Artia, the web-based project management software developed in Brazil, already has users from more than 50 countries. The number of international users triplicated on the last weeks, hitting more than 11 thousand users. Available in Portuguese, English and Spanish, Artia (http://www.artia.com/en) was developed to be a tool for managing projects, team and individual’s productivity. With [...]

Continuing the previous post, we will look at a few more trends that should be on the radar of a company 2.0. 6. The generation gap as a catalyst for the process of change: the gradual entry of very young people into organizations that lived their childhood with an in depth, continual, and natural exposure [...]

We rarely are able to take a break to evaluate or look at our professional lives. Breaking the routine however, is essential for our physical, mental and professional health. Below, you’ll find 11 tips on how to make time for it and consequently increase productivity at work: 1 – Set clear goals and write them [...]

Many teams, primarily those working on long-term projects, begin to eat their time and reduce their productivity and performance when the initial challenge is replaced by daily routine. In other words, they get “sick” of looking at the same code, the same process, the same screens and the same rules. The other day I was reading [...]

There’s a lot out there that encourages us to build and maintain task lists to organize our daily lives. However, what is in fact the best way to make such a list? Are there good practices for making task lists? The starting point for a good list of tasks is a central archive to store [...]

“Plans are useless, but planning is essential” – General Dwight Eisenhower All those who seek to improve their productivity quickly discover the importance of planning in time management. Without goals and a work schedule required to achieve them we become drifters, aimlessly going about our work, which causes a lot unnecessary stress and worry. Not [...]

Those who work in corporate environments are generally accustomed to restrictions to web sites and services that could be accessed from work. Although there are genuine concerns regarding information security, the major concern, especially in smaller companies, is with the productivity of their employees. The fear is that everyone will spend the day updating their [...]

Karl Weigers, one of the leading consultants for project impact in the United States defines project management as “juggling multiple pins in the air all at the same time.” We must agree with his statement. Project management is a lot like juggling. Even when the juggler is at his best, there are always factors that become setbacks [...]

In order to carry out any marketing effort you must plan, organize, execute, and measure results. Not to mention the control that must occur at every stage of the project. This effort may be the launching of a product, a company event, launching an advertising campaign and many other marketing-related efforts. But how do we make [...]

According to the Standish Group, only 29% of IT projects are successfully completed. Project management consultants and software providers claim that the common errors are due to poor planning, poor communication or the misallocation of resources. Let’s talk about the seven most common mistakes that occur in corporate IT departments. 1. Lack of resources with [...]

According to the Standish Group, only 29% of IT projects are successfully completed. Project management consultants and software providers claim that the common errors are due to poor planning, poor communication or the misallocation of resources. Let’s talk about the seven most common mistakes that occur in corporate IT departments. 1. Lack of resources with [...]

Task management and project management are two different approaches for keeping work teams focused. While one focuses on global projects, the other gets involved with individual tasks. Depending on the scope of the project or task, someone may be assigned to oversee the operations and people involved. To do this, managers may use tools or [...]

Project management is much more than task management. It’s a constant juggle assessing priorities, resources, schedules, risks, issues and issues, to name a few factors. And when you add this to the need of managing multiple projects simultaneously, and keep from “dropping any balls,” it becomes clear how essential the role of collaboration and communication [...]

Our society is undergoing a wave of impressive social, economic, environmental and technological change, such as never seen in human history. Organizations, being a social system, cannot remain indifferent to these changes. Even though many of their managers are reluctant to believe that their companies will not escape these changes. The vectors of continuous and [...]