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JIRA as a Project Management Tool

It is hard to meet anyone who works in IT-sphere and hasn’t heard a word about JIRA - specialized project management software. This very popular and highly customizable tool helps teams to better and more efficiently work on projects. So, it serves as a team project management software. This article is the continuation of JIRA…

Andrew Stepanov
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June 28, 2017
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
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10 JIRA Plugins for More Efficient Project Management

If you are a software developer, it is highly likely that you used or are using JIRA Software. As JIRA developers state, it is number 1 software development tool used by agile teams. We bet you won’t argue that. JIRA is a very powerful tool that makes work process simpler and more effective. It helps…

Andrew Stepanov
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January 13, 2022
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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11 Free and Discounted Software for Nonprofit Organizations

Doing good for other people deserves a lot of praise, respect and simply warm words. Especially when it is done on the organization scale. Those organizations that are called nonprofit do not set goals to make money, but to help people in need. Nonprofit organizations are like businesses in some way. They also have to…

Andrew Stepanov
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March 11, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
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How to Make a Gantt Chart in Excel

You hardly meet someone who never heard about Microsoft Office and Microsoft Excel in particular. This office suite includes a variety of useful apps for convenient day-to-day work. Thousands of people use it every day with different aims be it something for your office needs or at home. Excel is very popular software presented in…

Andrew Stepanov
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March 15, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
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Improved Personal and Teamwork in GanttPRO for Better Collaboration

To manage a project where you are the only person is much easier than managing a project with several people. Reasons are obvious: you know all your tasks, their duration, milestones and what is actually expected at the end of it. The personal tasks management software will help a lot. But you also agree that…

Andrew Stepanov
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June 29, 2017
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
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GanttPRO as the Best Microsoft Project Alternative for Creating Gantt Charts

Looking for an alternative to MS Project? We offer an efficient solution as an alternative to the product of Microsoft. Project managers are busy people. They have to do a bunch of various activities, from planning to the final accomplishment of a project. It’s challenging, no doubts. However, they can feel somehow happy as they…

Andrew Stepanov
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May 4, 2017
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Estimated reading time: 9 minutes
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10 Tips for Successful Project Management

Among the other things that should be remembered by successful project management team, there is the fact that sometimes there’s nobody who manages the manager. Thus, all taken decisions should be made following by deep base of knowledge and thorough understanding of this job. Here we provide some tips along with a useful project management…

Andrew Stepanov
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April 28, 2017
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
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What is a Task Dependency? Definition, Types, and Examples

Projects without tasks are impossible. To complete a project, every team member should complete at least one task. Those tasks are typically connected or, in other words, dependent on each other.  What is task dependency? A task dependency is a relationship that requires a particular order for tasks to be performed. It means that one…

Andrew Stepanov
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March 11, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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