to anyone in a team. It is easy to create a WBS in Excel, as this tool…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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March 7, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
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How to Make a Trello Gantt Chart in 2024: Best Solutions

The first association most project teams have when they hear about Trello is a simple and easy Kanban board. Fans of this tool appreciate its handy functionality for managing tasks in various spheres. However, the default views and visualizations in Trello aren’t suited to every project. Managers often want to get a better way to…

Andrew Stepanov
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March 7, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 12 minutes
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Your 2024 Guide to Project Timelines: Examples and Tools to Implement Them

Whether your project is plain or complex, you need a handy and functional timeline for high-level planning and scheduling. A project timeline ensures that your project is transparent and well-planned. It helps managers to anticipate bottlenecks and streamline workflows. Wondering how you create an effective project timeline? This post will help you get the basics…

Andrew Stepanov
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March 7, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 9 minutes
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7 Tips on Choosing the Best Resource Management Software for Your Business in 2023

Resource management is a primary objective in guaranteeing a successful project delivery. Why is resource management important? The answer is simple: to secure an organized pipeline, it’s vital to oversee the assets that you have on hand so you can make the most out of them, achieve optimum efficiency, and reduce wasted time. To successfully…

GanttPRO Team
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January 11, 2023
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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12 Tips to Create an Actionable Weekly Work Plan

A weekly work plan may contain dozens of tasks. However, a typical work week is only five days, so you can feel upset that this time period is too short. When it comes to defining the most important time management processes, planning and scheduling are what should be mentioned anyway. Whether you utilize a paper…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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March 18, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
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How to Create a Work Plan for a Project [Guide + Visual Examples]

Striving to improve your project management skills, you should clearly know how to create a work plan for a project with ease. Poor planning can be a nightmare for any team. When it comes to initiating a new project, one of the key goals is to be sure that everyone knows what they are doing…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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March 11, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
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How to Improve Project Planning With an Online PERT Chart

If you intend to start a career in project management, you’ll become familiar with a PERT chart. It will help you plan projects from beginning to end.  This type of project management charts has been utilized for more than 60 years and has stood the test of time. In this article, we explore what a…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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March 18, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 15 minutes
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