Introducing the Colart Way to Manage Projects

The Colart Way to Manage Projects: A Smart, Team-Led Approach That Delivers

Since mid-2023, Colart teams have been delivering projects faster, with more focus and less friction thanks to a new way of working known as The Colart Way to Manage Projects. Led by the Development Team, this custom-built agile methodology is designed to work for real-world business teams across all departments at Colart, and not just project management professionals.

It’s now in use across Ecommerce, Brand, Development, and more recently, within Finance projects with teams either collaborating with Development Team Project Managers or independently managing their own cross-functional projects using the same approach.

What Makes The Colart Way Different?

While inspired by agile principles, The Colart Way is not software-specific, and it’s not tied to any one tool or platform. Whether a team uses Monday.com, Excel, or Kostango, the method works by focusing on what needs to be captured, not how.

Key Features:

• Tool-Agnostic: Choose the tool that fits your team; the methodology works across platforms.
• Lean, Empowered Teams: A small, focused Delivery Squad drives the project forward — with autonomy to make day-to-day decisions.
• Clear Role Structure: Defines who is responsible, who’s accountable, who contributes, and who’s kept informed (RACI clarity).
• Daily Stand-Ups & Regular Reviews: Encourages 15 minute long daily team meetings and regular timebox/sprint reviews to adapt priorities, stay aligned, and never be more than 24 hours out of the loop.
• Top-Priority Focus: Success relies on the project being the primary focus for the core team — not one of a dozen that move slowly towards completion.

Why It Works

The Colart Way combines the best of agile thinking with the discipline of effective governance. It includes:

• Governance gates and clear scope capture.
• Accountability in a single individual, who is a senior decision-maker.
• A framework for ensuring the project stays visible and on track from idea to launch.

Most importantly, projects delivered under this methodology have been consistently completed on time and within scope, with more engagement and fewer last-minute problems.

What’s Next?

As more teams experience the benefits, The Colart Way is becoming a standard for how we run projects at Colart — adaptable, collaborative, and built for the way we actually work.

Interested in using it?
Talk to the Development Team or read or more about the Colart Way to Manage Projects.