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Three Ways Our Customers Are Fighting the Recession

Published 29 October 8 2:32 PM | Aaron

The economic climate as of late has become demonstrably unstable and, as a result, many businesses are battening down the hatches and making preparations for the upcoming fiscal year. This means cutting down on operating costs, eliminating projects that...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Gantt Charts, Cut Costs

Making Milestones Matter

Published 16 October 8 7:3 AM | Aaron

In our most recent post, we introduced you to project milestones and how they can be used to effectively measure the progress of your projects. To recap: Milestones should be obvious—anyone on your project team should be able to easily recognize...

Filed under: Project Management, Gantt Charts

Introduction to Milestones

Published 14 October 8 6:33 AM | Aaron

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve covered a variety of project planning concepts, like breaking up large tasks and recognizing shared dependencies between tasks . One subject that we have not covered is how to definitively measure progress in...

Filed under: Project Management, Gantt Charts

The Art of Assignment

Published 10 October 8 6:23 AM | Aaron

In our most recent article, we talked about how to schedule tasks using project charts . If you read it then you already have a good idea of how to correctly order and prioritize tasks. In today’s article we’re going to discuss how to build...

Filed under: Project Management, Team Charts, Gantt Charts

Scheduling Tasks with Project Charts

Published 8 October 8 7:47 AM | Aaron

The first step to becoming a more efficient project manager is to decompose your project into small tasks using mind maps , an issue which we discussed last week. Today we’re going to address the second step in the process, which is setting the...

Filed under: Project Management, Mind Maps, Gantt Charts

Four Techniques I Use to be a Better Manager

Published 22 May 8 4:0 AM | Paul

When I founded SmartDraw.com I was a software developer not a manager. Not that this mattered much because the only person I needed to manage at the time was me! As the company grew, management was "thrust upon me", and I learned four techniques I still...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Be a Better Manager, Mind Maps, Team Charts, Org Charts, Gantt Charts

Getting It Done On-Time with Simple Project Management

Published 20 May 8 4:0 AM | Aaron

The most important aspect of any project, personal or corporate, is cost and cost is determined by the answers to the following two questions: How much time am I going to need? And how many people am I going to need? My background is primarily in software...

Filed under: Project Management, Mind Maps, Gantt Charts

Screencast: Managing Projects with SmartDraw

Published 15 May 8 4:0 AM | Paul

In this screencast we show you how you can use SmartDraw and to manage projects; first we show you how to scope your project with a mind map , then we show you how you can easily convert that mind map into a project chart (Gantt Chart) , and finally we...

Filed under: How To, Screencast, Mind Maps, Gantt Charts