Category: Collaboration Tools
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Planning Your Next Project: What to Consider and Why It’s Important
Once your project has been given the green light (ie: it’s passed the smell test and has been deemed feasible), you’ll enter the most daunting phase of any project’s life cycle: project planning. Project planning involves laying out how you’ll get from A to B on time and on budget. Your plans will need to…
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What is Jira and Why do Teams Use it?
For companies that need project management software, Jira is one of the top choices. This platform helps teams of all kinds handle deadlines, assign tasks, track bugs and more. Depending on the structure of your team, and your project, Jira’s a perfect platform. Here’s why. Jira works well for Agile teams For companies with teams…
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The 5 phases of a project management lifecycle – and apps that make everything easier
At the start of a new project, the amount of planning required often seems overwhelming. There are many moving parts to consider including how to effectively break up a project into milestones and how to further break down those milestones into tasks. There are also team members to consider (how many you need and who…
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Why you should integrate GitLab with Jira
If you’re on a software team, you know how important it is to constantly improve the development workflow. If you’re using GitLab, you probably understand that it already helps with code management, and, if you use Jira, you understand that it’s a great project management platform that provides tools for teams to create, track, and…
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Multiple Ways to use Slack to be More Productive on Jira
That’s why more and more organizations are turning to chat apps like Slack. They help teams stay in close communication with each other. However, when individuals and groups are primarily working on other platforms, like Jira, it can be hard to shift back and forth, simply to send a message or to update an individual.…
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How plugins help teams use Jira more effectively
If you are an agile team, chances are you’re using Jira (it’s the #1 software development tool for agile!). The platform began as an issue tracker and has since evolved into an enterprise solution with a wide variety of integration possibilities. While it has its own products (like Confluence), it also allows for integrations with…
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GitHub Integration Tools to Add To Your Team
GitHub is an amazing platform. It’s not only open source, it has a strong and passionate community that continues to make it better. There are, in fact, many developers have created apps, chatbots, and various integration tools that help teams work more effectively. Here are four of our favorites. ZenHub Zenhub touts itself as the…
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Can I send notifications to Slack private channels from Jira and other channel questions answered
When you’re using Appvibe’s Slack-Jira integration, there are so many things you can do to make communication on Jira easier. Here are a few step-by-step guides for how to send notifications and communicate effectively using the app. Of course, the first step is to download Appvibe’s integration. Remember that only a Jira Administrator can Install…
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4 Ways to communicate with developers through JIRA
The most important thing to remember in Agile scenarios is that efficient communication needs to be top of mind. Not only should communication avenues be easy, users need to be sure they’re sharing information in the right kind way. Here, for example, are four things to keep in mind when sharing information: 1. Tasks should…