Mary Claire Freese

More and more with tech Project Managers, we’re seeing a multi-discipline approach to the role, ditching the “old ways” of project management in favor of agility and adding extra value to the team. One of these approaches is to be an analytical Project Manager, incorporating tactics from the typical Business Analyst role into day-to-day facilitation […]

 Time management is a crucial part of success as a project manager. When your role requires you to wear many hats, as project management does, it’s important to be deliberate with you how spend your time. Often it can take months (or years) of experimentation to develop the perfect time management system for your work […]

Imagine you’re running a marathon – you’ve trained hard, your pace is great, and you’re feeling good. Finally, after many miles, you spot the finish line. Is that when you pump the brakes and lose focus? Of course not! You’d keep pushing through to the very end – you’ve come this far, you’re way too […]

This blog is the third and final in a three-part series tackling how to set up and use Microsoft Teams for a project. Chats, Meeting Chats, and Channel Posts are all excellent methods of communication within Microsoft Teams. However, there is often confusion amongst project teams of when it is appropriate to use each feature. […]

This blog is the first in a three-part series tackling how to set up and use Microsoft Teams for a project. Maintaining good communication is crucial to project success. One of the best tools to facilitate regular communication amongst your project team is Microsoft Teams. In this post, we’ll cover a useful way to set […]

This blog is the second in a three-part series tackling how to set up and use Microsoft Teams for a project. So you’ve posted a message in Teams and you’re asking yourself, why hasn’t anyone responded? It might be that your messaging isn’t clear, or the right people don’t even know that you’re addressing them. […]

Working Smarter with Power Apps Microsoft Power Platform’s Power Apps solutions can function not only as great, low-effort applications to fit your business process needs, but also as a tool to aid in other development solutions. In this post, we’ll explore how our Microsoft Business Unit project team has harnessed the power of Power Apps […]

Level Up Your Presentations with Impactful Graphs This post is the third in the Visual Storytelling series. See the first post, How to Design Eye-Catching Graphics. Graphs: companies love ‘em, clients are less enthused. Graphs and charts can be great ways to convey crucial data… when they’re used properly. However, it’s easy for companies to […]

Use Gifs to Increase Your Marketing Efforts This post is the second in the Visual Storytelling series. See the first post, How to Design Eye-Catching Graphics. If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much more valuable could a gif be? Gifs (aka Graphics Interchange Formats) are short, repeated video clips that have modernized […]

Leverage Graphics to Showcase Your Digital Brand In our media-first world, enhancing your content with visuals is critical in connecting with your audience. Using visual media, like graphics, gifs, and infographics help publicize your brand, grow your online following, and even influence whether or not you make the sale. However, with a myriad of creative […]

Teams Put Their Microsoft Power Apps Skills to the Test in Week-Long Competition Global pandemics may be rare, but crises of all sizes affect business operations in unforeseen ways. Smart businesses are rising to the top, providing new tools and processes to support their employees coming back to work. And, after employees are back, additional […]

The Consultant Development Bootcamp series was written with joy by Grayson Harden, Mary Claire Freese, & Rebekah Williamson. New Colleagues Reflect on their First Weeks at Perficient Perficient is thrilled to welcome its Summer Boot Camp Class of 2020! Though COVID-19 has moved the program online, the fourteen interns and new hires in the Atlanta-based […]