Key Practices for Effective Team Communication and Collaboration

 Team communication and collaboration is a crucial aspect of modern workplaces; it being the cornerstone of success, business organizations should implement various practices to encourage transparent communication. 

Whether you are a small startup or an enterprise, the ability to communicate effectively between team members is significant in achieving common business goals. It also facilitates in fostering innovation and maintaining a positive work culture. 

In this blog post we will dive into some of the key practices that productive companies implement to communicate effectively which in-turn enhances their productivity and cohesion. 

1. Establish Clear Objectives and Roles 

Maintaining clear communication begins with a crystal-clear understanding of the business objectives and roles of each team member in the project. 

By determining business objectives and team roles the team can set the right direction for the project to develop. It can be achieved by setting specific, measurable and time-bound SMART goals which will provide a roadmap for the team to follow. 

Each team member in a project should be aware of their roles and responsibilities which will ensure accountability and minimize confusion.

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Important Project Management Trends in 2020

In this digital era, the process of project management is changing day-by-day. Rapid improvements have been made to the current project management process backed by technology.

We are able to minimize project fails and maximize the project success with the help of project management software and methodologies.

Similarly 2020, presents many ongoing and upcoming project management trends we must adopt to optimize our existing project management processes.

Let’s take a look at some of the most common and powerful project management  trends businesses are keen to adopt.

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How to use Project Templates in Orangescrum

Project Templates are productive means to structure and execute specific project types.

The basic idea behind project templates is to have a well-defined view, specific status workflow and corresponding task types etc. to make project execution smooth.

Orangescrum project management tool offers comprehensive project template features.

Based on careful review, customer requests and best practices, you can start with the following 8 project templates.

• Simple
• Kanban
• Scrum
• Content Management
• Task Tracking
• Bug Tracking
• Procurement
• Recruitment

Before we move on to the specifics, I would like to give you a quick rundown of project template benefits.

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Orangescrum Product Update All New Kanban is here

Over the past few weeks, we’re observing how our users using the tool. Based on customer feedback& our observations, we have released a more simplified Kanban. 

With Kanban, you can view all your tasks across all statuses/stages in a single view.

Then what’s new in this Kanban? 

• Color based status column to quick recognize task statuses
• Add a quick task to New status
• View all the tasks of any task statuses on a single view without scrolling the page
• Add a new Kanban column/new custom task status directly from the Kanban page
• Mark a task to your favorite tasks
• Know subtask or task dependencies from the Kanban 

Similarly, we redesigned the Sprint board and Task Group Kanban view as well.

Along with this update, we’ve change the design of “Create New Task”.  We hope you like it!

 

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Task Management - The Key to Productive Teams

The most successful people aren't superheroes. They have the same 24 hours in their day like us. But they find significant ways to “do” more in fewer hours. How do they do it?

When I was juggling for the solution, I found task management techniques to stay on top.

Task Management is more than planning, assigning, and tracking.

It is more about having the right people work on the right tasks in a time-boxed manner and bring them to their logical conclusion.

A robust task management process helps individuals and groups to collaborate and share information to achieve their collective goals.

Take the chaos out of teamwork and get more done!

Effective task management requires managing all the aspects of a task which includes time, priority, status, type, dependency, notifications, and so on.

Different Approaches to Task Management:

Here are the 2 task management methods which can improve your workflow and business productivity.

●       Kanban

●       Agile

Is task management quite hectic for you?

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How to Use Kanban Board for Better Project Management

Kanban is getting a lot of buzz these days in project management. One of the most noteworthy sayings for Kanban is: “Stop starting and start finishing.” Sounds profound, but how do you implement that? Here's the answer-

According to the PMI Pulse of the Profession annual report,

●       48% of projects are not finished within the scheduled time

●       Whereas 43% of projects are not completed within the fixed budget and

●       31% of projects do not meet the business intent and original goals

(Source- kanbanize.com)

I have gone through some other research and found that “only 31% of all organizations deliver projects that are likely to meet original goals or business objectives. In addition, just 34% of organizations deliver projects that are likely to achieve stakeholder satisfaction”.

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