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Scoro is, no doubt, one of the most comprehensive work management software available. It’s often praised for the interlinkage of all features and data, intuitive interface, and high customizability, enabling every business to find their ideal workflow. But a product is only as powerful as its users. And we genuinely want our customers to know the best ways of using our product.
Have you ever come across the phrase "it is all in the smaller steps that add up to the bigger things?" Well, the same ideology can be applied to Agile Development. Rather than having a project go on for years, why not break it down into smaller releases, or "sprints"? In a sprint, projects are broken down into chunks of work or iterations, which can be worked on for short, repeatable phases or working cycles Here's how agile development is going to help you improve your business agility.
It doesn’t matter how much time you spend planning a project, creating proposals, or talking to your client—if you don’t get your project cost estimation right, all of your hard work will be for nothing. Project cost estimations help you predict how much you should charge a client for an upcoming project. But if you get it wrong, you’re suddenly tied to a project that doesn’t make your agency a profit and wastes valuable team resources.
IT project management is no joke. Among PM roles, it’s easily one of the most demanding and involves seriously high stakes. Why? Because IT projects are complex and expensive. Switching between software. Migrating servers. Onboarding new users to a platform. These are the sort of projects likely to experience overrun because they involve so many people. Specifically, stakeholders that don’t understand the steps involved.
When a company grows quickly, it’s hard for teams to stay aligned. In today’s remote work environment, people require an increasing number of technologies to do their jobs effectively, but often lack a central place to coordinate work. As a result, the average person spends 60% of their time on work that’s about work—like writing status updates and sitting through alignment meetings—rather than on the strategic work they were hired to do.