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Project & Team Management

Unconventional Ways to Measure Project Success

As a software design consultancy, it’s important to have both shared and individual definitions for what project success means.

Project & Team Management

A Favorite Productivity Tool: Jira Power-Up in Trello

I'm always interested in effective task management tools. Read on to learn about the Power-Up integration between Trello and Jira.

Personal Optimization

Multiple Projects? Context Switching for Developers

Context switching can be difficult for developers working on projects with different tech stacks, clientele, and product concerns.

Project & Team Management

Scaling Teams for Project Success: A Simple and Effective Tool

Scaling teams quickly will minimize negative impact on project goals. Here's a simple but effective tool I recently used on a project.

Project & Team Management

How to Overcome Analysis Paralysis in Large-Scale Software Architectural Projects

We'll explore the concept of analysis paralysis and offer 3 valuable tips to approach this problem effectively.

Project & Team Management

How Diversification Keeps Our Project Portfolio Healthy

Many nuances contribute to a healthy project portfolio for an organization like Atomic Object, and the work of managing that portfolio is never done.

Planning Your Project

The Most Successful Software Teams Have Empowered Product Owners

There are plenty of reasons products fail. Don’t let yours be that you didn’t empower your product owner to do everything they could to deliver success.

Effective communication

3 Ways to Nip Software Project Problems in the Bud

Here are three strategies to put in your toolbox for resolving software project concerns, with an emphasis on early and honest communication.

Project & Team Management

3 Truths of Software Projects

This post shares a set of three truths for all software projects. It's important to keep these in mind when building, managing, or buying software.

Project & Team Management

Strategies for Managing Multiple Projects

Handling multiple projects can feel extremely challenging. Here are strategies I use to manage the load of multiple project responsibilities.

Development Practices

Ensure a Successful Continuous Improvement Engagement With These Activities

Regularly plan to do these activities to keep your project healthy between active phases of development in a continuous improvement engagement.

Project & Team Management

3 Things I Wish Developers Understood About Communicating with Clients

Successful client/consultant relationships take communication and understanding – not just of business needs but of the client representative's situation and needs.