Dara Fontein

Dara is a writer and content creator based in Vancouver, British Columbia. When not playing around with words, Dara can be found updating her cat's Instagram account, wandering the aisles of home decor stores, and not hiking.
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What Is a Minimum Viable Product?

Heard the term minimum viable product (or MVP) and not sure what it means? Find out what it is, what it’s used for, and what you need to know before creating your own.

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How To Use a Project Management Tool To Actually Stick To Your Resolutions

The decorations are all gone and the turkey is too. Time to look ahead and figure out your resolutions. Want to actually stick to them this year? Here’s how your project management tool can help you do that.

Incident management

A Beginner’s Guide to Incident Management

If you’ve ever been in the middle of some work only to have an app crash, you know the pain and panic of a failing IT service. If that app is back up and running in just a few minutes, it’s thanks to an effective incident management process.

Project scope

Project Scope: An Essential Part of Project Management Success

Have you ever gone to the grocery to pick up one or two things and ended up leaving with a cart full of impulse purchases? This all-too-familiar experience is a simple example of what happens when you don’t stick to your project scope.

What is project management?

What is Project Management? A Guide for Beginners

If someone asked you, “What is project management?”, would you find it easy to answer? Of course it’s about managing projects but what exactly does that entail?

team building activities

28 Team Building Activities Your Team Will Actually Enjoy

In this post, we’re going beyond the cliché trust falls and team dinners. We’ll give you 28 ideas for team building activities that both you and your team will actually enjoy.

Meeting minutes

How to Write Effective Meeting Minutes (with a Free Template)

We’ve all attended those meetings where you leave feeling more confused than when you arrived. Maybe you don’t completely understand what decisions were made, or perhaps you’re unsure of what the next steps are. And when it comes time for a follow-up, nobody seems to be on the same page. Meeting minutes are an easy solution to these challenges.

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Building Effective Communication Skills: A Guide for Project Managers

Among all positions, effective communication skills are perhaps most vital for project managers. They need to align everyone on a single goal and ensure that all the right information finds its way to all the right people.

Emotional intelligence skills for project managers

Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: Strategies and Resources

Learn why emotional intelligence is such a crucial skill for project managers, and actionable tips and tricks for improving your emotional intelligence.

Retrospection skills

Retrospection Skills: Strategies and Resources

Learn why retrospection is a key skill for project managers, how to successfully run a project retrospective, and what resources and strategies will boost your retrospection skills

Project management skills

6 Essential Project Management Skills in 2024

A project manager’s job description can often look like the combination of many distinct roles. We recommend mastering the following essential project management skills.