Running multiple projects simultaneously is a given. As project and portfolio managers we have to run multiple programs and projects to further the strategic vision of our company and customers alike. Project Management becomes increasingly complex if the right approach and sk...

Resource Management Systems are your starting point to ensuring efficient resource allocation and optimizing utilization. Successful companies are always focused on achieving high customer engagement & satisfaction, technologically advanced products & services and incr...

A Product Owner is an integral part of a Scrum project or team. He/she is usually a business analyst, IT stakeholder, business stakeholder or a product manager. Product Owner(PO) presents a strong vision of the product roadmap and is the voice of the customer. They are committ...

Starting a new project is always exciting. And just as the excitement sets in you enter into a deep thinking mode on how to create, structure, and manage your projects. Long term planning is required right from the beginning in terms of finalizing the project plan, which proje...

Introduction Resource planning is the backbone of a project and business. It can be anything from people to machinery to facilities. Resources are whatever you need to deliver your services. What is Resource Planning? Resource Planning is a practice or process by which tasks a...

Project management is all about performing tasks that lead us to the desired business outcomes of value. Now to get to these outcomes a lot of tasks are required and a lot of which are non-value add or of low value. Not only that, these tasks also consume a lot of our time and...

Every passing year brings in a lot of changes in project management approaches leading to emerging trends. These changes introduce efficient changes in the overall planning & execution of organizational goals as well as product strategies. What are the key drivers of these...

Orangescrum Project management software has agile features to Visual & Clutter free Agile Project Management and brings your customers and teams together to deliver what matters!

Projects run on team collaboration. Any gap in collaboration creates chaos, delays & brings projects to a total halt. Collaboration is all about meaningful information exchange in a timely manner, transparency within the team and clarity around the team’s roles and respons...

Businesses in the digital age run on time tracking. Time is the globally accepted universal currency to measure efficiency, productivity and outcomes. Over time, technology has brought to light the significance of measuring various metrics to account for desired outcomes, prof...

2020 has been all about remote work and remote team management. Not all of us were ready to deal with the remote work culture. The tech industry did have some upper hand as they already had some remote work setup and culture. But for the majority of the companies remote work o...

2020 has been a year of remote work management with remote team productivity being the number one priority for organizations across the world. Increased accountability is a must for remote teams to be successful. Accountability is a culture, a deep ingrained characteristics am...

Resource Utilization is one of the key performance indicators in project management. And project managers have a tough time finding their resource utilization metrics right. Resource Utilization is one of 3 key components of resource management. The other 2 being resource avai...

The business success depends on smooth running of all its departments and it can be possible with proper workload management. Workload management sounds like the easiest task. Just assign the right work to the right person, right? It’s harder than it sounds. A proper workload...

Project Managers have an uphill task right from the project initiation till closure phase. They have to deal with a large number of unknowns and moving aspects of a project that keeps them awake at night. In the simplest of terms – “Project management is all about deliverables...

Continuing the drive to constantly improve project & team collaboration, Orangescrum now offers @mention to tag teammates, tasks and sub tasks. @mentions have been a proven means of prompt timely communication while working with large project teams. It is particularly help...

Projects play a vital role in achieving the company’s ultimate goal - “to increase their project teams’ performance rapidly. With help of best project management practices, you can increase your team’s productivity, get maximum ROI and be more profitable as a business. No need...

Cost Management is one of the key knowledge areas of project management professional (PMP) training and certification. As the name indicates it deals with all things money associated with the project. In very generic terms every single activity in a project leads to cost be if...

“Work life balance is not an entitlement or benefit. Your company cannot give it to you. You have to create it for yourself.”– Matthew Kelly, Author Live your life more to work better and faster, or work more to live a better life? It’s often a challenging question that many o...

Work smarter, not harder – Carl Barks More or less you all know and agree with the above quote. Isn’t it? Still, many of us rant about the same old thing “I have no time” when asked to take some time for something of their daily work. This is because they have a problem with t...