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Software Review: ProjectManager.com [2016]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I last reviewed ProjectManager.com in 2013. Time to revisit the software and see what has changed. The company have also made huge improvements with software integration and as well as being compatible with the Microsoft suite and Google Apps they have also introduced integrations via Zapier. General information.

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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

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Why is code quality so often an issue? Why do software teams?—?despite So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. Technical Debt and Code Smells.

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Software Review: iMindQ 4.1 Online and Windows [2016]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s going to be a useful addition to your set of project management software tools and you can get started for free with the web version to see if you like it. Full disclosure: I have not been paid for this review. Read my complete review of. Header Image credit: placeit.net. I weigh up the pros and cons of throwing away.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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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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How to use Slack for project management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A survey showed that teams using Slack had: 32% less email 23% fewer meetings 24% of features (in technical teams) delivered on time 27% less time required for software testing 10% improvement in employee satisfaction. Tired of researching software products? Send deadline reminders before deliverables are due. Hello automations!

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2023 Guide to Implementing PSA Software

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Regardless of sector, it would be an understatement to say that software plays a key role in productivity, collaboration, and communication. This is why Professional Services Automation (PSA) software can be invaluable to any organization looking to take advantage of the variety and depth of features contained within one integrated tool. .

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Test First approach sounds simply enough, right?

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As the name "Test First" suggests, you write a test first before the actual code and keep them running all the time. validate the code). Then we have all these practices you hear about residing under this Test First banner - TDD, BDD, and ATDD. Test Driven Development (TDD). Write the code. Refactor Code.