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Project Management ABC: P for Project Portfolio Management
When selecting projects, it can be difficult to keep track of what's going on and ensure that the projects you choose align with your company's strategic goals. Project portfolio management offers a solution to these challenges. Read Parm AG's latest blog post to find o...
The most common mistakes in the use of BI software
Business intelligence enables companies to collect, analyse and use valuable data to make better decisions and improve business processes. However, there are some mistakes in the application of BI software that can impair effectiveness and usability. Parm AG presents th...
Test management in projects
Test management plays a crucial role in development projects. It ensures the quality of the final product and helps to improve the result. Even though test management is therefore essential for the success of the project, it often plays a subordinate role in practice. P...
A simple method for calculation, pricing and controlling
How successful are orders in reality? This was the question posed by Richard Lammers, management consultant at MSB Management-Service-Beratungsgesellschaft mbH. It's hard to give a simple answer to such a complex question. To simplify this, he developed the Lammers Quot...
Project Management ABC: O for OKR – Application
The OKR method can support a company in pursuing its mission statement. In this way, it can effectively help to achieve company goals and motivate employees to contribute to the achievement of these goals in a committed way. This article is the second part on OKR and de...
Data Storytelling
Imagine you are part of a company that collects large amounts of data but has difficulty turning that data into useful information. Or maybe you are part of an organisation that is trying to put complex data into an easily understandable form to make decisions. In both ...
The project triangle
Whether a project can be completed successfully or not depends on many different factors. However, the three factors of cost, time and scope are particularly important. Parm AG explains the interrelationships between these factors and the resulting conflicts of objectiv...
Project Management ABC: O for OKR – Basics
OKR is a topic that is being mentioned more and more frequently lately, because OKR offers companies great potential to achieve their corporate goals and at the same time motivate employees to contribute to them. Read the latest article by Parm AG to find out which basi...
Data Quality
The benefit of business intelligence stands and falls with the quality of the data used. Insights gained from unclean data are also flawed. And decisions made on such a basis can lead to major problems. True to the motto "garbage in, garbage out." High data quality is t...
Trends in project management 2023
Rapid technological progress, digital transformation, globalisation, but also megatrends such as "New Work" present companies with numerous new challenges. This also influences project management, where the complexity of projects is growing. In order to face these const...
Data Warehouse and Data Lake
The amount of data collected in companies is constantly increasing and with it the need to optimally manage this data and use it for analyses. Data warehouses and data lakes are established solutions for storing large amounts of data. We explain the most important diffe...
Project Management ABC: P for Precedence Diagram
It is often used in procurement or production and can also provide valuable services in project management: we are talking about the precedence diagram technique, which helps to identify the duration, buffer times and critical path of processes and projects. In fact, ve...
Selection of the right BI software
The selection of BI software should be made carefully, as such software is to be used in your company in the long term. Read what you should consider and how to make the best choice here....
Brooks` Law
Parkinson's Law states that work expands in proportion to the time available for its completion. Read Parm AG's latest blog post to find out how this guiding principle affects project management and what you can do about it....
Selecting the optimal project method
Agile methods for project management are in vogue. However, not every project can be carried out agilely, because the project management method applied should always fit the current situation, or the respective project, in order to unfold its full effect. Therefore, a h...
Project management ABC: M for Milestone (trend analysis)
A project is completed and the next one is started immediately? This is just how we often experience it, because time is usually short. This is how we often experience it, because time is usually short. Yet you could save yourself a lot of stress and aggravation as well...
Procurement Intelligence
Purchasing plays a central role in the success of manufacturing companies and in many cases offers great potential for improvement. To realise savings, optimise the supply chain and improve processes, buyers need to make smart, data-driven decisions in a changing enviro...
Project time management: Getting Things Done
Your inbox is full, the phone is ringing off the hook and your boss is waiting for you to finish an important task - in short: everything around you is going haywire, you can hardly keep up with your tasks or even forget an important appointment. Does this sound familia...
Implementation of a PMO
Everything is getting more expensive right now - does this include your project? If you find that your project is exceeding its planned budget, you need to act quickly. Parm AG shows you what you can do to get back on track....
Project Management ABC: L for Lessons Learned
A project is completed and the next one is started immediately? This is how we often experience it, because time is usually short. Yet you could save yourself a lot of stress and aggravation as well as significantly improve team cooperation if you regularly deal with th...
How to design a meaningful dashboard?
Creating a meaningful dashboard that conveys all relevant information at a glance can be a big challenge. Parm AG explains some basic rules and how you can choose the right charts....
Project Management ABC: K for Kanban
With a Kanban board, the tasks of a project can be clearly displayed and processed in a structured way. This makes extensive projects with many subtasks manageable, but also keeps small, daily tasks in focus. How exactly this works and why people like to work with the K...
Project budget exceeded – and now?
Everything is getting more expensive right now - does this include your project? If you find that your project is exceeding its planned budget, you need to act quickly. Parm AG shows you what you can do to get back on track....
Project Management ABC: C for Classic Project Management
Classic project management seems to have gone out of fashion, as more and more companies are working with agile processes such as Scrum or Kanban. However, this does an injustice to classic project management, because agile methods are not suitable for some applications...
How Business Intelligence helps with your corporate strategy
Even the most brilliant business strategy is doomed to fail if your employees do not understand how their daily work contributes to achieving your goals. Therefore, to properly align your team's focus, the strategy should be translated into clearly understandable and me...
Effort estimation in project management
Effort estimation is a difficult task because, thanks to many uncertainties, a project or task often develops differently than expected. However, gross misjudgements can quickly cause projects to fail. Read the latest article by Parm AG to find out why effort estimation...
Parkinson’s Law
Parkinson's Law states that work expands in proportion to the time available for its completion. Read Parm AG's latest blog post to find out how this guiding principle affects project management and what you can do about it....
Project management ABC: I for idea management
Idea management can easily help you to continuously improve your company, its processes and products. To motivate your employees to participate, you should create incentives and make the process as clear and transparent as possible. Idea management software or apps can ...
Business Intelligence in Marketing
Deciding marketing measures on gut instinct is a thing of the past. We have long since analysed customer data, website or social media visits and newsletter opening rates as a matter of course. But to make the best use of this data and gain even more valuable insights f...
Project time management
Do you know the feeling of being faced with a long to-do list or a big task and wondering how you are going to finish it in time? Especially at the beginning of a project, the work ahead can seem overwhelming and unfeasible. But even when the deadline of a project is ap...
Successful handover of your projects
Your holiday is approved, the hotel is booked and the suitcases are packed - but you are worried about what will happen to your important project in your absence? Of course, your project should not stand still during your holiday. Tasks should be completed and the proje...
Project Management ABC: H for Hybrid Project Management
Would you like to combine the planning reliability of classic project management with the speed and flexibility of agile project management? Then hybrid project management is the solution! In Parm AG's Project Management ABC, we explain the advantages of hybrid project ...
Manufacturing Intelligence
In most manufacturing companies, large amounts of data are collected. Often, however, this data is not linked and analysed. As a result, opportunities to optimise production processes, improve product quality or use resources more efficiently are lost. Read today's arti...
These are the most important project documents
Consistent project documentation is the foundation for successful projects. It should contain the essential information and decisions so that it is meaningful and at the same time can be carried out with reasonable effort. We present the five essential project documents...
This is how Murphy’s Law helps you in project management
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Murphy's Law does not sound particularly positive at first. However, it can be a very helpful guiding principle in project management. Read why this is so and how you can benefit from it in the latest post on our blog....
Project management ABC: G for Gantt chart
The Gantt chart is one of the best-known project planning methods. It enables project members and leaders to understand the relationships between individual tasks, improve scheduling and adapt the project to changes. We explain exactly how a Gantt chart works in the cur...
Data-Driven Sales
Traditional sales is dependent on the intuition and experience of its employees. Data-driven sales, on the other hand, creates a better understanding of the customer and thus enables the decision for optimal measures and the right sales strategy. Read on our blog how yo...
The most important reports in project management for a comprehensive overview
Preparing reports is not the most pleasant task for many project leaders and requires a lot of time as well as discipline. Especially if information is not available centrally and data has to be collected laboriously. Nevertheless, it is crucial for the success of proje...
Project Management ABC: F for Feasibility Study
A comprehensive, complex project always brings with it a high risk of bad investments. The feasibility study helps to avoid this and to select the right projects. Read how it works and why you should carry it out in the new contribution to the Parm Project Management AB...
4 tips for international projects
International projects are no longer a rarity due to globalisation. However, if a project manager is not prepared for the corresponding requirements, difficulties can arise. The tips on our blog can help you lead your international project to success....
Project Management ABC: F for Feasibility Study
A comprehensive, complex project always brings with it a high risk of bad investments. The feasibility study helps to avoid this and to select the right projects. Read how it works and why you should carry it out in the new contribution to the Parm Project Management AB...
Why you should invest in the data literacy of your employees
Almost every company collects large amounts of data. To realise the potential of this data, all employees should speak the language of data - in all departments and in all positions. That means they should be data literate. Read today's article to find out why this is n...
This is how project managers choose an optimal project team
Projects are teamwork. Non-functioning teamwork is therefore a frequent reason for their failure. Therefore, it is wise to carefully select the members of the project team even before the start of a project, instead of simply taking the employees whose time is best suit...
Project Management ABC: E for Earned Value Analysis
Earned Value Analysis is a very valuable tool to monitor and control projects as well as an early warning system for schedule and cost variances. Read in the new contribution to Parm AG's Project Management ABC what exactly Earned Value Analysis is and how to apply it....
Data culture – the path to sustainable success?
Data culture is a current buzzword in connection with business intelligence and decisions in companies. We explain what a data-driven corporate culture is, why it should be established and what the challenges are....
The new myPARM BIact
Why our new myPARM BIact module is not just another BI software among others, but so much more than just business intelligence....
New Label: swiss hosting
We at Parm AG are Swiss at heart and are committed to the values that Switzerland stands for. That is why we are happy to carry the "swiss made software" label. To show you that we also live up to Swiss quality and security standards when it comes to data protection and...
Project Management ABC: D like Design Thinking
Have you ever been in the situation where a great new product with innovative features has been developed in a company where you worked? Have you also experienced how such a product turned out to be a flop after its market launch because customers had no need for the pr...
What is Business Intelligence (BI)?
To be successful, business decisions have to be made faster and faster. Yet this is not so easy in an uncertain environment. Business Intelligence (BI) tools help to make such decisions based on accurate data and analysis. We explain what exactly BI is and what advantag...
How to choose the right project management software
Have you decided to implement a new project management software? Then you will find a short guide here to help you select the right project management software....
Excel in project management – useful or not?
Excel is one of the most used tools in project management. And that, although the spreadsheet program is not actually intended for project management. What are the arguments in favor of using Excel for project management anyway and what are the limits of the application...
Project Management ABC: C for Critical Path
In the latest contribution to the Parm Project Management ABC, we show what the Critical Path of a project is, how you can identify it and how this can help you not only in realistic time planning but also in dealing with delays....
3 common mistakes in project management
No project runs optimally and without problems. We present 3 mistakes that we encounter in almost every company and explain how you can avoid them....
Trends in project management 2022
The new year is here and that means it's time for good resolutions again. Doing more workouts and a eating healthier diet are certainly at the top of the list of many. However, the beginning of the year can also be a good occasion to define new goals in project manageme...
Project Management ABC: B for Best Practice
In project management, you always hear about best practice approaches. We explain what this means and how such approaches are applied in practice....
Good New Year’s resolutions in project management
The new year is here and that means it's time for good resolutions again. Doing more workouts and a eating healthier diet are certainly at the top of the list of many. However, the beginning of the year can also be a good occasion to define new goals in project manageme...
What you should do before next year
This year is almost over. Time to look back and prepare your project pipeline for the coming year! Here are some tips on how to proceed and what to keep in mind:...
A Grittibänz from Samichlaus
This year is almost over. Time to look back and prepare your project pipeline for the coming year! Here are some tips on how to proceed and what to keep in mind:...
Project management ABC: A for Agile Methods
What are agile methods in project management? How are they used and what are their advantages and disadvantages?...
Hybrid working models
Our way of working has never changed so quickly and radically as in the last two years. Our way of working has never changed so quickly and radically as in the last two years. As a study by the University of St. Gallen together with Novu Office and HR Campus revealed, m...
25th anniversary of Parm AG
Parm AG turns 25. To celebrate this appropriately, all employees took part in a fondue carriage ride through the Swiss mountains....