John Kotter is a change management guru, and his eight-step change model provides a guide for transformational leadership. His book, Leading Change is considered as one of the twenty-five most influential books on business management...
When you embark on a project, you plan to succeed, but few projects are without their problems. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) was added to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) in 1996, and...
The legislative environment in which a company operates is one of the external factors that no business can afford to overlook. And even if you’re sure that your business currently complies with the law, or...
In today’s business world, change is a given. Agile businesses that can adapt to changing circumstances and continuously improve their processes gain an edge over their competition. But deciding what needs to change and how it...
Change: it’s meant to be positive. Your intention is to make things better, easier, and to fast-track the route to success. Why, then, do you encounter so much resistance to change? Sometimes, your hard-working employees...
The executive summary also referred to as management summary (an older term), is a short document that accompanies a larger document such as a business plan proposal, or a growth strategy plan. Usually, it summarizes...
A process flowchart is a graphical representation of a business process through a flowchart. It’s used as a means of getting a top-down understanding of how a process works, what steps it consists of, what...
A workflow application is a spin-off of the age-old business process management software. The main difference is that workflow apps are easier to use, cloud-based, and don’t cost an arm and a leg. In this...
You’re looking into process improvement, and BPM (Business Process Management) sounds like a great idea to fine-tune the way you work. But now, you discover a whole lot of buzzwords and terminology, and one of...
Organizational Structure: do you even need to formalize it when you have a relatively small business? The answer to that question is a straightforward “Yes.” Your Organizational Structure not only captures who is responsible for...
A friend once said that the critical path method is used because “Whatever you do, something else has to happen first.” That’s a trifle overly simplistic, but it’s a good starting point for an introduction...
It’s no secret that remote work can be amazing for your business. It allows you to hire the very best talent all over the world without the hassle of issuing visas, relocation packages, and so...
Procedures are essential for making your business as efficient as possible. Your business already has processes – they’re the repeatable work your employees do every day. Think, approving an invoice, fulfilling orders, etc. A Standard...
A project management office (PMO) is a group that provides project management to your organization. At the project level, a project management office provides a project manager to help ensure everything stays on schedule and in...
No matter how efficiently your business carries out its processes, there’s always room for process improvement. Efficient processes can make your business more profitable, help you to improve quality and customer experience, and ultimately, enhance...
“Project Management” may be a term that only takes up two words, but the accumulated body of project management knowledge is enormous! So, What’s PRINCE2? Should you care? Our overview of PRINCE2 will give you...
There comes a time in every business’s lifetime when it’s time to scale. I’ve seen many business owners and CEOs hit rock-bottom when their company expanded from a small team of 10 to a bustling...
Business Process Management Software (BPMS) can be an essential tool for any business, big or small. BPM tools allow you to get the very best benefits out of process management, such as increased productivity, lower...
Microsoft SharePoint is a giant software solution with a vast range of features and capabilities. It can be used for document storage, process management, projects, and a bunch of other things. The thing is, though,...
Quality management is a topic that is close to any business owner and manager’s heart. Whatever business we undertake, we want to do it well – and if we can be the best, outdoing all...
Change and improvement is an essential part of any organization. To stay ahead of your competition and never miss an opportunity, you have to constantly be looking for different ways to improve. There are 2...
Just when you thought you had a handle on all the business acronyms of the day, up pops PMBOK to mystify you. What is it, and how do you apply it? Is it useful, or...
Project Management can be a complex field, but the project management process itself consists of a relatively straightforward series of steps. When you’re thinking of getting to work on a project, your goals may seem...
Have you ever had a seemingly unsolvable problem? Sure, you have! Your business is going all out trying to reach a specific goal or target, but you fall short. Someone says the equipment is to...
When you’re looking for ways to improve a process, the boardroom may not be the best place to begin. It’s easy to overlook some important detail when you’re considering a process in an abstract way....
Every organization uses dozens of different software tools to manage their day-to-day work – and business process management (BPM) is simply one part of it. To get most out of your BPM software, it needs...
Every company has grunt work. It’s the type of tasks that just about anyone can handle; it just requires the time and effort. And well, no one really likes doing that. Your highly-skilled employees aren’t...
HR is a core function of any business. How well you manage your employees will have a huge impact on the organizations future, be it positive or negative. If done right, your employees will stick...
Every company has its own processes and workflows. Not every organization, however, gets the best out of them. More often than not, your workflows aren’t nearly as efficient as they could be. That’s where workflow...
A Gantt Chart is a bar chart used for visually representing a project’s schedule. It is used in project management for illustrating tasks or activities in relation to time. In very simple terms, a Gantt...