How to Make Columns in Notion

How to Make Columns in Notion

It would be weird if Notion, as one of the most popular and fancy productivity tools, didn`t have simple layout design options. One such option, I`m talking about,  is the possibility of creating a layout with multiple columns. In this short article, I will explain a few simple ways how to make columns in Notion. By default, Notion has a single-column layout.… [ Read the rest...]

The Communication Styles of Effective Project Managers

Effective communication is the cornerstone of successful project management. Project managers must not only convey information but also ensure that it resonates with different stakeholders, teams, and clients. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to communication, as situations vary, requiring adaptability. This article explores several key communication styles that project managers use and how they apply them in different scenarios, based on insights from professionals in the field.… [ Read the rest...]

Why You Should Host a Regular Team Meeting Apart of Scrum Ceremonies

If you practice Scrum or any other similar project management framework on your project, you definitely have a lot of predefined meetings – daily status meeting, retrospective meeting, planning session, etc. These kinds of meetings are completely dedicated to your ongoing work and help you to be on track with your project. However, I believe that it is important to have a regular team meeting which is not a part of your Scrum (or whatever else) process.… [ Read the rest...]

The Differences Between IT Projects And Other Types of Projects (And How Project Managers Should Deal With Them)

Several decades ago, when someone mentioned the word “project”, the first thing that came into people’s mind was probably a construction of some physical object like an airport, a road or a shopping mall. But everything has changed since that time. Due to the Internet penetration to every sphere of our life the share of IT projects has been increasing every year.… [ Read the rest...]

Complete List of Project Manager`s Interview Questions

During my yet not so long career of a project manager I have participated in about a dozen of interviews for project manager`s position (fortunately, most of them were successful). After the last set of my project manager`s interviews, an idea of putting together the complete list of project manager`s interview questions has come to my mind. To start with, I recalled the most interesting and tricky questions I have been asked during my interviews and collected some from the Web.… [ Read the rest...]

7 deadly sins of a project manager while working with a team

When I started my career as a project manager in IT industry, I noticed that people often criticized project managers. They complained about them during the breaks, at the meetups, on the Internet, wherever it was possible. And I thought then that something was wrong with this situation: either it is not very good attitude to the manager’s position in the industry in general or it is all about particular personalities.  … [ Read the rest...]