All articles tagged with #project management
Insiders argue that HS2 was doomed from the start due to inherent issues in the UK's geography and political system, leading to massive cost overruns, delays, and mismanagement, with some suggesting fundamental reforms are needed for future projects.
Glòria García-Negredo, a grants specialist at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, discusses her role in helping researchers apply for European and international funding by providing support in preparing grant documentation, ensuring project feasibility, and facilitating collaborations. She emphasizes the importance of communication and trust between researchers and project managers, and advises scientists interested in project management to recognize the value of their expertise in guiding research proposals towards funding success.
StackSocial is offering Microsoft Project 2021 Pro or Visio 2021 for just $30, providing valuable project management and diagramming tools for professionals with PC or Windows devices. Both suites come with features such as pre-built templates, collaboration capabilities, timesheet submission and tracking, and visual representations of complex schedules. These lifetime licenses are one-time downloads suitable for a single Windows device, and users will gain instant access and free customer support upon purchase.
AppFlowy, an open source project and knowledge management startup, has raised $6.4 million in funding from prominent investors including Matt Mullenweg, Steve Chen, and Tom Preston-Werner. AppFlowy aims to address security and extensibility concerns by offering a self-hostable solution for project and knowledge management. The platform allows companies to customize their workspace with modular building blocks and supports community contributions. AppFlowy recently introduced a cloud product alongside its self-hosting option, offering end-to-end encryption for businesses concerned about security. The company plans to adopt a freemium model for its cloud platform and is also working on a mobile app for cross-platform functionality.
Microsoft plans to integrate its planning tools, including Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner, and Microsoft Project, into a unified experience called "Microsoft Planner." The new experience will be available in Microsoft Teams in spring 2024 and on the web later in the year. The integration aims to bring together task management, kanban-style planning, and project management under a single umbrella, with an AI copilot to assist users in planning and suggesting tasks.
Microsoft is streamlining its project management services by combining its task management and planning tools, including Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner, and Microsoft Project for the web, into a unified experience called Microsoft Planner. The new Planner will offer AI-enabled capabilities and aims to provide a single platform for employees to manage their work. It will be available within the Planner app in Microsoft Teams in spring 2024, with a web experience to follow later that year. The existing Tasks by Planner and To Do apps in Microsoft Teams will be renamed to "Planner," and Microsoft Project for the web will also be renamed in the coming months. The new Planner experience will include features such as easy task finding, scheduling and resourcing tools, and an AI integration called Copilot to assist users in creating plans.
Project managers can navigate setbacks by understanding the neuroscience behind setbacks, openly acknowledging setbacks, adopting a growth mindset, and scenario planning for clear options moving forward. Setbacks are defined as a reversal or checking of progress, and project managers can use these tools to help their teams learn and grow from setbacks.
Data scientists play multiple roles in collaborations, including data analysis, data acquisition, software development, and project management. However, misunderstandings and undervaluing their contributions can hinder effective collaboration. To improve working relationships, it is important to establish a communication plan, communicate openly, learn each other's jargon, encourage questions, and use creative communication methods. Additionally, setting a timeline, avoiding scope creep, planning for data storage and distribution, prioritizing reproducibility, documenting everything, and developing a publishing plan are crucial. Embracing creativity, sharing knowledge, and recognizing when a project has run its course are also important for successful interdisciplinary collaborations in data science.
Microsoft has launched Loop, a project management and collaboration tool that syncs across Microsoft 365 apps and services, in public preview. Loop consists of three main elements - Loop components, Loop pages, and Loop workspaces - that can be used to paste real-time blocks of content into apps like Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and Word. Loop components are JavaScript widgets that let users collaborate while in the flow of work, while Loop pages are flexible canvases where users can organize their Loop components and pull in elements like links, files, or data. Loop workspaces represent shared platforms where users can see and group everything important to their projects.
Microsoft has launched a public preview of Microsoft Loop, a collaborative hub that allows users to work across Office apps and manage tasks and projects. Loop includes workspaces and pages where users can import and organize tasks, projects, and documents. Loop's shareable components allow users to turn any page into a real-time block of content that can be pasted into Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word on the web, and Whiteboard. Loop is designed with collaboration and co-creation in mind, with project and task management features, nudges, and AI-powered suggestions.