A cross-functional team is essentially a group of people who have different skills but are working toward shared objectives. Most workers have been part of a cross-functional team at some point, even if only for a short time. For others, it may even be a regular occurrence.

Documents are the lifeblood of the legal field. What isn’t written down doesn’t exist, and therefore doesn’t hold much weight in court—hence the reason a superior legal file management system is so critical for law firms.

Like other disciplines, construction project management (PM) deals with the standard scope, time, and budget concerns. However, there are several aspects that make managing a construction project unique compared to the likes of a software development or writing project.

There’s no question that project management continues to be a growing and important profession. Knowing which project management skills to focus on can make a huge impact on your career. That’s why we reached out to veteran PMs across multiple industries to curate the essential project management skills list below.

The project management discipline has a number of tried-and-true approaches for keeping things on track. But which one is right for your organisation?

Effective collaboration is essential to organisational success. If you hope to achieve your organisational goals, you must give people modern, efficient ways to communicate, share files, and work with internal and external teams to complete projects. Communication, file sharing, and project management are all important areas of collaboration that have evolved as technology has improved. For instance:

It’s a long and winding path to the top and when you get there you can’t just put your feet up and take it easy. Being a great leader is all about how you approach not only your work and business but also your day-to-day life. There’s a lot to stay abreast of, from office politics to the sales forecast, resolving HR problems to installing new collaboration software to ensure your team work together cohesively.  Do you have what it takes? Let’s find out!

Projects, and the people that manage them, are change makers. Without them, you can expect to continue along your same growth (or lack of growth) trajectory. The only way an organization can make dramatic, game-changing performance improvements is by successfully completing projects—they are the best way to actualize goals and unite the efforts of many.

Welcome to the digital age – businesses are embracing technological advances, updating systems and improving processes, and as a result they are becoming slicker and quicker.

Are you still using email to share files when communicating with existing and potential clients? Perhaps this scenario is familiar to you.