{"id":394,"date":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/why-project-management-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it-b13b92eb33\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:01:15","slug":"why-project-management-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/why-project-management-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why project management is broken (and how to fix\u00a0it)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"6850\" class=\"graf graf--h4 graf-after--h3 graf--subtitle\">What I found out after 5 years of building 100+\u00a0products<\/h4>\n<p id=\"7b71\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Hi, I am Shiv, founder and CEO at Nifty. I\u2019m here to tell you something you probably already know. Project management is broken\u2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"3ac9\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">\u2026or rather, it was never quite put together in the first place. My product team must have lost at least 1 hour each day juggling multiple project management tools.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eb47\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--blockquote\">Here\u2019s is a typical project management flow:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"postList\">\n<li id=\"ef61\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--p\">Create project docs and requirements in one tool<\/li>\n<li id=\"6f9e\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Deliver the documents in a second tool<\/li>\n<li id=\"89db\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Store project assets in a third tool<\/li>\n<li id=\"a2b3\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Discuss project milestones with a client in the 4th tool<\/li>\n<li id=\"f9fd\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Discuss the project internally in a 5th tool<\/li>\n<li id=\"168d\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Track progress in a 6th tool<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p id=\"cad0\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--li\">Moreover, we have to pay for all of these\u2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"990a\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Time is money, and spending more time using more tools is even more money.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-521\" src=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview.png\" alt=\"project management tools overview\" width=\"875\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27875%27%20height%3D%27274%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20875%20274%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27875%27%20height%3D%27274%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview-200x63.png 200w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview-400x125.png 400w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview-600x188.png 600w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview-800x251.png 800w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/project-management-tools-overview.png 875w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"c50b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">The flow is a mess and results in\u2026<\/p>\n<ul class=\"postList\">\n<li id=\"975a\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Lack of progress<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200a37% of projects fail due to lack of clearly defined <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/milestones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/milestones\">project milestones<\/a> (<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pmi.org\/-\/media\/pmi\/documents\/public\/pdf\/learning\/thought-leadership\/pulse\/pulse-of-the-profession-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.pmi.org\/-\/media\/pmi\/documents\/public\/pdf\/learning\/thought-leadership\/pulse\/pulse-of-the-profession-2017.pdf\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li id=\"6eaf\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Miscommunication<\/strong> amongst team members\u200a\u2014\u200a57% of projects fail due to breakdown in communication (<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.it-cortex.com\/Stat_Failure_Cause.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.it-cortex.com\/Stat_Failure_Cause.htm\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li id=\"9abb\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Project chaos\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200a39% of projects fail due to lack of planning, resources, and activities (<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.it-cortex.com\/Stat_Failure_Cause.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.it-cortex.com\/Stat_Failure_Cause.htm\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li id=\"c3c8\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Delayed decision-making\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200a78% say their project requirements are out of sync with the business (<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geneca.com\/blog\/software-project-failure-business-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.geneca.com\/blog\/software-project-failure-business-development\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"49a9\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--li\">Being a product team, we faced these problems first-hand.<\/p>\n<p id=\"64a9\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Then I asked around to see if other teams faced the same challenges\u200a\u2014\u200aand learned that we weren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"543a\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf-after--p\">Introducing <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--h3-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/nifty.pm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"http:\/\/nifty.pm\">Nifty<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-495\" src=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home.png\" alt=\"Nifty Project Overview\" width=\"788\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27788%27%20height%3D%27523%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20788%20523%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27788%27%20height%3D%27523%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home-400x265.png 400w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Nifty-Project-Home.png 788w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption>Nifty Project\u00a0Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"6daa\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Nifty aims to shift <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">all-over-the-place<\/em> into <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">all-in-one-place<\/strong>. Nifty has already transformed the way we and thousands of other productive teams manage their workflow.<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"514d\" class=\"graf graf--blockquote graf-after--p\"><p><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--blockquote-strong\">We no longer manage tools, we are back to building products. And it feels better than ever before.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"12a5\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--blockquote\">Here are a few key changes Nifty has brought:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"postList\">\n<li id=\"74ff\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">We\u2019re losing less time. <\/strong>Discussions, Tasks, Docs, Milestones, Files are now consolidated into one ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li id=\"89e9\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">We\u2019re more transparent. <\/strong>With transparent <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/importance-of-milestones-in-project-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/blog.niftypm.com\/importance-of-milestones-in-project-management-cbaa114f16a\">project milestones and deliverables<\/a> we don\u2019t have to guess the stage of the project we\u2019re at.<\/li>\n<li id=\"e890\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">We\u2019re more streamlined. <\/strong>Our teamwork and our <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/got-clients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/got-clients\">client management<\/a> is in one centralized workspace.<\/li>\n<li id=\"29fb\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li graf--trailing\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">We pay less. <\/strong>Instead of subscribing for 4\u20135 other tools we pay a single price (yes, we pay for our own product \ud83d\udc4d ).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"5398\" class=\"graf graf--p graf--leading\">Give <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\">Nifty<\/a> a try. It\u2019s free to try. <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/pricing\">Sign up here<\/a>! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p id=\"a1da\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">~ Shiv Kapoor<br \/>\nFounder &amp; CEO<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I found out after 5 years of building 100+\u00a0products [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-project-management"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}