In Scrum, it all starts with a wishlist of product improvements. But for agile product development to be successful, you need to transform that list into a clear sprint plan. Without one, you won’t know if you’re on track. And a visual representation of the plan makes it easy to organize and update, which is… (more) The Top 10 Scrum Boards You Should Be Using
Here’s everything you need to ace the G Suite Certification exam on your first try. First, what is G suite certification? G Suite certification is part of the Google Cloud certification program. It verifies your expertise using G Suite’s productivity and collaboration tools. What does the exam cover? The Certification exam takes the form of… (more) How to Pass the G Suite Certification Exam on Your First Try
On April 17, 2014, cloud-storage provider Dropbox announced it had acquired two companies. The first was photo-sharing service Loom. The second was collaborative document-editing tool Hackpad. Originally forked from the open-source Etherpad, Hackpad was a popular tool with a loyal following. As well as being a capable, lightweight document tool, Hackpad was also very popular… (more) Dropbox Paper: Paper Tiger, or King of the Jungle?
Freemium products are a great way to try out a new tool or app before committing to a subscription. Productivity tool Evernote, which first launched in 2004, is one of countless apps that come in a freemium version. Evernote Premium, which the company introduced in 2011, was supposed to be a significant improvement on Evernote’s… (more) Is Evernote Premium Worth It?
Remote work is talked about so much and we’re quickly reaching a tipping point. It’s going to change the way every type of business operates. Whether a company is fully distributed (remote), co-located in one office or distributed across multiple offices, the way that work gets done will increasingly look like what we’ve been calling… (more) 58 Must-Read Remote Work Resources
In 1954, Ford could get away with telling customers they would fix flaws with that year’s truck by 1955. Imagine Facebook or Twitter telling users to wait 12 months for a fix. Of course they wouldn’t. Because today, companies have to improve their products continuously. They live and die by their ability to inspect their… (more) What is a Scrum Master and Should You Get One?
What is G Suite? And should you get it? It’s an office tool suite with company email built in. We go into tons of detail on what G Suite is and everything that it includes here. Ready to get started? Signup for G Suite now. You’ll get access to all of G Suite’s core tools:… (more) G Suite: The Market Leading Office Suite
Designing the perfect agile retrospective meeting agenda is about providing a balance between structure and freedom. Scrum masters don’t want to control the flow of ideas, but they do have a responsibility to control the flow of events to provide folks the order they need to express the leading edge of their insight. In today’s… (more) The Perfect Retrospective Meeting Agenda
When running agile retrospective meetings routinely, you might find yourself running out of prompts for helping your team to look back on a sprint or project with fresh eyes. Which they should, to draw objective conclusions from the sprint’s results. But a question that elicits thoughtful feedback one week might bring crickets the next. How… (more) The 4 Essential Retrospective Questions That Can’t Be Skipped
Running useful agile retrospectives on a routine basis is a lot like executing pool table trick-shots on the deck of a cruise ship in a tsunami—even with all the right preparation, things can go overboard quick! This is especially true for distributed teams. But if process improvement stagnates because you’re struggling to collaborate, how can you… (more) 12 Required Retrospective Tools for Successful Teams