Office environments are designed to cut out distractions but as the number of us forced into working from home increases, how do we as projects managers keep our team focused. Our challenge in today’s environment is to ensure that no matter where our team works they do so as effectively as possible. Doing so requires …
So now we know that multitasking is probably a bad idea and can be detrimental to your productivity, but how do we go about rectifying the habit: Do you find yourself jumping from task to task without finishing any? This blog is going out to the multitaskers, now is the time to stand up and …
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Today’s blog is dedicated to architecture professionals, a wonderfully creative profession often associated with long days and juggling multiple projects at once. It can be easy to lose track of time, jumping from one project to the other and getting caught up in the creative process. However, clients may not be happy to pay for …
Project management according to the Project Management Institute is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. Their Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) identifies its recurring elements. The processes of Project Management are divided into 5 groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. …
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What is Utilization? Utilization is a metric used by professional service companies to represent the productivity achieved by an employee (typically) or a team for a given period. Productivity is most often based on Billing. The Utilization rate is expressed as a percentage. An employee who achieves 80% utilization is significantly more productive than one …
