How to improve managing your projects?
It is known that all projects tend to have delays, risks, and un-prepared events, using major tools and techniques will make your project management much easier than before.
Since both project management tools and methodologies go hand-in-hand, it’s important to have in-depth knowledge in both of them.
In this article, we are going to discuss major tools and methodologies which will help you to improve your management skills.
Agile
What is Agile?
Agile as an attitude: Can be defined as a mindset guided by specific principles and demonstrated in practices.
Agile as an adjective: The ability to move quickly and easily.
- Agile as a methodology: Is a particular approach to manage projects that is used in software development, it uses incremental and iterative work sequences that are commonly known as sprints.
Agile principles
Early & continuous delivery.
Flexible approach to requirements changes management included lately.
- Continuous attention to technical excellence.
Mutual channel between PMO and Developers to smooth their daily communications.
Effective in face-to-face conversations which is the most productive method.
Agile approaches
Frequent V&V
Validation- Doing the right thing.
Verification- Doing the thing right.
Validation is what we aim at Complete Chain to provide, so it is essential for us to match clients’ requirements.
Verification is a must at any company since some clients tend to be more headstrong than others, so it is important to make a constant verification with those who seek narrow demands.
Jira
They named "JIRA" after the Japanese myth "Gojira" which means "Godzilla" which was once used internally for bug-tracking.
The importance of JIRA.
Jira is used to track issues and bugs related to your software and it’s a critical part of Complete Chain’s development, design, and PMO departments.
Template types:
Software Projects :
Kanban
Scrum
- Bug Tracking
Business Projects:
Project Management
Task Tracking
Process Control
Content Management
Recruitment
- Document Approval
Most applied templates:
- Kanban: is a flair software development methodology that focuses on the quality of time delivery, managing the amount of work in progress, delivering Work continuously and gives more flexibility in terms of both planning and execution.
- Scrum: is a framework that helps with administering stories, tasks, and workflows for a scrum team or teams that deliver work on a steady schedule.
Conclusion
What makes Jira convenient for agile?
Agile methodology for software development has earned enormous popularity in recent years. Jira Tool supports Agile software development methodologies like Scrum and Kanban. By Using Jira Agile boards and reports you can now schedule and track all your Agile Project management tasks using one tool.
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