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Once William Penn said, “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst”. As an organization or business owner, you can relate to this easily. Based on research it’s found that “69% of people say that on most days, time flies by and they don’t track where they spent every minute or hour”.  From the productivity angle definitely, this is not what you expect. So, the focus must be now on to get tr

Between 2017 to 2027, it is expected that the project management field will grow by 33% with 22 million new jobs. This can be a perfect time for professionals to take their skills to the next level enter this worthy career field and support companies to fulfill their strategic goals in this competitive industry. Project management is vital as it ensures that risks are managed properly and a succes

Millennials – people born between 1980 and 2000 – are beginning to dominate the workplace. By 2020, they will make up 50% of the workforce. (Source: techrepublic.com) Just like every generation that has gone before them, millennials have a distinct approach to their work. If you’re a project manager, you need to consider how best to support and guide this demographic to meet targets an

Agile or Waterfall Project Management? This a million-dollar question for organizations to deal with. On one hand, there are huge teams, and multi-year projects involving multiple business units & the other is scalability, adaptability, faster go-to markets & quick value realization. One Size fits all has always been a dream that never comes true. What is important is to take a more relati

No matter how organized and efficient you are there are times when projects go wrong. This is, of course, entirely normal but when the same problems arise time and time again, it’s time to look at your project management style and make some changes. Here we look at eight areas where project managers commonly go wrong and how to fix them: 1. Not Having Clear Goals In the excitement of starting a ne

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Traditional approaches to project management follow a linear process: Plan the project, design a solution, build it, test it, put it into production, and then fix any problems. This method is also referred to as the waterfall approach, because it is comprised of cascading steps. However, traditional approaches are often beset by budget and timeline problems. This is because a conventional developm

Any issue in design, coding, specifications, or features that cause incorrect results is called a bug. Bug tracking is one of the important aspects of a software development lifecycle to deliver quality products. Having a robust defect management process improves the overall quality & compliance posture of your organization and generates confidence amongst your clientele. It also helps you to

As a project manager or a team member who has been put in charge of a project, you have plenty of tools that will help you achieve a successful outcome. For one, you have the authority that goes with being a project manager. Then, you probably have a project management methodology to provide structure and guidance. If possible, you should have project management software tools at your disposal, as

As a Project Manager, do you struggle to share crucial information between your team members and worry too often about its confidentiality? Does any of the common phrases quoted below strike your mind often? Had I known before, I would have done it differently. I wasn’t aware that we had a template for that! On a general note, different people in a team come with different ideologies and philoso

Velocity chart is a key performance indicator for any agile scrum team to measure how much work has been delivered for each sprint. It helps Product Owners to have a clear view on future sprints and on the workload of the team. It also facilitates very accurate forecasting of how many stories a Team can do in a Sprint. For forecasting purposes the average of the last three Sprint’s Velocity

It is well known that Scrum is one of the most popular frameworks of Agile Project Management methodology. A 2013 survey showed that over 56% of all software development projects which are managed using an agile method are using Scrum. And this percentage of scrum users are increasing for the simple fact that – Scrum is simple, straightforward, and easy to implement compared to other iterati

Hello, OrangeScrum’ers, we are here with an update for all our SaaS users. Now you can create custom templates with the release of our enhanced Project Template. You can now add Task Groups, Tasks, Sub-tasks, and Sub-subtasks to define your templates. Earlier you could just add tasks to a project templates. It can simplify your projects that are large & complex yet identical. To get away of cr

Producing superb content is a challenging task, and it requires a lot of time and energy. But, sometimes content managers and writers lack both, and they still need to keep the process of generating and publishing relevant posts going. Moreover, the workflow has to be fast and agile. Another issue that characterizes content creation lies in the fact that it’s above all a creative process, and cram

Important Massage to our Open-source, Enterprise & Add-on Users We discontinued the Add-on Selling from Nov 1, 2021 and the Add-on Support will be discontinued from Feb, 2022. Any user want to use our On-Premise Solution are recommended to migrate into Orangescrum Self-Hosted plan. [sc name=”announcement”][/sc]­ Hello OrangeScrumers! A good news for all our Open Source us