Category: Project Management
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Is Slack or Asana a Better Project Management Solution?
It seems like every team across a variety of industries is always looking for ways to tighten up their project management in order to help organize their workforce and deliver products effectively and on time. And because of this ever-present need from companies, a lot of technology has cropped up to do just that: help…
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Task Management Apps for Slack
If you are constantly juggling multiple tasks, and finding it’s hard to keep up with what’s left to do or what needs to be done (and by what time), you may need help managing your tasks. While Slack is great for communication and makes finding documents and conversations quick and easy, it’s not exactly built…
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Should I use Slack or Trello to manage a team?
When it comes to managing a team during a project, keeping track of all the moving pieces is integral to making sure everything runs smoothly. That means knowing who is heading up what task, how close they are to completion, and relevant due dates should be easy and accessible not only to the project manager…
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What Project Managers Working Remotely Should Do To Keep Productivity High
These are strange times, and, while many companies have gotten used to remote teams a long time ago, some businesses are still getting used to the idea of their staff working from home instead of from a central office. While working from home has its own advantages (less overhead for companies, more freedom and flexibility…
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Appfire and other add-ons help you stay on top of your Jira project
While Jira is a fantastic tool for project management, especially for Agile teams, sometimes it can be tricky to handle things like communication or migration. To make it easy, implementing helpful add-ons is always advisable. At Appvibe, we, for example, focus on integrating Slack with Jira to make communication easier both on and off the…
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Closing Your Project the Right Way
When wrapping up your project, it’s important to make sure you handle every aspect of the handoff and archiving process to make sure that the client gets everything they need, while you, as a project manager, are able to use some sort of structure to capture lessons learned from the project that will help you…
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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…