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 […]

Project Management is Learned, Not Given

Nobody is just automatically born a great project manager, nor does becoming one happen overnight. Instead, like anything else of value in work or in life, being a great project manager is a skill – or, to be precise, a series of skills – that you have to master over time before those skills become […]

Don’t Just Manage Your Time; Master It!

When it comes to project management, regardless of your position in the company, the size of company or even what industry you’ve been in, time is a mission critical factor that often makes completing projects a challenge. We’ve all been there: not enough time, no solid schedule, poorly defined goals and objectives, no formal plan, […]

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 […]

The Power of Integration

Hey Allison I have a question for you. Can you give me one reason why I should choose Elementool? Sure, I can sum it up in one word: Integration. Integration clip – Final What do you mean? I’ll explain: Elementool offers you a full set of tools that helps you to take charge of each […]

How to Create Project Schedule Part II

Hello! It’s Allison again, and I want to continue a bit on the subject of how to create a project schedule using Elementool. With today’s clip you’ll discover the importance of estimating and how you can use it to build a schedule. We’ll also talk about dealing with tasks, and tracking the progress of a […]

How to Create Project Schedule – Part II

Hi, it’s Allison again. In this clip I’m going to show you an easy way to build the project schedule based on estimating how long the different tasks should take. Let’s start by talking about estimates. An estimate is a prediction of how long a project will take to complete and how much it will […]