Download or read book The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Trello written by Scott La Counte and published by Ridiculously Simple Books. This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take project management to the next level Working as a team can be challenging, but working remotely as a team can add a layer of complexity to the work; it can be difficult to monitor who is working on (or responsible for) different aspects of a project and where they are in terms of deliverables. Trello, which is a part of the enterprise software development company Atlassian, is a Kanban-style project management tool that can run natively on your computer or on the web. Trello lets you work collaboratively wherever you are and whatever you are working on. There are free and paid versions of the software, so it works for any budget and any company regardless of size. It also integrates with the software you already have. This book is not endorsed by Atlassian Corporation Plc. and should be considered unofficial.
Download or read book The Lazy Genius Way written by Kendra Adachi and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It’s about doing what matters to you. “I could not be more excited about this book.”—Jenna Fischer, actor and cohost of the Office Ladies podcast The chorus of “shoulds” is loud. You should enjoy the moment, dream big, have it all, get up before the sun, track your water consumption, go on date nights, and be the best. Or maybe you should ignore what people think, live on dry shampoo, be a negligent PTA mom, have a dirty house, and claim your hot mess like a badge of honor. It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed by the mixed messages of what it means to live well. Kendra Adachi, the creator of the Lazy Genius movement, invites you to live well by your own definition and equips you to be a genius about what matters and lazy about what doesn’t. Everything from your morning routine to napping without guilt falls into place with Kendra’s thirteen Lazy Genius principles, including: • Decide once • Start small • Ask the Magic Question • Go in the right order • Schedule rest Discover a better way to approach your relationships, work, and piles of mail. Be who you are without the complication of everyone else’s “shoulds.” Do what matters, skip the rest, and be a person again.
Download or read book Getting Things Done written by David Allen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity." "A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—Fast Company Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.
Download or read book Get Things Done with Trello written by Dominic Wolff and published by Organized Living Press. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if organizing your life was as easy as making small lists? What if you don’t need to use separate tools like calendars, diaries and journals? What if you just need to use one thing to organize all lists and get your life together? With the TRELLO GTD system, you can make this possible. It’s a reliable system you can use to throw in all of your thoughts, tasks, goals, projects and even your dreams. Most of the time, people don’t achieve their goals because they did not set a clear action plan. They fall prey to the ambiguity and distractions that they end up settling for the small goals instead. This doesn’t have to be the case. With Dominic Wolff’s new book, Get Things Done with Trello: Your Quick Access to Productivity and Success includes a Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up and Implement Trello, you can enhance your productivity with the help of two tools: GTD and TRELLO. He fuses these two and comes up with a reliable system that will help you manage your tasks better and organize your projects easily. There’s not a goal that’s too small or too big that the TRELLO GTD system can’t handle. Making lists won’t be the only thing you will learn from this book. Wolff, author and entrepreneur, also discusses topics like: · Principles of the Getting Things Done · TRELLO 101 with bonus advanced tips and tricks · How to set up the TRELLO GTD system in 30 minutes · Managing tasks effectively with TRELLO GTD · Increasing work productivity with TRELLO GTD · Implementing TRELLO GTD at school, work, business, household and writing Once you have mastered using TRELLO GTD, you will learn that this system can be used in almost any aspect of your life. Never again will a dream seem too impossible to reach, thanks to the TRELLO GTD system.
Download or read book Siri Shortcuts An Easy Guide to Learning the Basics written by Mark Dascano and published by First Rank Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siri is the popular assistant that is built into the core of the Apple Inc’s latest devices. You will find it on all their devices that run their various operating systems such as iOS, watchOS, HomePod, tvOS and macOS. The assistant functions by reacting to voice queries and have a natural language interface that is used to answer questions. The system also provides recommendations and perform actions as requested and is supported by an internet connection. Siri is also programmed to adapt as necessary to the individual language usage, preferences and will get better over time. This eBook will explore the Siri assistant and give readers the information about the complete system and what is can do.
Download or read book A Brief Guide to Slack written by Scott La Counte and published by Ridiculously Simple Books. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethink communications It didn’t seem so long ago that instant messaging and texting in the workplace was not only frowned upon but outright banned. Times have changed. Chatting online is now not only part of workplace culture, but the preferred way teams communicate. When it comes to this type of communication, there is one service that rules them all: Slack. Slack lets you communicate with your company and teams within the company in a way that is private, secure, and fun! This book will teach you what you need to know to use the popular service. This book is not endorsed by Slack Technologies, Inc. and should be considered unofficial.
Download or read book User Story Mapping written by Jeff Patton and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better conversations about the project throughout the development process. Your team will learn to come away with a shared understanding of what you’re attempting to build and why. Get a high-level view of story mapping, with an exercise to learn key concepts quickly Understand how stories really work, and how they come to life in Agile and Lean projects Dive into a story’s lifecycle, starting with opportunities and moving deeper into discovery Prepare your stories, pay attention while they’re built, and learn from those you convert to working software
Download or read book Personal Kanban written by Jim Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Productivity books focus on doing more. Jim and Tonianne want you to focus on doing better ... Personal Kanban takes the same Lean principles from manufacturing that led the Japanese auto industry to become a global leader in quality, and applies them to individual and team work. Personal Kanban asks only that we visualize our work, and limit our work-in-progress."--Back cover.
Download or read book Continuous Delivery and DevOps A Quickstart Guide written by Paul Swartout and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and engaging guide to help map out, plan and navigate through the journey to successful CD and DevOps adoption. Key FeaturesIdentify and overcome the issues that stifle the delivery of quality softwareLearn how Continuous Delivery and DevOps work together with other agile toolsReal-world examples, tricks and tips that will help the successful adoption of CD & DevOpsBook Description Over the past few years, Continuous Delivery (CD) and DevOps have been in the spotlight in tech media, at conferences, and in boardrooms alike. Many articles and books have been written covering the technical aspects of CD and DevOps, yet the vast majority of the industry doesn’t fully understand what they actually are and how, if adopted correctly they can help organizations drastically change the way they deliver value. This book will help you figure out how CD and DevOps can help you to optimize, streamline, and improve the way you work to consistently deliver quality software. In this edition, you’ll be introduced to modern tools, techniques, and examples to help you understand what the adoption of CD and DevOps entails. It provides clear and concise insights in to what CD and DevOps are all about, how to go about both preparing for and adopting them, and what quantifiable value they bring. You will be guided through the various stages of adoption, the impact they will have on your business and those working within it, how to overcome common problems, and what to do once CD and DevOps have become truly embedded. Included within this book are some real-world examples, tricks, and tips that will help ease the adoption process and allow you to fully utilize the power of CD and DevOps What you will learnExplore Continuous Delivery and DevOps in depthDiscover how CD and DevOps fits in with recent trends such as DataOps, SecOps, pipelines and CIUnderstand the root causes of the pain points within your existing product delivery processUnderstand the human elements of CD and DevOps and how intrinsic they are to your successAvoid common traps, pitfalls and hurdles as you implement CD and DevOpsMonitor and communicate the relative success of DevOps and CD adoptionExtend and reuse CD and DevOps approachesWho this book is for Whether you are a software developer, a system administrator, an agile coach, a product manager, a project manager, a CTO, a VP, a CEO or anyone else involved in software delivery, you will have a common problem which is delivering quality software. This book has been written for anyone and everyone who wants to understand how to regularly deliver quality software to their customers without said pain.
Download or read book Safety Culture written by James Roughton and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safety Culture, Second Edition, provides safety professionals, corporate safety leaders, members of leadership, and college students an updated book on safety leadership and techniques for the development of a safety culture. The book offers guidance on the development, implementation, and communication of a Safety Management System. The Second Edition includes a discussion on the perception of safety, analyzing the safety culture, developing a communications network, employee involvement, risk perception, curation, and tools to enhance the Safety Management System. Updated materials on the Activity-Based Safety System, Job Hazard Analysis, and Safety Training New sections on safety leadership and its application A new chapter on Developing a Content Creation Strategy supporting the Safety Management System An array of suggested software and social media tools
Download or read book Project Management QuickStart Guide written by Chris Croft and published by ClydeBank Media LLC . This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO LEARNING PROJECT MANAGEMENT – INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE LIBRARY OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS! Project management is how things in the world get done. Whether you’re launching a rocket or planning a birthday party, project management skills are critical for ensuring that everything goes off without a hitch. Now more than ever, organizations are looking for flexible, profitable, and efficient ways to achieve their goals, and effective project management is the answer. Not only is it an in-demand skill in nearly every industry, but it’s also one of the most transferable skills you can acquire. In Project Management QuickStart Guide, author, speaker, trainer, and project management expert Chris Croft draws on his 30+ years of experience to deliver a comprehensive guide for would-be project managers, experienced project planners, and everyone in between. As one of the UK’s leading business, project management, and leadership trainers Chris knows how break down the sometimes-complex world of project management into actionable and easy-to-digest concepts. Insights from his dozens of courses that have reached over ten million students across the globe can be found within Project Management QuickStart Guide. It doesn’t matter if you are a reluctant project manager hesitant to step into the role, a manager with a new set of responsibilities, or a business owner looking to grow your business—you can learn and implement world-class project management skills to achieve your goals! Project Management QuickStart Guide is Perfect for: - Entrepreneurs, managers, or business owners who want a systematized way to achieve their business goals on time and under budget - New or experienced project managers who want to hone their craft with expert guidance - Jobseekers looking to supercharge their resumes and increase their value in the labor marketplace - Students preparing for a career in the business world - Anyone who wants to break down complex projects into manageable tasks, better manage resources, and maximize their time management skills! Project Management QuickStart Guide Explains: - How to use modern project management principles to tackle any project, no matter its level of complexity - How savvy project managers set themselves up for success from the very beginning to stay organized and stay on track - How to use deceptively simple project management tools and methods to lead your team and crush your goals - all while keeping spending in check - How to use careful planning and project management best practices to spot and minimize risks while avoiding the common pitfalls that sink projects You Will Learn: - Planning From the Very Beginning – Start, plan, and execute projects of varying complexity - How Projects Work – How to keep projects on track to deliver on time and under budget - Using Project Management Tools – How to use tools like Gantt charts (without special software) - How to Minimize Project Risks – How to spot and eliminate risks or change course as needed - Project Management Fundamentals – Managing resources, leading a team, mistakes to avoid, and more *LIFETIME ACCESS TO FREE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIGITAL ASSETS!* Project Management QuickStart Guide comes with free lifetime access to a comprehensive library of tools and templates to help you on your project management path.
Download or read book Agile Project Management with Scrum written by Ken Schwaber and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2004-02-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rules and practices for Scrum—a simple process for managing complex projects—are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum’s simplicity itself—its lack of prescription—can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons—the successes and failures—culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you’ll understand how to use Scrum to solve complex problems and drive better results—delivering more valuable software faster. Gain the foundation in Scrum theory—and practice—you need to: Rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects Effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements Simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams Receive clearer specifications—and feedback—from customers Greatly reduce project planning time and required tools Build—and release—products in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier Avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects Support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations Maximize return on investment!
Download or read book Agile Marketing The Incomplete Guide written by Gez Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agile Marketing: The Incomplete Guide looks at how the rise of the Internet and digital technologies has made the worlds of marketing, PR and communications so much more complex, fast-paced and uncertain that the old ways of delivering campaigns are no longer as effective. Instead, we need to consider the approaches used for many years by software developers to deal with complex, fast-paced and uncertain environments, by adopting an agile mindset and used agile methodologies such as scrum. Covering agile from different perspectives in the fields of strategy, leadership and organisational change, as well as offering concrete changes and processes you could adopt right now in order to become more agile, this book is for anyone who feels that the old ways of delivering marketing, PR or communications activity are no longer keeping up with digital and the Internet, and who is open to considering a whole new way of approaching their professional work.
Download or read book The Librarian s Guide to Academic Research in the Cloud written by Steven Ovadia and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cloud can be a powerful tool for conducting and managing research. The Librarian’s Guide to Academic Research in the Cloud is a practical guide to using cloud services from a librarian’s point of view. As well as discussing how to use various cloud-based services, the title considers the various privacy and data portability issues associated with web-based services. This book helps readers make the most of cloud computing, including how to fold mobile devices into the cloud-based research management equation. The book is divided into several chapters, each considering a key aspect of academic research in the cloud, including: defining the cloud; capturing information; capturing and managing scholarly information; storing files; staying organized, communicating; and sharing. The book ends by considering the future of the cloud, examining what readers can expect from cloud services in the next few years, and how research might be changed as a result. Covers a wide range of services, discussing their strengths and weaknesses and showing readers how to use them more effectively Offers a research perspective for readers who don’t know how to connect cloud services with academic research Contextualises cloud-based services, explaining not just what they do and how they work, but how they can best be used
Download or read book JIRA Strategy Admin Workbook written by Rachel Wright and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your application from a foggy, contaminated, and overgrown swamp to an organized, tidy, and trimmed garden.Key Features* Establish and streamline vital processes with more than a hundred recommendations* Apply best practices and guidelines for each administrative area* Use real-world examples to learn how to avoid common pitfallsBook DescriptionThe application development process can easily get out of hand if you do not track and control it at all times. You need a robust project management tool that tracks the issues and bugs in your project and ensures its smooth completion.The JIRA Strategy Admin Workbook begins by discussing how to set up a new application and audit and improve its functionality. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to upgrade and maintain an application once it is properly set up. You'll learn to create workflows that can track how your application functions, and improve it by analyzing the behavior of the workflow. You'll also learn how to use addons, plugins, and other tools that extend your application.By the end of the book, you'll gain insight into your application and discover alternative strategies to perform your administrative tasks better.What you will learn* Master all the processes for a well-planned implementation* Discover simple ways to streamline administration* Explore how to audit and clean up the application* Discover ways to maintain and extend JIRA* Learn how to create repeatable procedures* Discover ways to stay out of the 'JIRA swamp'Who This Book Is ForThis book is ideal for administrators, project managers, analysts, and organizations that want to get started with JIRA. If you have been using JIRA for a while, this book will show you simple ways to streamline your application and make daily work more manageable. To get the most out of this book, you should have an end user's understanding of JIRA functions.
Download or read book Engineering Your Future An Australasian Guide 4th Edition written by David Dowling and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dowling’s Engineering Your Future: An Australasian Guide, Fourth Edition is used for first year, core subjects across all Engineering disciplines. Building on the previous editions, this text has been updated with new references, while still maintaining a strong and practical emphasis on skills that are essential for problem solving and design. Numerous topical and locally focused examples of projects across engineering disciplines help demonstrate the role and responsibilities of a professional engineer. Themes of sustainability, ethical practice and effective communication are a constant throughout the text. This full-coloured print with interactive e-text resource has a variety of digital media embedded at the point of learning such as videos and knowledge-check questions to engage students and to help consolidate their learning.
Download or read book Reclaiming Conversation written by Sherry Turkle and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging look at how technology is undermining our creativity and relationships and how face-to-face conversation can help us get it back.
