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What’s Wrong With Detailed Gantt Charts and How to Make Fewer Details Work for You

Johanna Rothman

I wrote about this problem as a schedule game, “ The Schedule Tool is Always Right. In addition, I ask teams to show visual progress , such as in a demo. I want architecture feedback loops as early as possible in the project, which is why I want visual progress with demos. As for the date? Yes, even with padding.

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Epicflow Implementation Guide: Essential Steps and Best Practices

Epicflow

After that, they are given access to a simple demo environment with a standard set of configurations, where they can test how our system works. If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly. Data adjustment and integration.

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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

See the Flow Efficiency series.) Here are some examples: Demos, even of partially working product. It might not be a customer-worthy demo, but it's a demo of a sort.). Work with people in a tool that has video. Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. Turn your camera on.

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How WIP Insights Allow Us to Revisit Brooks’ Law About Adding People to a Team

Johanna Rothman

This team started off with a serial lifecycle, so they didn't even plan to have a demo until about September or so. I chose to add more testers and writers and increase the team's collaboration so we could see a monthly demo. We know a lot more about lifecycles, team-based collaboration, and have access to many more tools.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

So, automakers have to change their approaches to product development to make it shorter but no less efficient. . Nevertheless, automotive companies need to deliver their projects as successfully and efficiently as possible. Read more: Fighting Uncertainty in Project Management: Arm Yourself with the Right Tool.

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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

See the Flow Efficiency series.) Here are some examples: Demos, even of partially working product. It might not be a customer-worthy demo, but it's a demo of a sort.). Work with people in a tool that has video. Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. Turn your camera on.

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What is Project Accounting?

Progressus

Progressus is purpose-built on top of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to provide project-based businesses with the tools they need to ensure every project is profitable. You can also analyze and report on resource distribution, workload balance, and utilization, ensuring efficient team allocation and planning.