What the F*%$ is SAFe? A Manager’s Guide to the Mystery of Scaled Agile
I know some managers who are haunted by the words “SAFe” and “scaled agile” in their dreams. It’s because they haven’t got the faintest clue … Read More
Agile for Beginners
If you’re a project manager or business team that’s trying to be more agile, this section will help. Find resources on agile and hybrid methodologies, and how to use Jira and Confluence to better structure your work as a non-software team.
Agile is NOT a Mindset
Some agile purists get all het up when you talk about agile methodology. “It’s not a methodology, it’s a mindset!” they scream mid-foot-stamp. Ah, but … Read More
How Nimbax Helps Brings Insurance Teams Together with Jira Reporting
Nimbax is helping insurance companies, and others, to see that they don’t need to be experts in comprehensive business intelligence platforms like PowerBI to do … Read More
Manufacturer Mixes Waterfall and Agile in Jira
When companies experience growth spurts, the lack of proper processes really starts to hurt. For South African extrusion equipment manufacturer CFAM, the old way of … Read More
A Jira Service Management Guide for Support Teams
Jira Service Management is an end-to-end service management platform for IT teams and business teams handling service requests from customers or employees. Originally known as … Read More
Using Jira Dashboard Reports to Prevent People from Bothering the Content Team
If you stumbled across my previous article, you already know our team loves challenges. That’s why we overwhelm ourselves with multiple known and unknown things … Read More
Project Management with Impact: Support the Malala Fund While Fixing Your Workflow
Companies large and small, teams, personalities, start-ups, and freelancers, are now transitioned to distributed work. Some of them are trying to get back to the … Read More
First Impressions of Atlassian, Jira, and Confluence from Actual Newbies (Part 2)
If you think Jira is the same as Java or that Atlassian sounds like a really boring superhero, you’re in the right place. This two-part … Read More
First Impressions of Atlassian, Jira, and Confluence from Actual Newbies (Part 1)
When people ask me what I do, the conversation often goes like this: Me: “I write content for a software company that makes add-ons for … Read More
Tips from a Recovered Planning Skeptic: Start Starting
David J. Anderson, one of the brains behind the Kanban movement, famously said: ”Stop starting, start finishing.” Putting the Agile in Planning This is great … Read More