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Questions tagged [tools]

This tag is for questions about the USAGE or IMPLEMENTATION of materials or practices used by project managers to support their work-flow. As a superset tag, the "tools" tag should not be used when there's another, more-specific tag available. This tag should not be used for software recommendations, which are off-topic on this site per the Help Center guidelines.

Tools is a Superset

The tag is a superset. If another tag is more appropriate or more narrowly-targeted, please consider using that tag instead.

Good tagging examples with

Here are some good examples that show the appropriate use of . Note the focus on how to use or implement the in support of the project management workflow.

  • "Should QA have a column on the kanban?"
  • "I am using Some Proprietary Tool™, and currently calculate man-hours manually. How can I include man-hours automatically in the burn-down report?"
  • "On my project, all tasks need to be estimated in Roman numerals. How can I enforce this requirement?"

Bad tagging examples

Technical support questions, lists of , or requests about selection are all off-topic. Also, please don't use the tag for questions like these:

  • "Help! Some Proprietary Tool™ gives me an internal server error. What do I do?"
  • "I want to ensmallen therbligs on my project. What tools are available for that?"
  • "I have an iPhone. Is there an app for..."
  • "What do other people use for..."

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What are the current tools available for PM?

What are the current up to date project management tools to use? I have been using dotProject which I know is outdated, what ones are out there and the best for small to medium projects? To be more specific: A tool for tracking things like time,…
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Should test phones be taken home or kept in the office?

My team consist of 6 backend developers, with 4 different test phones and tablets.They need to use test phones to cross check front end developers work, and debug their API. Testing in mobile is about 10% of their workload. Should I let them take…
vences
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Good project management cheat sheet

I see various ones on the web (such at this one), but not being a project manager, I can't really tell which ones are good. I'm looking for a checklist of things to do and important terms; specifically for someone who is new at project management.
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Can I resolve an issue's sub-task using a FishEye smart commit?

Context I have a feature request represented as a JIRA issue with the handle PRJ-11. My issue has a sub-task with the handle PRJ-23. JIRA has the latest FishEye and FishEye Plugin installed and smart commits are enabled. Question If I was to make an…
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Where to write ATs/UATs in JIRA?

In JIRA, if I create a high level user story, where do I put the AT(s)? If I put the ATs into the user story, say as text "AT: must do blah blah", then the user story gets split into sub tasks for the developers to work on, do the ATs need to be…
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Alternative to e-mail collection of data

Situation I am currently working in a company that is not technically advanced and my skills in project management are very limited. Problem For weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting there are a number of KPIs that I can retrieve from data lake.…
Iva
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Project & BAU Pipeline/Portfolio tools

We have a team with around 4 to 5 concurrent major projects, 10 minor projects and about the same number of BAU projects. Are there any tools that you use to manage and visualise your departments work and pipeline in similar situations? I'm looking…
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What should be the primary considerations when logging lessons learned for a Project?

I am looking to create an effective lessons learned log or template to capture feedback from successful and non-successful projects. What is the industry-standard for capturing project lessons? I am agnostic on the tool or file format and looking…
Antony Stansbie
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How do I discover the features of a product that are most valued by customers?

What tools or frameworks exist to identify which features of a product would add the most value to a customer?
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What are common tools used in an agile environment?

I've been promoted to PM in an agile environment and I would like to know what are the current typical s/w,tools PMs use to do the following: Reporting risks, impediments, sprint and release progress to POs/management Defining project tasks and…
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