Get better at project &amp; resource management

Resource Constraints 101: Identify, Resolve, Overcome

Resource constraints are very common in project management. Learn how to identify and resolve them in our quick guide.

Iryna Viter

Mar 3, 2022

What is Schedule Variance (SV)? The Simplest Answer & Formula

How do you know whether your project schedule is ahead or behind? One way is to calculate Schedule Variance (SV). Here's everything you need to know.

Feb 21, 2022

How to Drive Project Profitability: Answering the Hardest Questions

What is project profitability? How do you know if your project is profitable? Learn the answers to the hardest questions in our complete guide.

Sort Your Planner by Availability

Instantly see who your most available people are to speed up your resource planning.

Jan 31, 2022

What is a Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) & How to Make One

Tasked with creating a resource breakdown structure (RBS), but don't know where to start? Here's everything there's to know.

Jan 27, 2022

Newly Minted PM? Here's How to Create a Project Timeline

Whether you’re a new or seasoned project manager, creating a project timeline can be an exciting yet daunting task. This blog post will walk you through the basics of what a project timeline is and how to build it.

Dec 7, 2021

The 7 Best Project Accounting Software & Tools to Stop Crunching Numbers

Tired of doing your project accounting in spreadsheets? Try these project accounting tools and cut admin in half.

What's New in Runn - November '21

We're excited to announce the long-awaited release of weekend scheduling, advanced search, editable placeholder costs, plus more!

Nov 30, 2021

Are Project Management Certifications Worth Your Time & Money?

Why would thousands of people have chosen to have one, two, and even more project management certifications? Learn in our recent article looking at the pros and cons of PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, and PRINCE2.

Supercharge Your Search

Searching and filtering in Runn just got better. Learn about what's changing and how you can take your searches to the next level!

Get More Planning Flexibility with Weekend Scheduling

Introducing weekend scheduling in Runn! Get more flexibility when it comes to planning and scheduling your projects and people in Runn.

Nov 24, 2021

Why We Prefer "Full-Stack Product People" in Our Team

At Runn, we don't play by the book. We are constantly improvising and experimenting. In this type of environment, generalists thrive.

Felipe Skroski

Nov 17, 2021

What is Resource Risk? A Visual Guide for Project Managers

The chance that you'll fail to deliver the project because of the lack of resources is known as resource risk. Here's everything you need to know to mitigate it.

Nov 3, 2021

4 Key Financial Forecasting Methods to Enable Accurate Predictions

Financial forecasting is more than assumptions and guesses. Learn how to look ahead of time at what your business will be doing with these key financial forecasting methods.

Tim Copeland

Oct 25, 2021

19 Tips to Avoid Cost Overruns on Projects

Cost overruns are all too common when managing client projects. Here are our top tips to keep cost overruns on the low, while keeping your client and team happy.

What's New in Runn - September '21

As the end of the quarter draws near, we've got new features for everyone! Read about group utilization charts, cost-based project insights, improved timesheets, and more!

Sep 7, 2021

Syncing External Timesheet Solutions with Runn

Learn how to use Runn's API to sync time entries from your preferred time tracking solution. Follow our example using Toggl Track for step-by-step instructions.

Mid-Year Round-Up: What's New in Runn 2021

See everything we've introduced to Runn so far this year. From a Google Chrome time tracker extension, to daily rates, there's something for everyone!

What's New in Runn - July '21

Learn about our backend migration to the Hasura GraphQL engine, the ability to export detailed and grouped reports, and our improved multi-select mode.

What's New in Runn - July '20

Another month, another product update! This update is jam-packed with a Clockify integration, two new reports, a new permissions level, and more!

Tags: A Runndown

Organize, manage, and filter your people and projects in Runn using tags. Learn why they're useful, how to add them, and how people are using tags to help with resource scheduling.

What's New in Runn - May '21

Say hello to our new and improved reporting with the ability to 'group by' and drill deeper with detailed reports, and the ability to create zero-hour or +24-hour assignments!

Rescheduling and Duplicating Projects: A Runndown

How to reschedule and duplicate projects in Runn. Save the stress of project changes and see where your resource allocation plans need to change.

What's New in Runn - April '21

Day rates, editable placeholders, ability to assign your favourite people and projects - now in Runn!

Using Placeholders in Resource Scheduling: A Runndown

Did you know that you can use placeholders in Runn? Learn why placeholders are useful in resource management and how to use them effectively.

What's New in Runn - March '21

New features from this past month include our Time Tracker extension for Chrome, the ability to clone assignments, improvements to our reports, and more!

What's New in Runn - February '21

This month's new features include linking project phases and assignments, a new project report, auto-locking timesheets, plus more!

Coming soon: Time Tracking with Runn

Our time tracking extension is coming soon to the Google Chrome web store! Find out about what's to come.

Project Phases in Runn: A Runndown

Introducing Project Phases! Segment your project workflows, link assignments to phases, and get powerful reporting.

What's New in Runn - January '21

Introducing you to streamlined user invites, project phase tables, a revamped navigation bar, and a new power-user feature: % inputs for assignments.

What's New in Runn - December '20

Here's one last product update to round off the year 🎄 Thank you for your support throughout the year and we can't wait to see what 2021 brings!

What's New in Runn - November '20

Our recent additions include the ability to add notes to timesheets, add time-off by role or tag, and more importing and exporting functionalities. Read on!

What's New in Runn - October '20

Do you like the sound of grouping and sorting the planner? How about project duplication? Or deleting tags you no longer need? Read on for more details.

What's New in Runn - September '20

From re-vamping our People Planner, to creating a new project type for your internal work, to adding weekends to our timesheets - there's something for everyone.

What's New in Runn - August '20

We're excited to have released a bunch of features that many of you have been requesting! We've refreshed the People Planner, added part-time work arrangements, added WorkflowMax integration, and more!

Aug 4, 2020

Tracking actuals - nuisance or necessity?

Tracking how your business performs is critical for any business. And sometimes you need to look back to be able to look ahead. We look at why tracking your actuals is so important and how it helps you make better forecasts.

What's New in Runn - June '20

The team at Runn have been busy this past month adding a bunch of new features. The stars of the show include Google account sign in, new project budgets, filter reports by tags, and a People Variance report.

What’s New in Runn - 1 April ‘20

Runn will be free for the next 3 months, we've introduced real-time planning, and a free pricing tier for small agencies!

Mar 17, 2020

The fixed-price project lowdown

What fixed-price projects are, what to watch out for when managing one, how they compare to time and materials projects, and how Runn helps with cost, budget and schedule control of fixed-price projects.

What’s New in Runn - 9 March ‘20

Another huge product update! Here's a sneak peek of our new Viewer permissions, personal dashboard, test account, CSV importing, and more!

What's New in Runn - 3 February '20

Say hello to our first product update of 2020! As of this week, you can manage and track your fixed priced projects in Runn, sync your project actuals from Harvest, and more.

What's New in Runn - 2 December '19

You spoke. We listened. In today’s product update we’ve taken Runn to the next level by adding actuals, project tracking, importing capabilities with Harvest, and a bunch of other features!

Runn Product Update - 11 November '19

We just released another jam-packed product update. Check out our new availability charts, people report, multi-select functionality and more.

Runn Product Update - 7 October '19

This release includes fresh new features and updated functionality. Manage your Runn users' permissions, schedule non-billable work, view your teams' capacity and workload, and much more.

Runn Product Update - 2 September '19

Check out our new project performance report which gives you vital financial insights and visibility over what's forecast on your projects and learn about the new capabilities of our API.

Runn Product Update - 19 August '19

Want to see what we've been up to? Here's a sneak peek of the features we've been working on.

Aug 4, 2019

Sales and Delivery. Relationship status: it’s complicated

5 essential tips to ensure seamless collaboration between your Sales and Delivery teams.

Runn Product Update - 29 July '19

This product update is all about speed and ease. Add assignments with a simple click and drag, make simple changes with the quick editor pop-up, and organise your employees into teams!

Runn Product Update - 27 June '19

Want to see what we've been working on? We have a brand-new calendar with added functionalities, you can now add custom client logos, and quickly create and plan weekly work and sprints.

Runn Product Update - 17 June '19

Potential work affecting your workload? Lots of upcoming deadlines? Want read access to all your data? We've solved all these in our latest product update.

Runn Product Update - 27 May '19

We've introduced several shiny new features in this update! Merge, transfer and split assignments quickly, schedule time off in bulk, and use blended or custom rates.

May 17, 2019

Project Change - More Than Just Scope

Find out about project change and how to stay on top of it in this second part of our blog post series on project control.

Runn Product Update - 6 May '19

Here's a rundown of the features we've been working on. Choose your default currency, keep tabs on your people, and see so much more with our chart improvements.

Runn Product Update - 16 April '19

We sneaked in a small surprise update! It's now easier to add people and placeholders to your projects, we've added a few more questions at sign-up, and we've improved the speed of data exporting.

Runn Product Update - 9 April '19

Want to see what we've been working on? Export your Runn project data, see our People Planner's makeover, and do so much more with our Planner updates.

Runn Product Update - 25 March '19

Here's what we've just added. Estimate your team's capacity and upcoming workload, filter your projects and people planners, and forecast comfortably with fall-back role costs.

Dec 1, 2018

How to build trust with your clients

Learn how to close the expectation gap to build more trusting and successful client relationships.

Dec 1, 2018

Setting client expectations - 5 essential tips

One of the most important responsibilities of a project manager is to set and manage expectations. In this blog post, we share our learnings and five essential tips.

Mar 25, 2018

Want to raise your profit margins? Take a look at your recovery rates.

Understand why recovery rates are one of the critical things you need to be measuring for a high-performance services business.