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What Is the Project Life Cycle? 5 Phases of the Process

The project life cycle involves 5 key phases: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure. Learn more about each stage of the process.

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10 Draining Tasks You Can Automate to Save More Time

Automate these 10 tasks to save more time and get more done.

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3 Management Techniques to Keep Your Team in Sync

It's tough to keep teams communicating synchronously. Check out these tips to eliminate communication confusion and promote productivity.

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30 Dead Simple Productivity Hacks For Remote Teams

Increase your team's productivity levels with these easy-to-implement productivity hacks.

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4 Questions to Help You Plan Your Annual Team Meetup

Want to know how our annual meetups come together—and why they’re such an important part of our remote team culture? These simple questions can help you plan a meetup that keeps your remote team...

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4 Science-Backed Reasons Your Team Is Dysfunctional

Is your team dysfunctional? We cover four common causes of team dysfunction and how to overcome them.

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5 Easy Ways to Save 15% of Your Time at Team Meetings

Inefficient team meetings are expensive and unproductive for any sized business. Here are five easy ways to save that time back.

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5 Things to Look for in Your Next Project Management Tool

The right project management tool meets your project management needs. Not the other way around. Here are five things your next PM tool should have to ensure you and your team are in sync and productive.

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5 Top Web Meeting Annoyances and How to Avoid Them

Virtual meetings make it easy to connect remotely. See 5 common mistakes online presenters make and how to avoid them when leading your next virtual meeting.

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6 Questions to Answer Before Starting Your Project Plan

Want your project plan to live up to its expectations? You’ve got to do some research first. These 6 questions can help you build a successful project plan.

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7 Not-So-Obvious Tips for Managing Remote Workers

Managing a remote team requires intentional leadership and collaboration. Discover 7 simple tips you might be overlooking when leading remote workers.

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8 Positive Habits to Maintain Happiness at Work

Happiness isn’t just a by-product of your circumstances. Discover 8 positive behaviors you can practice to cultivate more joy in your work days.

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TeamGantt Customer Spotlight: Advent Designs, Nashville, TN

Find out why the good folks at Advent Designs chose TeamGantt and how they use it to manage their design projects.

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3 of the Most Popular Ways to Structure Your Workday

Finding your optimal rhythm can make you a productivity machine. Here are 3 popular ways to structure your workday to make the most of your energy and focus.

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How Important Is It for Professionals to Have Empathy?

Just how crucial is empathy among project managers and professionals? Guest author Daniel Threlfall offers valuable knowledge on the importance of empathy.

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How Time Tracking Software Made Me More Productive

Time tracking helps sharpen your habits and boost your productivity. Here’s what we learned by trying it for a month and why we integrate it into our workflow.

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How to Avoid the Project Management Deliverable Dance

Learn how to strike a balance between catering to a client’s every expectation and maintaining process standards that help your team win.

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How to Boost Your Project Management Skills Using Science

By incorporating practices from mediation, psychology and sociology into your project management techniques, you can boost team morale & effectiveness.

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How to Discover Your Best Time of the Day to Work

Learn what role energy plays in productivity and how to find the ideal time of day to work to get into your most productive zone.

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5 Surprising Qualities That Can Shape Very Effective Teams

The best ideas happen in unconventional circumstances. Here are 5 surprising qualities that you can pick up and use to improve your teams' effectiveness.

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8 Easy Steps to a Warm and Friendly On-Boarding Process

How you welcome your new hires determines the strength and success of your remote team. Here are 8 easy steps to craft a successful on-boarding process.

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The Secret Ingredient to Build a Hyper Productive Team

Purpose is essential when working in a team. In this post we lay out the how to use purpose to create a hyper productive team.

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Why You Should Have Fired That Client a Month Ago

Is a difficult client getting in the way of your best work? See 8 scenarios when letting a problem client go may lead to better productivity and profitability.

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How to Keep Collaboration from Wasting Your Team's Time

Badly mangaged collaboration can eviscerate a team’s effectiveness and produce dysfunction. Here's how to enhance collaboration so that it works the way it should — bringing people together and...

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11 Tips from the World's Leading Project Managers

We've gathered 11 of the best project managers around the world to share their best project management tips.

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How to Say No Nicely at Work: 4 Sample Scripts

Saying no is part of being an effective leader. Here are 4 easy scripts you can use to say no politely so you and your team can stay focused on the right goals.

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How to Write a Project Charter: Template & Examples

Learn what a project charter is & why it’s important in project management. Download a free project charter template, with examples of how to develop one.

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5 Check-in Questions to Ask Employees in 1:1 Meetings

One-on-one meetings with your staff can improve team morale, performance, and trust. Here are 5 good employee check-in questions every manager should ask.

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How to Manage Project Resources with a Gantt Chart

Learn how to use a gantt chart for resource scheduling and easily manage team capacity and non-people resources across multiple projects in TeamGantt.

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How to Create a Collaborative Team Environment | TeamGantt

Find out what every collaborative team has in common and how to build a culture of effective collaboration from project management expert Elizabeth Harrin.

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Gantt Chart Inspo: Holiday Event Planning | TeamGantt

Planning a holiday event? You’ve got tons of details to keep up with! See how to plan your event in TeamGantt—with a little inspiration from the Griswolds.

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How to Maximize Your Day When You Work from Home | TeamGantt Blog

Work from home? Find out 5 simple steps to help you minimize distractions and maximize your day so you can knock out to-dos like there’s no tomorrow.

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Project Meeting Facilitation Tips & Tricks | TeamGantt

Discover 4 simple meeting facilitation tricks you can put into practice today to keep your team and stakeholders actively engaged in project meetings.

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Go Virtual Fast: A Remote Work Transition Plan for Your Team

See how to move your team to remote work quickly—with as little red tape as possible—and get a free gantt chart template to manage your transition plan.

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10 Reasons Why Planning Is Important in Project Management

Project planning is one of the most important steps in project management. Discover 10 benefits of planning and how to use a project plan to your advantage.

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How to Use Critical Success Factors to Achieve Strategic Goals in Project...

Critical success factors help project managers focus on key areas that drive organizational goals. Learn how to define, measure, and apply CSFs for projects.

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How to Schedule a Project | Gantt Chart Best Practices

Need a build a project schedule? Get step-by-step instructions for using a gantt chart to schedule work, plus practical dos and don’ts to ensure a solid build.

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How to Write a Project Brief: Template & Examples

Learn what a project brief is and how it’s used in project management. Plus, download a free template and example to create a simple brief for your project.

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How to Present Your Project Plan to a Client | TeamGantt

Get tactical tips and advice on how to present your project plan to clients so you can set clear project expectations and maximize stakeholder buy-in.

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10 Career Goals for Project Managers | TeamGantt

Many project managers are too busy planning today’s projects to think about the future. Here’s how to create actionable career goals & build a bright tomorrow.

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10 Gantt Chart Benefits Every Project Manager Should Know

Learn the purpose of a gantt chart in project management, and see 10 reasons why gantt charts make it easier for you to deliver project success more often.

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What Is a RACI Chart? Practical Examples & Project Uses

Learn what a RACI chart is and what the acronym stands for, plus see real-world examples of how to assign clear project roles & responsibilities.

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Delegation Playbook: Practical Strategies for New Leaders

Learn how to overcome common barriers and delegate work effectively. Plus, explore tools and frameworks to make delegation a seamless part of your leadership.

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How to Meet & Manage Project Deadlines | TeamGantt

See how to meet project deadlines every time, plus tips for managing multiple project deadlines in TeamGantt so you can stay on top of your schedule.

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Tips & Examples for Organizing a Project Plan | TeamGantt

Project organization ensures your team knows how to reach your project goal. These simple tips & examples can help you organize your project for success.

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Meeting Agenda Examples for 4 Key Project Meetings: Template

Learn how to write a simple meeting agenda—including what format to use and details to include—and download a free agenda template for key project meetings.

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12 Easy Gantt Chart Examples for Project Management | Construction |...

Save time on project management and planning with these easy-to-use gantt chart examples for a variety of different industries and project types.

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SMART Goals for Project Managers: Examples + Template

Learn what a SMART goal is and what it stands for. See examples of how to write SMART goals as a project manager, plus download our free SMART goals template.

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How to Run Productive Status Meetings for Every Audience

Status meetings are a fundamental part of project management. Learn how to run 5 common types of status meetings and how to tailor each one to your audience.

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How to Build Project Schedules That Defy Parkinson’s Law

Learn actionable strategies for building project schedules that keep momentum strong and avoid time waste, without overtaxing your team.

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