February 4, 2019
Uncategorized
Microsoft is one of the best recognized tech companies in the world. It’s a household name, and many of their products are industry standards. MS Project was once the leading project management tool. Project managers all over the world use MS Project or one of its clones to manage their …
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January 23, 2019
Productivity, Project Communication
The “software development silo” is the phenomenon where software development, as a vertical, is insulated and disconnected from the organization as a whole. Silos hurt organizational integration, can cause costly delays and cost overruns, and create “dark corners” for management which are issues for transparency and future planning. No one …
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January 17, 2019
Productivity
No matter how many years you’ve spent handling projects, at some point, every project manager struggles with productivity issues. For those of us who breathe and sweat project management, the question we always ask ourselves is “how can a project manager become more efficient in handling people, tasks, and time?” …
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July 4, 2018
Project Communication
Communication between team members does’t show up on a Gantt chart. It doesn’t get you words of praise from the big boys upstairs. It doesn’t have the same kind of attractiveness as other subjects in project management. But it is crucial to getting to delivery. If your team is not …
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June 17, 2018
Software Review
Liquidplanner Review: Introduction LiquidPlanner is an online Gantt chart based solution, with an interesting approach to task prediction and “what-if.” The company developed a method to project each task with a set of optimistic and less optimistic assumptions, hence being able to better predict and control the project status as …
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June 17, 2018
Software Review
Trello Review: Introduction As it was recently acquired by Atlassian, Trello is actually owned by the same owner as JIRA. However, these tools still provide a very different user experience. Trello implemented the Kanban board idea in the best visual way possible. You can create them easily, move them around, …
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June 16, 2018
Software Review
ProjectManager Review: Introduction Project Manager is a hard program to like. It feels like a streamlined, updated MS Project. The overwhelming feeling I got from attempting to try them out was “they just want my money.” Firstly, the 30 day free trial is a misnomer. Rather than allowing you to use …
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May 12, 2018
Software Review
Monday.com Review: Introduction Monday.com (formerly known as “DaPulse”) is a growing task management app. Competing in this space with giants like Trello, JIRA and Asana, Monday must bring something else on board to be competitive – and it does! Highly customizeable task tables, with templates and endless options. The Monday …
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May 10, 2018
Productivity, Project Planning
In any kind of business, tools such as project management software are useful – and often very necessary! However, the kind of software or tool that will be most effective usually depends on the kind of business that you have. You have to consider the needs, budget, and size of …
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April 19, 2018
Software Review
Proggio Review: Introduction Proggio is a relatively new application, introduced in 2016. It combines a new approach to a timeline (called a “Projectmap”) with task management capabilities underneath. As such, it may be the only way to avoid Gantt charts and still have a project management solution that can really …
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