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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development.

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MPP File Extension: What Is It & How to Open It

ProjectManager.com

In order to do so, you will no doubt be sharing different types of files that contain data about the project. Unfortunately, since MPP files were not designed to be shared outside of Microsoft Project, the project management software that they are created in, trying to open an MPP file extension can cause confusion and delay.

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5 Ways To Use Visual Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s a lot easier to communicate complex constructs or share lots of data points on a graph than it is in a paragraph. That has always been the case, but today, technology makes it even easier for us to pull out the data that’s required and present it in a way that is simple to understand. Why visual project management matters.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Daniel Russo of the University of Aalborg to answer this question with data from almost 2.000 Scrum teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. We worked with Prof.

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How to Run Microsoft Project on Mac (Updated Dec 2019)

ProjectManager.com

ProjectManager.com is free for 30 days, so you can test out the software and determine for yourself if it’s a good fit for you. All of your columns, tasks, resource data, etc., Once you’re done viewing, editing and analyzing your Microsoft Project Plan, seamlessly export your data with one click. Microsoft Project 2010.

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Have you tried Gantter?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A Gantt chart-based online PM software with a first-of-its-kind AI Recommendation Engine and complete Google integration. It is easily compared to software like MS Project, along with all the advantages of being cloud-based. Gantter was launched in 2010 and now has 3+ million users across the globe. Project templates.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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