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Kanban in Manufacturing: Main Uses & Benefits

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Images and documents can be attached to kanban cards, which can also have descriptions, subtasks, tags, priority, planned start, duration, due dates and more. Kanban and lean manufacturing share goals and values, but there are key differences between the two. Kanban is a more flexible approach and less prescription than lean.

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How to Make a Contractor Payment Schedule in Construction (Template Included)

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This contractor payment schedule is defined in the construction contract and sets pay over regular intervals across the project schedule. This sets clear payment terms for the contractor and reduces the risk of them receiving late payments or even no payment at all. This is usually done monthly with set dates for payment delivery.

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IT Service Management (ITSM): Frameworks, Processes & Phases

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Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes. IT service management’s goal aligns with the objectives of the business and supports it in achieving its mission.

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What Is Asana? How to Use Asana for Project Management

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Communication: Add comments to tasks and tag other team members. Reporting: Use the tool to set, track and manage your project goals, set milestones to break up bigger projects into more manageable parts and motivate your team. You get the premium package plus portfolios, goals, workload and the custom-rules builder.

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Gantt Chart vs. Kanban Board: Pros, Cons, Similarities & Differences

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Once you set a baseline, you’ve captured your plan and can now compare that to your actual progress and spending to stay on schedule and within budget. Kanban cards can be tagged to find easily in a search, priorities set to inform team members which tasks to do first and documentation and images can be attached to the card.

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Asana vs. Microsoft Project: In-Depth Comparison

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Our Gantt chart beat both Asana and Microsoft Project, doing what there’s can do and more, such as linking all four types of task dependencies to avoid costly delays, filtering for the critical path to identify essential tasks and setting a baseline to track planned progress and costs against actual progress and cost.

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How to Build Your Project Backlog In 5 Steps

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Files and images can be attached to kanban cards, which can then be prioritized and tagged to make them easier to find. Set a Priority Level for Each User Story Take the list of requirements and determine which are the most important, somewhat important and least important. Check out these backlog grooming tips for help.