Project management blog

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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.

Person using FlexiProject risk matrix in a project portfolio view on a laptop as an Asana alternative for risk management

Asana alternative for project risk management: a register that is not a list

A template gives you columns, not a module. What to require from a risk register and what changes when risk is tied to a…

Asana alternative for project budget control: six requirements

In a task tool the budget lives next to the plan, not inside it. Six requirements for real project budget control.

Laptop showing a project schedule on a Gantt chart in the FlexiProject PPM system as an Asana alternative

Asana alternative for project scheduling

Asana alternative for project scheduling: how dependency types, fixed delays, hard relations and baselines turn a timeline into a working plan.

Construction risk management: process, register and examples

Construction risk management explained: risk types on a build, a step-by-step process, the risk register and matrix, and lessons across projects.