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Successful project delivery: on time and on budget

Successful project delivery: on time and on budget

You deliver a successful project when meeting budget and deadline requirements as well as stakeholders’ scope and quality expectations.…
Project KPIs: How to track progress and measure success of your project

Project KPIs: How to track progress and measure success of your project

The objective of this article is to provide a short overview of KPIs that can be used to monitor a project’s progress. Of course, the list is not exhaustive and every project manager has to decide which…
Case study OpenProject as hybrid project management software

Case study OpenProject as hybrid project management software

OpenProject is the leading open source project management software. Thereby, it supports traditional waterfall as well as agile project management and also allows to combine both to a hybrid approach.…
What is hybrid project management?

What is hybrid project management?

Hybrid project management combines elements of waterfall and agile methodologies to make the project management approach best suited for an individual use case. A pure agile or waterfall approach can limit…
What are work packages and how to work with them?

What are work packages and how to work with them?

OpenProject is an open source project management software. There are plenty of competitors out there and every software has its own main focus.…
How to work with project templates

How to work with project templates

Using project templates will save your team a lot of time. No more repetitive work and you also streamline the way your organization works, making sure the structure of your projects is coherent.…
How to successfully implement a remote working culture

How to successfully implement a remote working culture

Not every organization that potentially was able to, was already set up for remote work when Covid hit. It might have been for security reasons, not being in line with the working culture or for other…
5 Tips for remote work and home office

5 Tips for remote work and home office

Ever since the outbreak of the corona virus (COVID-19), we are increasingly called upon to take protective measures and avoid social contacts. In waves, events are getting cancelled, trips postponed, companies…
Set and achieve your goals with open source software for OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)

Set and achieve your goals with open source software for OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)

OpenProject as a secure web-based project management software supports many different use cases. At the beginning of the year, in OpenProject it is very convenient to follow the OKR process, set your strategic…
Static vs. dynamic websites: why we migrated from WordPress to a static website

Static vs. dynamic websites: why we migrated from WordPress to a static website

Recently, we migrated our website from WordPress to a new static website. WordPress is one of the most widely used free Content Management Systems (CMS). With this homepage builder, you can easily build…
Preparing for on-premises software installation

Preparing for on-premises software installation

If you decided to host your project management or any other software on-premises, you should be prepared as it is not as easy as going with a hosted version where you would usually just need internet access…