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Praval, VP Zoho Marketing On Project Success Beyond Metrics

What does project success look like beyond the metrics? And what really makes a great project manager? In the first episode of "20 Lessons in Project" Management, Praval Singh, Vice President of Marketing & Customer Experience at Zoho, shares his thoughts.

Zoho Projects: 20 Years, Because You Made It Possible

From “create a project, create a task” to a full project management platform trusted by millions across industries, Zoho Projects has spent the last 20 years growing alongside the customers who use it every day. In this film, our own team looks back on the journey: the early days of building with limited resources and no playbook, the shift from simple support questions to customers running their entire workflow on Zoho Projects, and the moments that reminded us why we do this work. Twenty years ago, we started with a project management software. Today, because of you, it’s a platform.

10 essential project management reports every team should use

Let’s be honest about how projects usually go sideways. A task gets blocked and nobody notices. A dependency changes and nobody updates the plan. A senior stakeholder says “small tweak” and the team hears “new scope.” A key engineer goes on leave and the work shifts into the future. Then you get that message: “Can we still ship by Friday?” And you don't have an answer, because there is no single space that tells the whole truth.

Zoho Projects Infinity: Build your projects, your way

Embrace an upgraded project management platform—one that adapts to your workflows, and not the other way around. Say hello to our newest version: Zoho Projects Infinity. Historically, project management tools weren't designed for the real, messy, and rewarding ways that teams work. Rather, most teams adapted themselves to the tool with workarounds. Zoho Projects Infinity changes all that.

How Kolapasi Indian Canteen Cracked the Project Management Code | The Productivity Compass

Kolapasi Indian Canteen is a homegrown chain of chef-less restaurants that, while humbly rooted in tradition, continues to tantalize taste buds globally with their world-class South Indian meals since 2013. Join the co-founder, Santhosh Muruganantham, as he sits down with Shirin and dishes out bowls of project management lessons, nuggets of wisdom, and zesty life-hacks, all while holding up his glass half full.

Not Putting Your Eggs in One Basket is a Mistake | The Productivity Compass

Whoever said putting all your eggs in one basket is a bad idea? Santhosh did. Tune in as he unconventionally takes on project management while quietly transforming Kolapasi Indian Canteen into a culinary phenomenon. Follow Santhosh Muruganantham on social media: linkedin.com/in/santhoshmuruganantham The Productivity Compass is a space for people who care about creating promising projects, ramping up productivity, and working better together. We're here to share ideas, conversations, and practical hacks that help make it all possible.

Is Work-Life Balance a Myth? | The Productivity Compass

Sit down with Santhosh as he debunks the classic work-life balance myth on the newest episode of The Productivity Compass. Follow Santhosh Muruganantham on social media: linkedin.com/in/santhoshmuruganantham The Productivity Compass is a space for people who care about creating promising projects, ramping up productivity, and working better together. We're here to share ideas, conversations, and practical hacks that help make it all possible.

Turn paperwork from a blocker into a milestone in Zoho Projects

Projects don’t grind to a halt because people forget how to do their jobs. They stall because a file sitting in someone’s inbox hasn’t been signed yet. Maybe this sounds familiar: Your Gantt chart looks clean, standups are crisp, and everyone’s “on track.” But the project is quietly waiting on a contract, a change request, or a customer sign-off that lives in a PDF limbo between “sent” and “somewhere in their inbox.” The work is ready.