The Power of Partnerships: Working Together Versus Working Alone

But you don’t have to do it alone anymore. In a period of 18 months myself and the rest of the team at Elementool, Inc. have conducted extensive research, read dozens of books, run surveys, and received a lot of feedback from our clients about their problems in the way they run their projects. That […]

How to Create Agile Project Schedule

In this clip I’m going to show you how to create an agile project schedule. As you know, in agile development we take the project and divide it into mini projects called Sprints. There are many advantages to using the agile method of sprints. A few major ones are: • Agile development gives you better […]

Do You Have an ETA?

Visibility is one of the main reasons why projects fail. It means that the project manager doesn’t have a full picture of the project’s progress at any given moment.       When you have full visibility, you’re able to stop bottle necks in your project’s progress. This allows you to make changes to the […]

Track Time Spent on Tasks

In this clip I’ll show you how you can use Elementool to track the time that team members spend on issues. Tracking time enables you to view the progress of the project and make changes to the project plan if needed. It is also useful for billing in case clients pay you by the hours […]

Effective Time Management and Priority Settings

We want to talk to you about personal time management. This subject is a little bit of a detour from our more specific project management program. But we believe that time management is an issue that affects everyone, and it’s important that you know how to deal with it. Your ability to maximize your team […]

All You Need to Know About Project Scheduling and Planning

In the following clips we will show you all you need to know about project scheduling. These are a few of the topics that are covered in the clips: 1. How to define tasks and activities. 2. What task dependencies are. 3. How to use buffers for more accurate schedule. 4. The steps of building […]

How to Link Different Parts of The Project Stages

Today I want to explain how to link between different parts of the project stages. A project is never just one thing. It includes many tasks and items that – if you do everything right – come together to form a single whole and a successful end result. Each project is performed in stages. You […]

Most Common Mistake When Estimating a Project Plan

Hi, I’m Allison, and I want to talk to you about one of the most common mistakes that people make when estimating a project plan. That mistake is underestimating the time that it will take to complete the tasks due to external pressure to make the project’s schedule shorter than it can actually be. Let […]

Game Changer Tip – Buffers

Sometimes a small piece of advice can be a game changer.I’ve experienced this in the past when I received a tip from someone which helped me to take my project to the next level by fixing a business issue that I’ve been struggling with.     I would like to share a game changing tip […]

How to Create Accurate Project Schedule

Hi, I’m Allison and I have a great tip to share with you on how you can improve your project scheduling. We all know how easy it is for projects to get delayed because, more often than not, tasks take longer to complete than initially expected. Buffer clip – final Any number of issues could […]