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Tweetcamp 2011

length of time on twitter

Benjamin Ellis & I spent Saturday at Tweetcamp. For those not in the know, Tweetcamp is an unconference all about Twitter, its uses and its implications. Around two hundred people spent the day talking about a wide range of subjects, from Real Time News to implications for Privacy, from how they personally use twitter to machines [...]

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Graph Burn-Down to Burn-Up the Work

Burn up graph

Burn-down graphs (or charts) are most often associated with the Scrum methodology increasingly favoured by many software developers (you can get to grips with it in this 10 minute video). They help you to visualise how you are progressing through your work backlog. Very simply put, it shows how quickly are you getting things done, and [...]

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Staying on track

You’ve made plans, got people on board and kicked off your project.. but as the focus turns to delivery, how do you keep the momentum going? We’ve found that much of the trick of successful project management is helping people to make clear commitments, which are visible to the entire team, and then doing everything [...]

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July Updates

New Report Page

Today we’ve released some new – and hopefully useful – additions to Milestone Planner. Switching Plans is now easier. You’ll see an ‘Active Plans’ Tab at the top of the page. Clicking on this will pull down a list of all of your active plans which you can then choose from. We’ve added a ‘Review [...]

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Google Calendar with Milestone Planner

Google Calendar

It has been a frequently asked for feature, and now you’ve got it… You can sync Milestone Planner milestones into Google Calendar, using the calendar feeds. This is a Professional Edition feature, but if you’d like to give it a try, just send us a note. There are a few different ways to add a [...]

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