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May 10, 2021

6 Reasons You Should Stop Using PDF For Business Content

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPDFs are perfect for saving online purchase receipts, press-ready contents, and creating documents you want to print. However, the format has many limitations and isn’t suitable …

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Working From Home

May 8, 2021

Working From Home: The Future

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCovid-19 has been considered a pandemic by the World Health Organisation for several months now. Lockdowns have affected hundreds of millions of people. Many people have …

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A DOCUSIGN EXPERT

May 8, 2021

A DOCUSIGN EXPERT

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Reading Time: 2 minutesA docusign salesforce integration is a CRM (customer relationship management) solution that brings companies and customers together. It is an integrated CRM platform that gives departments …

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Listed Investment Companies?

May 8, 2021

What Are Listed Investment Companies?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are hundreds of Listed Investment Companies (LICs) in the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). With its boom in recent years, fund managers are bringing new products …

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Agent in Sydney for your Dream Property

May 8, 2021

Buyer’s Agent in Sydney for your Dream Property: How to Find One?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesFinding or starting a dream abode in Sydney is one big step to take. Thankfully, Sydney’s real estate is one of the best in the world.  …

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May 6, 2021

From Rock to Metal: The Process of Mining Copper

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCopper is among the most important metals and has been in use since the beginning of civilizations. Copper is obtained from ores found in deposits spread …

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Small boxes

May 2, 2021

Custom Small Retail Boxes with Logo – Make Your Business Stand Out

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCustomized small retail boxes with logo are used for packing products, especially to promote a company. These boxes are often used for shipping and storing, which …

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business setup in Dubai

May 1, 2021

How to Start a Business in Dubai – Company Formation

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDid you know how to start a business in Dubai? Yes, even a foreigner can start a business there and several do. The foreign population is …

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Rapid CNC Machining

May 1, 2021

Advantages of Rapid CNC Machining

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Reading Time: 3 minutesPresent day, many manufacturers make the best use of machines to earn benefits. The existence of machines have now reduced human efforts to a huge extent …

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Software tools for project management are a dime a dozen these days. You have both open source and proprietary packages ranging from free to costing hundreds of dollars. But just because a software package is marketed as a solid project management tool doesn't make it so. As with all things software, there are some great tools – and some not-so-great ones, too. Often referred to simply as PM software, there are a number of common components every package needs. In fact, five such components are described below. They are compliments of the Janiko Group, an Atlanta firm that specializes in project management as a service. They offer on-demand project management. 1. A Measurement of Baseline Before anything else, a PM tool needs to have some means of measuring the baseline. Team members need to know the foundation from which they are starting. They need to know the minimum standards. They need to know what a completed project looks like in its minimum iteration. All of these things together make up baseline. Just as with scientific research, there is no way to measure the progress or success of a project without a comparative baseline. Creating a PM tool without a means to measure baseline is like building a house without a foundation. It is bound to crumble sooner or later. 2. A Measurement of Progress It goes without saying that PM tools need a way to measure progress. Project managers and team leaders need to be able to see progress at a glance. They need to be able to look across the entire spectrum of the project and know exactly where it is at all times. Without such a measurement, it is exceedingly difficult for managers to figure out where they are and what they are doing. 3. The Ability to Track Tasks The progress of every project is encapsulated in the individual tasks that make up a whole. As such, PM software needs to have the ability to track tasks as these are introduced, while they are in progress, and once they are completed. In a Kanban management system, tasks are visualized as color-coded squares on a board. Tasks change color and location as they progress throughout the project. How tasks are assigned and expressed is determined largely by the model being followed. Kanban is a form of waterfall project management whereas other methodologies might follow the agile core. Regardless, managers have to be able to track tasks in process. Otherwise, they are lost. 4. Budgeting Snapshots and Forecasts In order for managers and coordinators to do what they do they need an accurate assessment of financials at all times. Far too many PM tools skimp on this one component. Yet, financials are a big part of project completion. Managers need to know where they are in terms of their budgets. They need to know how much they have spent and how much remains. 5. Automation Capabilities Until recently, automation wasn't part of PM software. But now that some developers have begun to introduce it, automation is quickly becoming an indispensable tool. It allows for the automatic scheduling of certain events within the project management arena, to the extent that completion of one task automatically triggers and schedules the next. Automation takes a lot of the guesswork out of task scheduling. PM software abounds. Everywhere you look there are packages ready and waiting to be deployed. If a package does not include the five things described in this post, it is probably not worth looking at. Fortunately, there are some PM tools out there that go above and beyond.

April 28, 2021

5 Things Every Project Management Package Needs

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSoftware tools for project management are a dime a dozen these days. You have both open source and proprietary packages ranging from free to costing hundreds …