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Our insights, reflections, and aha-moments as we navigate project management solutions with companies from a variety of industries.

Why Annual Planning is Essential for Your Business

Amanda Wood

Dec 6, 2022
9 min

Small Business

Why Annual Planning is Essential for Your Business

Quick Reference: Strategic planning ≠ Annual planning. Strategic is your big picture company vision; annual planning is the roadmap to...

Pros & Cons of Hiring a Temporary Project Manager

Echo Consulting

Jun 3, 2021
2 min

Resource Management

Pros & Cons of Hiring a Temporary Project Manager

There are many reasons organizations choose to hire a contracted project manager versus using someone internally. It could be that they...

What Are the 5 Phases of the Project Management Lifecycle?

Kelly Pratt

May 16, 2021
4 min

Process Improvement

What Are the 5 Phases of the Project Management Lifecycle?

In today's blog post, we're going to cover the 5 phases of a project management lifecycle, which would typically fall under the...

How Motherhood Made Us Better Project Managers

Echo Consulting

May 6, 2021
3 min

Resource Management

How Motherhood Made Us Better Project Managers

Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the Mothers out there. At Echo Consulting, we are proud to have so many Mothers on the team. You may be...

Creating a Project Intake Process for Success

Echo Consulting

Feb 26, 2021
2 min

Process Improvement

Creating a Project Intake Process for Success

Teams of all sizes know the pain of communication breakdowns between when a project or initiative is first introduced and when it is...

Prioritization Drivers: Identifying the Highest Value Initiatives to Drive Your Organization Forward

Echo Consulting

Feb 16, 2021
1 min

Process Improvement

Prioritization Drivers: Identifying the Highest Value Initiatives to Drive Your Organization Forward

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities" - Stephen Covey Organizations of all sizes are...

Elements of a Strong Echosystem for Organizational Resilience

Molly Yanus

Nov 20, 2020
2 min

Process Improvement

Elements of a Strong Echosystem for Organizational Resilience

"My argument is that the company, the community, the county, the city, the town that most closely mirrors Mother Nature’s strategies for...

Benefits of a Gemba Kaizen Approach to Project Management

Echo Consulting

Nov 12, 2020
2 min

Process Improvement

Benefits of a Gemba Kaizen Approach to Project Management

“Quality begins when everybody in the organization commits to never sending rejects or imperfect information to the next process.” -...

How to Apply the Stop, Drop, and Roll Technique to avoid a Project Firestorm!

Molly Yanus

Apr 13, 2020
2 min

Risk Management

How to Apply the Stop, Drop, and Roll Technique to avoid a Project Firestorm!

Is your project over budget? Are you behind schedule? Are you missing key people and resources to make your project a success? Do you...

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