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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

ProjectManager.com

It was created in 2011 by Fog Creek Software. The software immediately gained attention when in the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine it was one of “The 7 Coolest Startups You Haven’t Heard of Yet.” The name Trello comes from the word trellis, a type of framework used to support plants. Trellis was the codename for the project.

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Brief comparison between MSP 5th edition and MSP 2011 edition

Henny Portman

Organization MSP 5 th edition MSP 2011 edition Sponsoring group Sponsoring group Programme board Programme board Programme office Programme office Senior responsible owner (SRO) Senior responsible owner (SRO) Programme Manager Programme Manager Business Change Manager (BCM) Business Change Manager (BCM). Two themes are more or less new.

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All hands abandon plans!

Kiron Bondale

Naohiro Masuda’s management of the crisis at the Fukashima Daini nuclear plant in March 2011 provides a good example of how leaders might behave when planning under pressure. Planning is essential, the value of plans is ephemeral, so let’s treat them that way!

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Ladder and Hot Air Balloon Scheduling

Rebel’s Guide to PM

According to Teresa Amabile and Stephen Kramer in their book, The Progress Principle (2011) , there are three things that shape the positive feelings you have about work time: making meaningful progress, events that directly help project work moments of positive interpersonal activity.

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Book review: Critical Chain

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Goldratt, who died in 2011 , has created a world where the characters are well-rounded. Business novels and stories that I have read in the past, like John Kotter’s Our Iceberg is Melting , have been contrived. Authors tend to pick a story and shoehorn in the business lessons. But Critical Chain is different.

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7 project management tools any business can afford

Moira Alexander

Trello (acquired by Atlassian in 2017) has been around since 2011 and offers a web-based PM solution that works for companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. It’s important to note that many of these per-month-per-user pricing models are based on companies making one annual payment.

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The Must-Read Reading List for Project Communication and Collaboration

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Shearouse: Amacom, 2011. Chris Baréz-Brown: Penguin, 2011. It also makes the point that networking is what your manager expects you to be doing – it’s no longer a nice-to-have element that sets you out from the crowd, it’s your job. Conflict 101. ISBN: 9780814417126. This book reminds us that conflict on teams is inevitable.

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