by Cella Consulting | Apr 15, 2013 | From the Field
In my previous role as head of a creative team, we had a great project management system. We had almost everything we needed. It was a great time tracking tool, managed of our “job jacket” details, had fantastic reporting capabilities, and even had a work-sharing...
by Cella Consulting | Dec 10, 2012 | From the Field
As we’ve discussed in previous articles, creative leaders are most effective in implementing operational changes when their decision-making is data driven. Quantitative data enables confident and swift decision-making and enables them to justify their decisions to...
by Cella Consulting | Mar 26, 2012 | From the Field
Organizing creative services materials is smart business; when the team knows what exists versus what needs to be created, they’re better prepared to deliver creative, strategic, timely and cost-effective projects. A lot of time and effort can be wasted when systems...
by David Baker | Oct 7, 2011 | From the Field
Introduction Good project managers are hard enough to find, and great project managers are rarer still. Thanks to Andy Crowe (Alpha Project Managers), though, we now have a peek inside the top 2% of project managers, based on a study of 5,000 of them as rated by their...
by Cella Consulting | Sep 7, 2010 | From the Field
Often in-house creative shops blur the distinction between account and project management since they are perceived to be similar, but, in truth, the two roles are quite different. They require different skill sets and different focuses – and there is even a natural...