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Demand Management: Process, Importance and Tools

ProjectManager.com

Next, we’ll outline the demand management process to learn how to implement this planning methodology and how software can facilitate that process. Managing production is key to demand management and project management software is essential to that process. This leads to a reduction in costs due to overproduction or stockouts.

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Struggling to implement PM software? You’re not alone

Rebel’s Guide to PM

GetApp’s survey of over 1,000 managers, decision-makers and SME owners has revealed that despite the proven benefits project management software brings to businesses, more than half of employees opposed their managers’ suggestion to implement PM software. I wonder how many of them were project managers!

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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

Scrum.org

Why is code quality so often an issue? Why do software teams?—?despite So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. Technical Debt and Code Smells.

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The Agile Metrics Survey 2021

Scrum.org

TL; DR: The Agile Metrics Survey 2021. Therefore, we ran an extensive survey throughout 2020 and 2021 with more than 1,000 participants from all walks of agility: the Agile Metrics Survey 2021. The Intention Behind the Agile Metric Survey 2021. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ??

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8 Employee surveys to improve organization culture & productivity

Proofhub

Employee surveys One of the most important things an employer can do is to understand, foster, and encourage their employees. The most effective way to do this is to conduct purposeful employee surveys. The information garnered from an employee survey can prove invaluable to the diligent and forward-thinking company.

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How to Prevent Response Bias when Conducting Surveys

ProjectManager.com

But that’s the problem with surveying people: they’re imperfect and don’t always answer honestly. Is there a way to address this inherent bias when surveying individuals so that the data collected is uncontaminated by prejudice? The human prejudice that can compromise data during a survey is called response bias or survey bias.

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The 5-Step Expert Guide To Choosing Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“It’s important to get buy-in from the people who will be using the tool,” says Maxime, who has 6 years of experience in project management and 10 years in the service and software industry. By far the quickest and easiest way is with a survey,” says Andrea. Step 4: Consider Software Integration. Making The Decision.