Hybrid Project Management: Part 3, Picking the Approach
A project manager’s first major decision is selecting the approach and lifecycle. Historically, this was a non-issue. The default option was preordained based on the […]
Go Solo Magazine Interviews Traxidy CEO
Go Solo Magazine Article
September 28, 2022
Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in business development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Steve McBroom, Founder and CEO of Traxidy.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
Traxidy provides easy-to-use project work tracking software for Project Managers (PMs), project leaders, and teams to improve efficiency and increase project success. The intuitive project workspace offers an easier way to track, manage, collaborate and report on the real day-to-day planned and unplanned project work in one centralized and automated place. Our project work tracking software offers flexibility for all types of projects and simplifies the management of the smaller actions and critical information that needs to be tracked, managed, and reported on to support the project plan and schedule.
Automated project Risks, Actions, Issues, and Decisions tracking (RAID log and Action log), real-time project Status Reports, work-sharing collaboration, clear visibility to project priorities, Meeting Minutes, and more help Project Managers save time, increase team engagement, and deliver on project goals.
Traxidy is uniquely designed for Project Managers – by Project Managers. It complements and supports all project management platforms, methodologies, and planning and scheduling tools to help increase efficiency, productivity, and project success. Feature highlights:
- Stay on track with automated Risks, Actions, Issues, and Decisions tracking (RAID log and Action log) all in one place.
- Easily manage priorities with an interactive Dashboard and visual key project indicators
- Collaborate with team members and get proactive notifications of due dates and updates.
- Share real-time, tailored, and automated Project Status Reports, produced in minutes.
- Simplify, assess and manage project risks with automated Risk log tracking.
- Improve project performance tracking with custom real-time Project Portfolio Dashboards.
We’re passionate about creating solutions that help Project Managers and project teams amaze stakeholders and increase effectiveness and overall project success.
Tell us about yourself
As more organizations recognize the importance of successful project delivery, the role of the Project Manager continues to grow in importance across industries. PMs need to control, track and report on the daily flow of information to support the project plan and schedule. As an experienced leader of project teams and processes across industries, I have first-hand knowledge of what it takes for Project Managers, Project Management Consultants, and PMO leaders to successfully deliver on project and business objectives. In my experience, many organizations and PMs are challenged with collecting and managing all the planned and unplanned project work information from their team members and keeping it organized, accurate, and up to date, without using manual processes, spreadsheets, or paper notebooks. Management also puts a great deal of pressure on the PMs to provide a regular project status update that may take hours to produce.
Traxidy helps empower Project Managers and Project Leaders with an intuitive project workspace so that they can better track and optimize performance and management of key project areas of project work that support the project plan and schedule. PMs can move beyond spreadsheets, documents, and notebooks, with automated RAID logs and Action logs, centralized information, tailored real-time status reports, and collaboration tools to easily manage project performance. It’s built to save time and quickly meet the project team and stakeholder requirements. We’re helping Project Managers to be more effective, easily communicate, and more successful.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
I truly value the opportunity to engage and make an impact with non-project managers, Project Managers, Leaders, Consultants, and PMO leaders with a range of experience, from those who are just getting started to those who have been managing projects for some time and are more experienced.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
As an entrepreneur, I’m constantly juggling different aspects of the business. It’s always hard to find extra time; however, I try to make it a priority to spend time enhancing my network not only with colleagues, peers, and Project Leaders but also with other entrepreneurs. I find taking the time to meet with people over coffee, virtual meetings, and events is always invaluable and provide a great source of support and inspiration.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
For anyone looking to get started with their own business, the key tips to getting started include developing a clear strategy and knowing why you are doing what you are doing and how you are going to stand out. Listening to prospective customers and gathering constructive feedback on your product or service and acting on it. Finding the right people. Remember that “business” is just a word. It’s really individual people working together to serve your customers.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Believe in yourself and celebrate the small victories and key achievements along the way.
Traxidy is the Project Manager App built by Project Managers for Project Managers. We’re making it easy for you to manage the day-to-day project work priorities like Project Action Item Tracking, Project Status Reports, Team Meeting Minutes, Risk Log, Change Management, High-Level Plans, and more. Track, collaborate, report, save time and increase project success.
Learn more about the Traxidy Project Work Tracking Software, features and capabilities here.
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Global Excellence Award – Best Project Tracking Software
TORONTO, JUNE 11, 2024 – Traxidy, a project management and work tracking software provider, received the 2024 Global Excellence award for Best Project Tracking Software – Canada. Traxidy project management and work tracking software provides
The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work
In this post, we will review the importance of working through project issues and the associated unplanned project tasks, as they arise, and provide effective strategies to manage them.
Effective project management involves monitoring progress closely and adjusting as needed to ensure the project meets its objectives.
3 Leading Indicators That Your Project is in Trouble
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Automated RAID logs & Action logs – Beyond Spreadsheets (Part 2)
A plan never executes perfectly. Automated RAID logs and Action logs that go beyond spreadsheets are used to better manage the many unplanned work items that come up as you manage a project from the initial planning through execution and close.
Go Solo Magazine Interviews Traxidy CEO
Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in business development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Steve McBroom, Founder and CEO of Traxidy. What’s your business, and who are your customers? Traxidy
Automated RAID logs & Action logs versus Spreadsheets (Part 1)
Project RAID logs and Action logs are critical tools to help any Project Manager effectively manage the smaller but critical and often daily Actions supporting project work and schedule. Multiple forms, lists or spreadsheets used as a RAID log to track key information involving your project, does not measure up when automated project work tracking software is available.
Your Project Change Management Should Never be a Surprise
The best time to confirm and/or challenge your assumptions is before the project gets underway. Project Managers need to take the time before any real project activity begins to clarify assumptions. You need to fully understand the way in which project changes will be handled for a specific project and for a specific Sponsor.
Critical Steps to Handling Project Progress Reporting
How Project Managers handle the progress reporting of project work items from the team members, is crucial to project success and the relationships with the team members. To ensure the Project Manager is successful, we have some tips for managing and assessing the work item progress as reported from team members.
Project Status Reports: Time Wasted or Time Well Spent?
You may have to use the same template you’ve always used, or you may have started to deliver a new report based on a new template for a new audience or client. Either way, the project status report should always be judged by the value of the information versus the amount of time you may have spent to produce the report.
5 Tips to Simplify Project Risk Management
When you think about project risk management, there can be a seemingly endless number of possible risks to any project. From the small and minor to the large and scary. From the potential asteroid hitting to the people from a specific department being too busy doing their real job there is the possibility of a very long list. Here’s five tips to simplify project risk management for greater project success.
