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Managing a remote team? We've got the right project management techniques for you

Transformify

GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics calculates that this saving for each half-time remote employee could reach $11,000 per year. It demands a level of employee management and project management skills beyond regular. Collaboration features, designing tools, and customizable templates in these tools allow you to do project planning right.

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Case Study: Lean UX at work

Startup Lessons Learned

Jeff will also be joining us on stage at Startup Lessons Learned 2011 , where he will be presenting a case study on his experience blending design, Lean Startup, and large company culture. Can an established organization with a recognized brand, proven revenue stream and an employee count in the hundreds or thousands embrace these principles?

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Agile Marketing: How to Implement Scrum for Digital Marketing

ConversionXL

It stands in opposition to “waterfall” production methods that treat analysis, design, coding, and testing as discrete phases – where in agile they are treated as continuous. Before we dive into the marketing applications, however, let’s briefly cover what scrum is and how it came to be. Simple to understand.

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The Best Free Apps and Online Tools for Entrepreneurs and Obsessive Collectors

Up and Running

It’s simple, colorful, adaptive and therefore—in today’s flat design, utility driven world—sexy! The only things you’ll ever need to pay for are the tools that allow you to pay your employees directly, and the ability to accept credit cards online. Branding and design tools for the DIYer. hiveage.com. canva.com.

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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. If you look at the origins of most agile systems, including Scrum and XP , they come out of experiences in big companies. In the case of C3, that was to run payroll for 87,000 employees, who were presumably receiving payroll before the project began. Thats pretty clear.

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Developing Strong Product Owners

SVPG

I have always called this a development plan, but for some companies that term is used for when you have a problem employee that must improve. While this tool is also useful for that case, I mean for this tool to be used in the very positive sense of helping to develop strong product owners on an ongoing basis, with every employee.

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Values Build Startup Culture: A Founder’s Take on Getting Started

View from Seed

We started the process of building our company culture early, before we hired any employees, by writing down our desired values. We make this easier for our employees by providing a $3,000 Personal Development Budget. Remote Work Policy: Our employees work remote when it makes sense for them, personally and professionally.

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