Thursday 22 December 2022

Advanced Task Planning Is Available For All Users

 


Hello Orangescrummers! Here we come with one of our unique features called Advanced Task Planning/Scheduler.

With Advanced Task Planning features, now Orangescrum users can schedule a task up to the next fifteen days with a better plan by prioritizing their time.

We have been very careful of our customer’s requirements and what would help best for them to simplify their workflow.

Whenever we roll out a new update, it is always to make your work easier or to simplify your process. Now, we have major changes in store for you!

Recently, we launched the Epic View feature for agile/scrum projects to assist users in dividing their more intricate or complicated projects into simpler components.

What Is Advanced Task Planning?

With the multi-day task scheduling capability, one can plan a task spanning over multiple days or weeks that specific days and hours your team will be working.

For any task, the multi-day task hours are set by dividing the total task hours and assigning them on different days with a specific number of hours per day.

A task that requires multiple days to complete by a resource.

The Importance Of Advance Task Planning

Advanced Task Planning avoids having to create duplicate tasks for the same task.

When a single task requires multiple days to complete with specific/variable numbers of hours each/different day without creating a duplicate task.

E.g. If a task requires 20 hours to complete and is to be worked on 4 hours each day for a span of 5 days.


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Wednesday 21 December 2022

How To Choose Best Mobile Game Development Company

 

With the rapid growth in the use of Smartphone, the mobile market is shooting up. Many companies are coming up with new ideas to develop gaming mobile applications in android and iOS. So companies are searching for a well-experienced app development company to convert their ideas into an engaging game app to blast in the market.

I understand, you have awesome ideas to develop mobile games but don’t know how to make them successful.

In this article, I will share the best tips to select the right mobile game app development company and the list of top mobile app development companies.

Before that let’s have a quick look at the below information,

Number of Smartphone users on a global basis –


Gaming market growth by regions –



Here are the tips to choose the right mobile game app development company,

1. Experienced Company with a Dedicated Mobile App Developer

It’s always important to consider the industry experience of a company’s in-game mobile app development. Developing innovative, engaging, and fun games is not a small task for mobile app developers. Technology expertise and creative thinking are much needed for the desired output. One experienced company with dedicated mobile app developers can deliver quality solutions on time. Also, you need to check and consider the market reputation and customer reviews of that company.


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Monday 5 December 2022

What is Differences & Similarities Between JavaScript VS NodeJS


Both JavaScript and NodeJS are the most popular programming languages in the tech world. JavaScript has long been the language of choice for front-end developers because it’s so simple.

However, due to its versatility, NodeJS is starting to become a popular choice for back-end programming. NodeJS offers a completely different experience than traditional JavaScript development.

Let’s take a closer look at the key features and differences between JavaScript VS NodeJS programming languages.

As per the stack overflow reports JavaScript is one of the most commonly used programming languages and NodeJS become the sixth most popular language.

What Is JavaScript?

JavaScript is a simple object-oriented programming language for creating interactive HTML pages. JavaScript is also widely used in the development of games and mobile applications. The program can only be executed in an Internet browser because it is interpreted as scripting. To run the code outside the browser, we can use NodeJS.

What Is NodeJS?

NodeJS is an open-source and cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that allows JavaScript to be run on the server side. It has lots of modules that are mostly used for web development. NodeJS also allows JavaScript code to run outside the browser.

So, what is the difference between these two?

The below Infographic will let you know the differences and benefits.


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Thursday 1 December 2022

Why Organizations Need To Adapt Flexible Project Management

 


For IT teams, 2022 is expected to be a year of transition and difficulties. The IT PMO now has to handle a wide range of initiatives, and as a result, IT Project Management has taken a leap in Remote team management.

We have a great introduction to IT PMOs that explains what an IT PMO is, what an IT PMO can accomplish for your firm, and how Orangescrum can assist?

It serves as a fundamental manual for how IT PMO and IT Project Management Software might support organizational alignment with and achievement of strategic goals.

A crucial component of the jigsaw is IT Project Management. In order to match your business ambitions, it must ultimately prioritize and enable project work that IT teams may carry out.

We aim to move on to the IT PMO over the course of a three-blog series. The following subjects will be covered when we delve a little further into IT initiatives made possible by the PMO:

  1.      The teams' condition of readiness and flexible IT project management in 2022
  2.      Enabling openness in product development and IT operations
  3.        Ideas for launching the execution of an IT project successfully

The challenges: The condition of IT in 2022

The COVID and post-COVID worlds, which IT teams have successfully led with remarkable success, have been discussed and written about extensively. IT teams effectively enabled their whole organization to stabilize and prosper as their workforce migrated remotely, changing from a "black box cost center" to a "business-enabling value center" in what seemed to happen overnight and during 2020–2021.

These same teams have been entrusted with reducing the inefficiencies within their hybrid models as we moved toward more permanent remote, hybrid, and in-office setups. While some businesses have had incredible success, others are having trouble. Due to this, concerns over the efficacy of remote and hybrid teams will likely increase in popularity by 2022.


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Monday 28 November 2022

How to Create a Project Management Plan

 


We have been working to increase project success rates for many years. One of the common reasons for failure has been a lack of project planning. This frequently indicates that the project management team did not involve stakeholders in the project planning and, as a result, was unaware of the project's scope. The budget and timetable will be unreasonable if you don't comprehend the project's breadth. There is a lot of proof that planning is essential to project management success.

According to the statistics, 12% of all resources are wasted due to bad project planning. Only 25% of organizations are using a project management software. 77% of high-performing teams use project management software.

How to Create a Realistic and Perfect Project Plan

1. Gather specifications from important stakeholders.

Collecting requirements is crucial once you've developed a project charter and determined the major project stakeholders. The gathering of needs from stakeholders is the first step in the planning process. Once you have this knowledge, you may define the project's scope and figure out exactly what you must give your stakeholders.

At this point in the project planning phase, effective communication skills are essential. Without efficient communication, it is easy to overlook crucial information that might be harmful to the project's success as a whole. A project plan guides every step toward completion.


2. Specify the project's scope.

Consider these questions: "What does the team need to deliver?" and "What issues are the stakeholders seeking to resolve?" Then, create a project template or a project scope statement in collaboration with your stakeholders to create a detailed description of the project and the product deliveries. You need to be well aware of the project's limitations and the project plan help you keep these in check.

For instance, if you are creating a software program for a client, you need to know what will be and won't be included. Who will make use of the app? What does it hope to accomplish? What essential features and capabilities must it have?


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Thursday 24 November 2022

How 3E Approach Help to Manage Remote Workforce

 

From the early pre-industrial era to the modern information age, the evolution of work has experienced several changes. The globe was greatly impacted by the outbreak. According to the Owl Labs State of Remote Working Report 2020, 77% of respondents concur that being able to work from home after COVID-19 would make them happy.

We are most definitely not going back in the time given the degree of freedom and liberty with the new normal. The necessity of hybrid remote team management and onsite working styles has also been mentioned by several other international leaders. But are businesses and the sizable, multigenerational workforce prepared for this paradigm shift?

We believe Remote to be the new Normal

Working remotely does involve a lot of rethinking and adjusting. A substantial change in business culture requires a well-organized methodology and strong executive backing. Investments in infrastructure, technology, and tools may help enterprises profit from remote working while also empowering people.

We introduce the 3E approach of Embrace-Enable-Empower through this Point of View post to assist businesses and individuals in mastering the art of work from anywhere. According to our predictions, the workplace of the future will be a hybrid one that allows for remote team management. This transformation in the workplace and working methods is not merely a passing trend; it represents a revolution in the modern day.

Embrace

Every transition usher in a fresh start. Embrace it from a new angle is the first step. The capacity of each of us to unwire and rewire the brain is significant. Being in a condition of resistance and frustration saps energy and is unhelpful. Therefore, to master the remote workforce in a frictionless mechanism and maintain this work style, we must continually concentrate on 3 pillars, both consciously and subconsciously.

Physical, mental, and emotional well-being

The importance of mental health was highlighted by nationwide lockdown scenarios brought on by the epidemic, particularly given the growth in feelings of loneliness and isolation among those who work from home. When designing the home office, ergonomics must be a top priority. This includes a sitting position, light intensity, an adjustable workstation, and comfy headphones. Filling timesheets isn't fully about finishing tasks but to collaborate with the team efficiently.

Goals, Collaboration, and Learning

Making significant progress can be challenging without access to nearby peer colleagues, water cooler talks, or coffee breaks with coworkers, especially when the objective of the job is unclear. Leaders have to convey the mission, vision, and objectives in a way that is independent of place. Project management is not just about completing the task.

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Monday 21 November 2022

Epic View Feature Released for Agile Projects

 

Hey Orangescrummers! It’s my pleasure to share the latest feature updates in Orangescrum project management software. We have released the feature "Epics “is a collection of Stories that represent larger initiatives. We’re pleased to hear that it’s something you’ve been requesting and finally we have released the features to make your project management work smooth and simple.

The overall idea behind releasing this feature is to create an Epic in a separate page with minimum fields to be stored in the same table as tasks are stored. We will restrict certain functionality with epic type tasks.

The epic feature is available for only scrum type projects where the user needs the user access control to create/Edit/View an Epic.

Before deep diving into the feature, let me clarify the basics of Epic.

Epics bridge the gap between strategic initiatives and individual features.  Use EPIC to break work down incrementally — define a bigger project, separate it into key epics, then build out features and requirements in more detail. It’s also more convenient to discuss the product at a high level, for example, with stakeholders with no technical background, by looking at it as a set of epics.

What is an Epic?

An epic is one big piece of feature, bigger project, initiative, or just an issue that collects the work of mutual areas.

Otherwise is a collection of Stories that represent larger initiatives. Just like Stories, Epics move through a workflow and can be completed.

One can link all other issues to the epic to keep track of every task that’s related to a project.

In most cases, one can try to cover high-level goals (not detailed solutions) to reflect the (business) value.


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Sunday 13 November 2022

Importance Of Risk Management In Project

 


The importance of project risk management shouldn’t be taken lightly. More than 50% of organizational projects fail due to ignored or poor risk management procedures, while over 85% delay because project risks were not prioritized. Therefore, project managers should explore the various types of risks and their impact on project success.

Businesses, regardless of the niche, face risks that can affect their financial security and lead to bankruptcy and business closure. However, properproject risk management ensures that business risks and challenges are contained. Identifying project risks and mitigation measures early increases the chances of project success.

What is Risk Management?

Risk management is a business practice that helps project managers identify, evaluate, monitor, and improve risk mitigation processes. Businesses of all sizes should embrace risk management efforts. Unfortunately, small businesses informalize risk management, while large enterprises codify.

Managing business risks is important for the business’s stability while it grows. Running your business blindly without proper risk identification can lead to significant losses. For instance, small businesses that operate without knowledge of competitive risks can lose their market share. Ignoring safety risks can lead to workplace accidents and lawsuits while ignoring financial risks leads to financial losses.

That said, businesses should have dedicated project risk management resources. Most established enterprises have an entire department, while small businesses may have a small team headed by a risk manager. Generally, both teams focus on identifying business risks, assessing their extent, and preparing a mitigation strategy to avoid consequences.

Why Do Project Managers Need to Incorporate Risk Management?

Project managers should incorporate risk management for the following reasons:

  1. Helps in Project Evaluation

The most obvious benefit of risk management is the role it plays in comprehensive project evaluation. Project managers thoroughly evaluate all the steps of the project, enabling them and the whole team to gather detailed information about the project, potential problems, and how risks can be solved before it begins. Project managers and relevant teams can then proceed freely with the project with guaranteed success.

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Friday 11 November 2022

Service Oriented Architecture in NodeJS


Serviceoriented architecture is a way to Building a backend applications by consisting multiple independent services. A service can be any business logic that completes an action and provides a specified result to the end point user.

Each service in SOA is a complete business function in itself.

For an Example

Let’s discuss about a grocery store.

The owner add the product details in the inventory. Then owner search to find data about a unique product. And the backend application database query should be inside the service section by leveraging data access layer. Then it securely fetch data and give the response to the owner.

Layers in Service oriented Architecture

  1. Router layer
  2. Service layer
  3. Data access layer

How SOA Works

        Here first when API call, in node app first it face router section where all the authentication and validation occur through the middleware function. Then control moves towards controller section which work is collect the incoming data related to APIrequest. Here all the business logic to access data are combined inside a service.

So the controller invokes that service and service leverage data access layer to connect with database and calculation. Then services return the data to the controller. After that controller give the response to the end point user.

        The most important benefit in SOA is as all the services are independent and small chunks so whenever we want to change our programing language it should be very fast and easy in development process.


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Thursday 3 November 2022

How to Create an IoT App: Internet of Things for Your Success

 

IoT(Internet of Things) is a medium of connection and communication that helps to connect one device with another through the internet. Besides smartphones, computers and laptops, we can use IoT in other smart devices.  

Both businesses and individuals are showing their interest in IoT applications to take advantage of the latest technology and the number is growing everyday. As the demand is growing day-by-day, the developers and companies are building applications which are compatible with  various types of devices with IoT systems and servers.

The main objective of IoT technology is to clarify the data, analyze it, and create the technology that will be faster and useful for the user.

Why Develop a Custom Internet of Things application?

The Internet of Things market is huge, the annual growth rate of IoT is more than 30%, and this figure is increasing every time. As a result, big marketing giants such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook and more are investing heavily in IoT technology based applications and solutions.


Wednesday 2 November 2022

The Most Popular Project Management Methodologies

 

Project management methods are approaches that support a team in streamlining operations and achieving success, whether that success comes in the form of decreased time, increased revenue, or higher customer pleasure.

Widely used Project Management Methods

There are two widely used project management methodologies: Waterfall and Agile.

Although both of them are well-liked in the software industry, there are reasons why they can’t be most effective for various projects.

The major distinction is that while Agile encourages simultaneous work on many project phases, Waterfall is a linear style of working that demands the team to finish each phase of the project before moving on to the next.

With the efficient implementation of a project management software, the entire process can be easily handled.

In response to the strict structure of Waterfall, the agile technique was created. It's a far more flexible type of methodology as a result.

Years may pass until a software development project is finished, and during that period, technology may undergo tremendous change.

Agile was created as a flexible approach that accepts absorbing changes of direction even late in the process and considering stakeholders' comments at all times.


Sunday 30 October 2022

Scrum Master Challenges and How to Overcome Them

 

Scrum Masters say that Scrum is lightweight and straightforward in its implementation. It's not easy to become a scrum master, and it will undoubtedly take time and effort. Embracing a DevOps methodology begins with determining where you are in the implementation process.

To start with Scrum, you will be provided with fundamental principles and practices. When you start using it, real-life difficulties may come back and smack you in the face!

Despite the fact that Scrum was designed to address such issues, it remains just a system in which a major amount of the "how’s" are not stated. It's a mode of transportation rather than a destination.

Scrum cannot solve every problem, but it can help bring them to light. The true skill of adopting Scrum stems from learning the fundamentals, experiencing many problems, and conquering them as you go.

One thing is certain: Scrum will not let you down. It is supposed to work for you, but it is up to you to guarantee that it does. After learning the essential Scrum roles, procedures, and artifacts, we should address the most typical implementation challenges that companies and teams confront.

Here are the top challenges of Scrum Masters and their possible solutions:

Inspect the project's availability and suitability

Rather than the Waterfall approach, agile project management is appropriate in a dynamic setting where the requirements of product owners might change during the project lifespan (which includes the vast majority of tasks). The organization should determine whether Agile Scrum is appropriate for the given project and whether it is ready for change. It also necessitates continual customer requirements, so customer capability should be assessed.


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Tuesday 25 October 2022

What Are Project Objectives and Its Role in Successful Project

 


It is difficult to step ahead toward an unknown destination. That's why a project manager needs to list out the project objectives and drive the team towards success. By utilizing Orangescrum – project management software, PMs and team members can efficiently plan and ensure on-time project delivery.

When managing targets for direction and purpose, a visible list of these goals helps in achieving them. The PM should be aware of how to write project objectives for the team. Breaking the major tasks into simple steps makes it uncomplicated to complete what's ahead. This article tells some light on what these objectives are and how they can be managed in attaining the project goal. Let's jump into it.

Project Objectives - Definition.

In simple terms, project objectives are a set of goals that the project should achieve. They will impact the project life cycle, and hence they are vital in creating the project at the outset. The best way to ensure the objectives are specific and well-defined is to use a project management objective for the project flow.

In project management, we have the technique called SMART Project Objective that develops personal and business project plans very effectively. SMART is defined as something Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Let's catch up with a brief on each segment.


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Friday 21 October 2022

 

Product Adoption can be one of the major aspects in any business for a growing customer base or the onboarding program. Understanding when, how, and why (or why not) clients become power users or high-valued customers can boost your ROI, inform future product roadmap decisions, and reduce customer acquisition expenses.

So let’s understand the term in simple terms. Product Adoption refers to the method by which stakeholders adopt and operate/use a product. It makes us understand that:

  •       The product fits the market in the right way
  •       An efficient onboarding process simplifies the process and manages the team’s workload.
  •       To solve bugs and issues as quickly as they are identified.

Product adoption is the ultimate key to customer retention. If a company has a high product adoption rate, it indicates a good market fit and a product that people demand. If a company has low product adoption, it could be due to a variety of factors ranging from poor market fit to a poor onboarding experience to product flaws and more. Better adoption indicators imply higher customer lifetime value and, as a result, higher ROI and growth.


Advantages of a high customer product adoption include:

·      Low customer acquisition expenses

·      Increased product ROI and marketing

·      Better lifetime value

·      Boosted retention rates

Measuring Product Adoption

The success metrics will differ from company to company, based on their mobile app and the target user. It will also rely on your product’s complexity or the breadth of the feature release. Regardless, metrics should focus on accelerating and streamlining the adoption process. There are various Project management tools to track the customers and their actions. Orangescrum is one such tool to make use of while tracking product adoption.


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