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Time to Think
To accomplish something meaningful, you must fight back against constant distractions and get into a state of deep work. Read more >
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On Meetings and Wasting Time
Human progress comes from collaboration. People don’t hate meetings necessarily, they just hate having their time wasted. Read more >
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The Essential Guide to Tuning Slack for Team Productivity
Let’s face it - Slack can be too noisy. Through my own personal quest to optimize my use of Slack I discovered there are many settings and adjustments you can play with to fine tune Slack so that it’s still very useful, but not as... Read more >
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The Keys to a Successful Project - Simple Guidelines for Project Planners and Managers
Thanks for checking out our guide on the keys to managing a successful project. We’ll lay out the fundamental keys to running a successful software project and provide you with the techniques to use in your own work. Topics covered in this guide: Critical Questions Scheduling... Read more >
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Create Better Software Delivery Estimates by Having Your Team Track Daily Goals
Ever been way off on a software delivery estimate? Wished you could more accurately predict when a project or feature would be ready to ship? Of course you have. Most thrashing and trouble that I’ve witnessed in software — that isn’t design or experience related — is the result... Read more >
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Daily Goals and Software Teams: Why and How
One thing. Per day. People who make stuff, like programmers, writers, and designers, are limited to working on one or two intellectual tasks per day. That’s it. You might hear otherwise from developers on your team, compounding the difficulties of figuring out when you might... Read more >
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Top Reasons Why Your Projects Fail (and How to Fix Them)
When you embark on a new project, everything seems possible, doesn’t it? The project will be completed on time, maybe even under budget, and you will finally be recognized as the hero that you are. Except that’s not what happens. In reality, you’re two weeks... Read more >
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6 Questions to Ask at the Start of Every Project
You meet with a client. They share their vision, you share yours. You go away and create an efficient and beautifully rendered deliverable. You’re practically beaming when you show them how you’ve crafted their disjointed ideas and fragmented thoughts into a masterpiece. And then they... Read more >
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Simple Tips To Rejuvenate How You Schedule Projects
When people think of project management, their minds typically jump to long lists of tasks, droll meetings, or that one person that just didn’t do what they were supposed to. With so many pre-existing negative connotations, how do we transform people’s attitude about project management... Read more >
