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A brief intro to Agile and how it’s changing the role of Project Manager

I’m learning yoga. So far, it’s helped to make me more flexible, both mentally and physically. (I can bend in ways I never thought possible, and after going through a workout I no longer have the desire to yell…much.) By in large, that’s considered a “good thing” in business these days. Flexibility, resilience, the ability [...]

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Try Balsamiq Mockups for faster turnaround with developers

I’ve mentioned my distaste for wireframing in previous posts. It’s not that I can’t do it, it just takes me a while and makes me second-guess every placement I make because I know I lack expertise in User-Interface Design (something that’s currently on my list of self-improvement items.) So, what difference Balsamiq Mockup do diffferent? [...]

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Try Basecamp Viewer for a simplified milestone dashboard

If you’re like me with a variety of small projects that you manage simultaneously, you’re not so much a project manager as a portfolio manager. Although I love Basecamp for executing project tasks and communicating with team members, its dashboard just plain sucks for viewing the status of multiple projects at a glance. Worried I’d [...]

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