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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. The kanban system is a visual workflow tool that consists of a kanban board and kanban cards. There are even a couple of kanban templates to use and see how the tool works. Below are links to kanban board templates.

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

ProjectManager.com

Depending on the project management tools that you use, you could end up with files of various types—and this can cause compatibility issues. There are countless project management tools, but MPP files lock you into using only Microsoft Project. Additionally, unlike many other MS tools—Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.—Microsoft

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Top Six SaaS Tool Marketing Tactics To Follow In 2022

Proofhub

Software as a service has been the fastest-growing segment since 2010, and businesses are now investing 50% more in these cloud-based technologies than they did a couple of years ago. Understanding The SaaS Customer Journey Before you could implement top SaaS tool marketing strategies, understanding the SaaS customer journey is important.

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A Robust Yet Intuitive Project Management Tool

ActiveCollab

THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT TOOLS I have been in the digital marketing industry since 2010, and I’ve seen the evolution of task management tools from BaseCamp to Wrike to TeamWork and everything in between. Efficient and effective communication around tasks is essential.

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5 Ways To Use Visual Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mine is definitely lists, but I use a lot of visual tools like Vizzlo for creating images that help my stakeholders understand the project environment. What we’re seeing now is that project management tools are getting better at catering for both preferences, and making it easier to share information visually with the people who need it.

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20 Years of The Agile Manifesto

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It seems like every tool now includes an option to display work on Kanban boards, and that’s just the start of it. It’s a benchmark; a goal for what we can achieve if we use the right tools in the right situation. It has been 20 years since the Agile Manifesto, and that’s a moment worth marking.

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Does social media make projects more complex?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As a project manager, you need to be able to trust them to deal with the complexities of a project environment that involves collaboration tools. Work out how you expect your team to behave, when responding to customers, and when using social media tools to communicate with each other. Trust is built by boundaries.

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