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Agile beyond software development: How to empower non-tech teams

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “Agile?” It’d be no surprise if your mind goes straight to software engineering, given Agile’s origins as a self organized way of working for developers in the early 2000s. But in recent years, its methodologies have become ubiquitous as a highly efficient way for all teams to work, with its frameworks used everywhere from marketing to HR, in military operations, and beyond.

Improved Usability: Wire's Desktop & Web Updates

One thing that we can all agree on is that we should always work on improving ourselves. It’s in this spirit that we proudly bring to you an improved calling User Interface (UI) and a more convenient conversation view for Wire's desktop app (Windows, MacOS) and our app for your web browser. We made it easier to choose audio and visual outputs, view reactions, and conversation views. Less steps, less clicks; better communication! Let’s get into it.

Marketing Your Game and Making Money: Choosing the Right Methods - and Keeping Your Team Working Smoothly Together

Launching a game into a jam-packed market and planning to make a profit requires more than just an original idea and slick gameplay to back it up. So much of success in this sphere boils down to picking the right marketing strategies that resonate with your target audience, as well as monetizing your pride and joy in an appropriate way. There’s also the fact that your team are the gears behind the scenes, and they need to mesh perfectly to drive your project forward properly at all points.

How I do it in Miro: Jumpstart journey mapping with product designer Maureen H.

Previously we launched a new “How I do it in Miro” video series hosted both by regular users and our very own Mironeers. These videos are designed to help you learn — fast — how you can use Miro for your specific job. The first video featured Miro UX researcher Deniz Kartepe, who demonstrated how he uses Miro to run a research project end to end. You can read about it here.

MS Teams unbundled from Office [+3 reasons why it matters]

In April 2024, Microsoft unbundled MS Teams from the rest of the Office package globally. This news comes almost six months after Microsoft unbundled Teams in Europe. Microsoft says that the global unbundling made sense to make pricing easier for global organizations operating in Europe.

What's new in Asana | April 2024

Welcome to the April edition of What’s new in Asana. First, create status updates faster with smart status. Asana Intelligence will start a draft status for you, pulling real-time work data in portfolios and goals and highlighting any risks, questions, and roadblocks. Next, save time by quickly duplicating entire sections of tasks within the same project. Finally, use today’s date in a custom field formula calculation to track the duration of progress or time spent on a task.