Orangescrum is Now Available on AWS Marketplace

 

Hello Orangescrummers we’re pleased to announce Orangescrum community edition is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace bringing the open source project management solution to global AWS customers. 

AWS enables scalable, flexible, and cost-effective cloud based infrastructure for global enterprises.

Community users can now find Orangescrum on AWS marketplaceto easily install and quickly access Orangescrum for their project management needs. 

Freedom from installation hassles and quick access to collaboration and productivity.

Quickly Launch the Orangescrum Community Edition for effective project & task management.

You can have the community edition up and running within minutes which makes it easier for you to try it out with your team members and offer them a smoother onboarding experience.

Orangescrum helps teams of all sizes to

• Collaborate effectively from a single platform
• Robust task management with custom task types
• Unlimited projects, users and tasks
• Project breakdown into milestones and tasks
• Quick access to all project related files and documentation
• Monitor project & task progress in real time
• Absolute transparency with resource allocation and task assignment

You can follow the below steps to launch Orangescrum on AWS. 

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Project Management Issues and Their Solution

Identifying project management issues is one thing, and solving them successfully is another.

Before we even get to the issues, it is important to have the right checks and balances in place for proper identification, categorization, and prioritization of the issues.

Running a project needs significant dexterity in managing and controlling its various moving parts.

The project goal, scope, stakeholder expectations, customers, communication, the project team, resources, budget, deadlines all need to be managed simultaneously and should work together.

It’s obvious that no project manager would like to spend time struggling with issues and rather get them solved on priority.

“No matter how good the team or how efficient the methodology, if we're not solving the right problem, the project fails”

-Woody Williams
  

Conflicts and issues are second nature to projects. Something or the other needs fixing all the time. Hence having a granular view of all project activities is crucial to its success.

The more you prepare yourself for project management in advance, the easier it’ll be for you to overcome them and put your project back on track.

Let’s have a look at 2 of the most common project management issues and the ways to tackle them effortlessly.

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What Happens When the Project Goal Isn’t Clear

Every project manager must think beyond the proposed requirements, budget and timeliness to ensure they are performing high-visibility projects efficiently to achieve strategic goals.

What happens if the goal isn’t clear?

As a project manager you are accountable for the failure and success of the projects. No pressure, right?

Let's face it. Being a project manager is no easy gig. With different deadlines, personalities, work approaches, communication styles, and priorities, keeping everything on track and running the entire process smoothly often feels like a battle.

In my previous posts, I’ve shared many strategies on successful project management.

Can you tell me, what’s the most common thing in all those posts?

A clear project goal. Yes, every successful project carries a clear goal and efficient execution.

Hence, in your case…

Is the goal clear?

A well defined goal helps complete a project successfully. What if the goal is not clear? Or it's clear, but you're not sure whether it's right for you or not?

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3 Common Solutions for Remote Team Management Problems

Companies globally have vigorously adopted Remote Teams as a strategy to reduce costs, access a larger talent pool and be as close to their customers as possible.

Remote Teams do offer a lot of strategic benefits to stay competitive and profitable in a highly tech-world where quick response and faster resolution times are the norms of the day.

Customers want it no less. They want to have high accessibility and availability of your support teams.

And hiring remote workers does help meet customer demands to a great extent and also helps make your business equally local.

But when your remote teams grow big over time and spread across geographies, ensuring quality & timely output becomes a huge challenge.

And keeping the troops motivated, engaged and focused on the deliverables are other aspects that must be dealt with rigour.

According to a recent study,

●       63 percent of companies now have remote workers, yet 57 percent of companies have no remote work policies.

●       6 times more hiring managers believe agile team structures will become the norm.

(Source: inc.com)

●       70% of People Globally Work Remotely at Least Once a Week

●       Remote Workers Can Save $7,000 a Year and Employers up to $11,000

●       Remote Workers Report 82% Reduced Stress

(Source: tecla.io/blog/2019-remote-it-workers-stats-companies-should-know)

Let's have a quick look at the advantages of working with remote professionals,

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