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5 essential tools for startup project management

5 Essential Tools for Startup Project Management

Five SaaS solutions and cloud services that can help decision-makers carry out efficient project management in startups and small businesses of all kinds. Those tools have basic versions and are available for free. Some advanced features are available in paid versions. However, the basic functionality in any of the described solutions is sufficient to run startup project management at scale.

Seismic Shift in Human Resources Functionality

Seismic Shift in Human Resources Functionality

The human resources industry has undergone huge changes over the last few years. In the past a company’s HR department might have been largely concerned with recruitment and disciplinary and compliance issues, but changes in both HR practices and businesses’ expectations have contributed to the transformation of this traditional role.

Agile Process: Iterative Product Development Aligned with Client Needs

Agile Process: Iterative Product Development Aligned with Client Needs

While Scrum, XP, DSDM, Lean Software Development and other Agile methodologies have caught on in the software development industry, many organizations see achieving agility in project management as problematic, to a certain extent. For those organizations, the traditional project management approach appears to be most effective in managing long-range business plans and creating enterprise-level forecasts. However, at the team level the traditional approach fails as it doesn’t allow the development team to react to rapidly changing circumstances in the project environment and to align with client requirements. In contrast, Agile-driven projects are enabled to effective and efficiently manage changes through iterative product development.