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Operations management

Best Practices in Strategic Vendor Management

Discover the most useful ways to shift your procurement approach from a basic purchasing function to a strategic business function that improves quality and profitability. Get expert insights, strategies, and tactics. Included on this page, you’ll ...

Feb 29, 2024 28 min read

Strategy Tips & best practices

Operations management

How to Write a Clear, Successful Vendor Management Program

In this guide, learn how to create a vendor management program and supporting documents to manage your third-party collaborators in an organized fashion. Plus, experts share tools and tips to help you become an outsourcing insider. Included on ...

Nov 3, 2021 11 min read

Strategy

Marketing management

The Essential Guide to Marketing Operations

Your marketing team will only perform well if you have solid marketing operations in place. In this article, you’ll find the most useful expert tips on implementing marketing operations to improve your company’s overall marketing effectiveness. ...

Oct 27, 2023 22 min read

Strategy

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Research

IDC: Evaluating Project Management and Collaborative Work Management Solutions with Smartsheet

Read this IDC report to learn how to create an environment where collaboration can thrive as organizations modernize their approach in the uncertainty of our new world of work.

Collaboration Strategy

Project management

Free Project Roadmap Templates

A project roadmap is used to tell the story of a project. A well-thought-out project roadmap establishes expectations and keeps everyone on track throughout the project’s lifecycle. Download the most useful project roadmap templates in Microsoft ...

Oct 14, 2024 7 min read

Strategy

Agile project management

How to Create an Effective Roadmap in Excel

In this article, you’ll find all there is to know regarding how to create the most effective roadmap in Microsoft Excel for all your projects. Included on this page, you’ll find step-by-step instructions on how to create a product roadmap or a ...

Oct 17, 2024 14 min read

Strategy

Project management

How to Measure the Success of a Project

Defining and measuring project success can be difficult. By understanding project success criteria, your team can find and apply repeatable success. Learn how to determine success for your project and team, and the tools to measure it. Included on ...

Oct 20, 2022 7 min read

Strategy

Project management

How to Successfully Plan an IT Project

In order to circumvent the common pitfalls of IT projects, you need strong project planning. We’ve compiled tips from top experts on how to plan your IT project to ensure project success. Included on this page, you’ll find essential steps for ...

Oct 20, 2022 20 min read

Collaboration Strategy

Project management

Everything You Need to Know about Project Definition

We’ve created a comprehensive guide to project definition, including how to write an effective project definition document and expert tips. Included on this page, you’ll learn the essential components of project definition, as well as find a ...

Jun 2, 2022 14 min read

Collaboration Strategy

IT management

What Project Management Software Can Do for Your Business

Project management software is a powerful set of tools that teams in every field use to facilitate their daily work. In this article, you’ll find common features of project management software, a comprehensive feature checklist, and advice for how ...

Jun 2, 2022 19 min read

Modern work Strategy

Project management

Free Excel Project Timeline Templates

In this article, you’ll find the most useful collection of free Microsoft Excel project timeline templates for project managers, project sponsors, project team members, and other project stakeholders. Included on this page, you’ll find: Simple ...

Oct 14, 2024 9 min read

Productivity Strategy

Project management

What Is Risk in Project Management?

It is important for all project managers to understand the impact and potential for project risks. We teach you the basics of project risks, how they differ from other types of risk, and how they can affect a project’s outcome. In this article, ...

Apr 18, 2024 9 min read

Strategy

Project management

How to Identify and Manage Constraints in Project Management

One of the most difficult pieces of the project management puzzle is balancing project constraints. We’ll teach you how to identify and manage constraints in your own projects. In this article you’ll find the six main types of project constraints, ...

Apr 3, 2024 16 min read

Strategy

Strategic planning

Free Google Docs Timesheets and Time Card Templates

We've compiled a variety of free Google Docs timesheet and time card templates. All templates include the standard timesheet functionality and are fully customizable. Included on this page, you’ll find a simple weekly timesheet template, a ...

Mar 23, 2023

Strategy