Project Management made Easy – blog, tips, resources

You may find a large amount of quality and relevant information on how to prepare a project and start working on it at the Easy Project blog. But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, at some stage your project will start to go downhill.

The proper management of customer requirements is a basic prerequisite for well-implemented projects. Requirements management includes several key principles such as collecting, analyzing, refining, and prioritizing product requirements.

Project manager's daily bread? Making decisions. Not all of them are easy to take and require experience combined with intuition. And data. With the first two elements, we cannot help you in any significant way but the third one – decisions based on data – is where you can win with us.

Did you know that even project finances can be visual? This is called Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS). The CBS allows you to quickly see and/or allocate costs to the lowest level of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Our Easy Project application is safe for both the cloud and the server solution. It has no Java code whatsoever.

You may have heard the phrase: "Project management is good only for the project managers, not the rest of us." This opinion may often originate from a fear of trying a new tool or simply a misunderstanding of it. But can project management techniques also benefit the sales team? And how to best utilize it when you aren’t a project manager?

Think of the issues you had to deal with managing your last project. Would you agree that some of them had their core in the initiation phase? If so – and if you are about to begin works on the next job – let these proven and feasible tips be your guide to start a new project the right way.

At the beginning of every project, there is a lot going on – especially in your mind. You and your colleagues create ideas, visions, and many small parts from which the whole project can be created. Hence, here is a clever technique that helps you take advantage of this – mindmapping.

Easy Project 11+ is here to push your projects to the next level. Watch our webinar recording to quickly learn about the new features.

Hello, my name is Filip Morávek and I am the CEO of Easy Software, the company behind Easy Project. For 14 years we have been connecting the world of technology with the best project management practices. And the new Easy Project 11+ is another key milestone on that journey. Let me tell you why.

New Mind Maps, B2B CRM, Enhanced HelpDesk for your clients, Search 2.0, and High Contrast Theme. Are you ready for a decent load of news coming up with an upgraded version of the popular PM solution Easy Project 11+? Read on to learn more about all the new features for project management and other key business needs in one app.

If you are a service provider, customer experience has to be one of the biggest challenges for you. While customers don’t think twice before switching from product A to product B, they don’t do so in the case of services.

A project manager – the one whose hours in the budget estimation are always challenged. The one who “knows too little about anything but tells others what to do“. And the one who annoys the whole team by tracking their time.

The agile strategy has become the buzzword and its adoption rightly sounds tempting – it promises greater customer satisfaction, faster time-to-market, and higher revenues at lower costs.

Public goods providers have a special place in the economy. They produce goods that are to be used by the public without excluding anyone from the use, which increases the size of their solutions significantly.

How – especially in 2021 – not get lost in one of the many pitfalls that await your project? The solution is to prioritize risks thanks to accurate identification and categorization.

Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Hitachi, Chevron, Salesforce, and Spotify. All across the world, global companies like these rolled out mandatory remote-working policies in the wake of Covid-19.

Money. To say that everything revolves only around money would probably be too much. On the other hand, a project that, even at the cost of maximum effort, ends up with a minimal profit, or even in the red, is rarely pleasing. But how to get rid of the fear of budget finances and be happy that investments make sense and bring results?

Distinguishing between short-term and long-term goals and needs is one of the longest-standing challenges among individuals and organizations. Every day presents pressures from all directions that rock you back and forth, almost like a sailboat in choppy waters.

Congratulations! If you have also read our first part, then you have already completed half of the "preparation" for the management of your digital project. In the second part of the blog, we will look at the risks that await you in project management of this type of project and how to effectively address them using the tools in Easy Project. From planning to risk management to the art of effective communication.

Nowadays, organizations around the world use some kind of agile methodology, mainly Scrum board, as the foundation stone of their software development. Scrum itself, however, does not have to exploit the full potential of the agile approach.

Easy Software is pleased to announce the strategic partnership with Hallo Welt! GmbH. This combines the leading project management software Easy Project with the enterprise wiki software BlueSpice, which is built on MediaWiki, the software of Wikipedia.

Seidor Consulting is a multinational technology consulting company that provides a wide range of services including application development and maintenance, infrastructures, and IT outsourcing.

When they say “a project management mobile app“, you are free to imagine almost anything. From a copy of a robust PM software (somehow compressed into a smartphone display) to a simple but almost useless chatting tool. So, can a PM mobile app actually help? Let's test it on three typical PM challenges.

The newest version of Easy Project is here with a new modern interface and powerful features! Watch our webinar recording (below) to quickly learn how to master your favorite PM tool and welcome the new mobile app.

Project management is a tough game, right? You are being attacked by questions, complaints, and deadlines from all around. Therefore, you need a good partner on your side – a powerful project management software with all tools you need to master your project.

The choice between server and cloud software solutions has become a part of decision-making in most companies, and the decision is not always straight-forward.

Are you looking for enterprise-level hosting conditions of high-end project management tool? Are you looking for integrated DevOps solutions from trusted cloud provider in your region? Now you can get Easy Project, GitHub, Jenkins and many other applications integrated and hosted by Tieto in their DevOps Space.

The big boost of the current Easy Project resulted in the new “11“ version. How can you benefit from it in your everyday work? Let us explain to you in this article – learn about the eight features that will undoubtedly upgrade the way you manage your projects today.

There are several differences between "classic" and digital projects, which are also reflected in project management. The digital project managers also play an extensive role here – they should have an overview of UI/UX, graphic design, coding, and analytics.

A workflow may be viewed as one of the fundamental building blocks of project management. Using the workflow settings in Easy Project, you can control status transitions and field permissions on tasks in a very simple manner. The feature is accessible from the administration and, therefore, can be managed only by an administrator.

Many important elements of your business run via Easy Project. Therefore, we now provide you with a tool, that enables you to have perfect control over your account – comfortably from one place. Welcome to the new Client Zone!

When COVID-19 reached a pandemic status, companies in numerous industries sent millions of employees to work from home. The coronavirus hasn't made a big announcement, and in most cases, companies have had little time to prepare. Right now, leaders are struggling to lead virtual teams and many are experiencing such a dynamic for the first time.

The good news for you is that Easy Project can provide a lot of help in order to visually manage the project's finances so that you always have a clear picture of how much money is involved. Here we present some Easy Project finance features and tools you might use if you want a visual representation of your project's finances as you manage them.

Do you know already what your next project will be? Are you expecting something smaller, or will it be a "big thing", such as the launch of a new campaign, a product launch, or work on the budget for next year? Let's take a look at how Easy Project can really help you be a better project manager and complete your project faster.

Welcome to the new style of managing your projects! Our new Easy Project mobile app allows you to get free from your working desk – you can create new tasks on the go, post quick comments to keep things moving, and track and dominate your time with a few taps. Let's take a closer look at the app now!

It's time for a bit of introspection. Think with us about what you really enjoy about the role of project manager and what, on the contrary, is getting on your nerves when managing projects. The job of a project manager is not an easy one.