Author: Alex Carter
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Helpful (and Public!) Slack Channels for Software Testers
Slack is an excellent platform for project managers and individual teams. However, it might also be uniquely suited to helping software testers as well. Did you know Slack has an abundance of external groups who share similar interests? Accessing a public Slack channel can help Software Testers share best practices and collaborate in new and…
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GitHub’s Latest Security Features (Plus: How to Stay Safe)
During the course of 2020, GitHub unveiled various updates to help keep users of the platform (and their work) more secure. Here are a few of the highlights. Five of GitHub’s 2020 Security Updates Dependency Review is in Beta GitHub’s dependency review empowers users to understand their dependencies – before they introduce them into their…
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2020: A Year of Slack Updates That Make Collaboration Even Easier
Slack is continuously updating its platform to make collaboration more accessible and respond to its users’ needs. 2020 was no different, and saw dozens of changes to the platform. If you want to stay up-to-date on the latest changes, Slack posts regularly to their Changelog in their Help Center. We’re highlighting a few of our…
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Extend GitHub’s Capabilities with Apps from Their Own Marketplace
Companies and coders around the world use GitHub for its ease of use and flexibility. There’s even more to love when it comes to GitHub, as it, like Jira, Slack, and other platforms, there’s an entire marketplace available. This includes plugins that make the platform even more useful and user-friendly. It also allows users to…
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Creating and Maintaining Office Culture for Remote Teams
With so many teams continuing to work remotely, it’s hard to maintain a distinctive office culture – especially for a startup. Office culture used to be a strong selling point, drawing talent away from more prominent companies that may have offered more bells and whistles to impressive candidates. However, now big and small companies alike…
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How Project Managers Can Leverage Automation
Let’s face it – as project managers, we have a LOT of admin. Projects big and small have many moving pieces that need to be monitored and followed up on. However, often, a lot of those moving pieces end up being redundant or a time suck, forcing project managers to constantly focus on repetitive tasks.…
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Apps to Help You Develop a Knowledge Base
Whether you are working towards ensuring important company knowledge is downloaded from individual team members to a general internal pool or if you’d like an easy way to have customers “help themselves” to frequently asked questions, you’re likely to benefit from developing a knowledge base. What is a Knowledge Base? A knowledge base is basically…
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The Many Benefits of Business Process Automation
Business process animation is an aspect of technology that can help companies streamline their processes. Yet, many businesses still aren’t taking advantage of the many platforms and apps to help them automotive recurring/redundant tasks. It’s possible managers still don’t grasp the full extent of just how helpful automation can be. If you’re still wondering why…
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The Pros and Cons of Jira
When it comes to Agile project management in particular, Jira is a very popular option for companies of all sizes. The platform has many pros, but a few cons as well. Understanding what teams like about Jira – and what they find lacking – can help you decide if Jira is the right solution for…