Project management blog

Read valuable articles about effective project management. Discover valuable advice, practical tips and stay up to date with project management trends.

FlexiProject and Smart Automation case study: a Gantt chart beside an industrial robot arm in an automation plant.

Project management system implementation in an engineering company: a case study

Project management system implementation in an engineering company: 51 projects in one tool, budgets in sync with ERP, data-driven reviews.

Who is an engineering project manager and what do they do?

Engineering project manager: who they are, what they do, the skills and qualifications required, and how to step into the role.

Consulting projects in engineering services with technical advisory and project delivery

Engineering project management software buyer’s guide

Engineering project management software buyer's guide: criteria from schedules and baselines to budgets, risks and portfolios. Choose well.

FlexiProject project schedule on a laptop on an engineer's desk with construction blueprints and a hard hat

Project management for engineers: a practical guide

Project management for engineers: lifecycle phases, methodologies, skills, and multi-project challenges explained in one practical guide.

New product development team reviewing a design on a tablet and laptop in a modern manufacturing facility

The new product development process in manufacturing: eight stages from idea to launch

The new product development process in manufacturing: eight stages, three methodologies, common pitfalls and portfolio perspective.

Production Gantt chart: how to plan and schedule manufacturing projects without disrupting operations

Production Gantt chart: shutdown windows, baseline, dependencies, resource loading and portfolio view for manufacturing projects.

Manufacturing worker in safety glasses operating a machine control panel on a factory production line

The stage-gate process in manufacturing: phases, gates, and go/kill decisions

The stage-gate process in manufacturing: phases, decision gates, go/kill criteria, five variants and portfolio governance.

Construction KPIs reviewed on a laptop at a desk with blueprints, calculator and a hard hat

Construction KPIs: 10 metrics from site to board

Construction KPIs explained: 10 metrics across safety, quality, productivity, finance and project control, plus how to build a KPI system.

Construction progress report prepared on a laptop by a site manager on a building site

Construction progress report: what to include and when

Construction progress report: what to include, reporting cadence from site to board, and how to create reports from live data, not by hand.

Construction resource management — site manager with a laptop on a building under construction

Construction resource management: a practical guide

Construction resource management: how to plan crews, equipment and materials and avoid resource conflicts across parallel builds.

FlexiProject Gantt schedule for a customer service system project shown on a laptop in an office

Best Asana alternative for a Project Management Office: seven jobs it has to do

A PMO leaves Asana when portfolio governance becomes the daily job. Seven PMO tasks and what stops being manual in each one.

FlexiProject strategic portfolio dashboard with a Gantt schedule and project status charts on a laptop

Apps like Asana: what to look for beyond task lists

Apps like Asana differ in one thing: whether the plan survives a change of dates. The capabilities to check before you switch.