Project management is a challenge — there are countless moving parts, and it is easy to get off track if you don’t have the goals and parameters of your project clearly defined.

Developed by Jim Kalbach, a UX strategist, in 2012, the Project Canvas was created to give everyone working on a project a view of not only the goals and individual elements of the project, but the relationships between them at-a-glance, so that the entire team can stay aligned in their work.

Is there anything worse than sitting through an endless meeting that could have been an email? For most employees, one of the most dreaded parts of their job is getting stuck in endless unproductive meetings.

That’s not to say that traditional in-person meetings can’t be valuable and are needed from time to time, because they are. However, research shows that employees spend a whopping 31 hours in unproductive meetings each month.

The last year forced companies to take a hard look at their internal processes, and shift everything from management styles to business practices to marketing strategies.

One trend that seems to have emerged from this shift is an increase in collaborative leadership. By definition, collaborative leadership is a managerial strategy that brings a group of leaders together to share information, work simultaneously, and take responsibility for the team as a whole.

The 8 Steps to Problem Solving Method was developed by Toyota Motor Corporation as a practical, structured, and simple way to handle any problem from the smallest issue to the most complex roadblock.

A blank page can be daunting, and so can a blank template.

We understand that getting started is sometimes the most challenging part of a meeting, brainstorm, or online collaboration, so to help you work better together, we have added a new feature — the ability to add sample content to your template!

Effectively managing the progress of a project can be a challenge at the best of times, but with most of us working fully remote, or a hybrid of remote and in-office, this process is becoming even more of a challenge to track.

Today's post is written by Dr. Ben Ellway, the founder of www.academic-toolkit.com. Ben completed his Ph.D. at The University of Cambridge and created the Research Design Canvas, a multipurpose tool for learning about academic research and designing a research project.

The year 2020 has moved companies to an online workforce at an unprecedented rate. Instead of in-person meetings, water cooler talk, and office discussions, businesses have shifted to video chats, instant messaging, and emails to communicate. We've hit a new era of conducting business.

Our built-in Google Drive Integration makes exchanging ideas and moving between multiple projects seamless!

With this new integration, you will be able to connect your Google Drive account to Stormboard and then add files, collaborate on them, create new files, and run sophisticated reports in Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

If you’re part of an Agile team, you may be using Scrum, which involves highly organized teams that follow an iteration work process. Part of your process likely combines Scrum with the Lean Development approach (which is another Agile method), or you might be looking to transition from Scrum to Lean.

Brainstorming is one of the most effective ways a team can come up with solutions to problems and build on new business ideas. By implementing effective brainstorming techniques, companies can see more substantial growth and utilize their team to leverage their business to new heights.

With the Stormboard two-way Rally integration for Enterprise Teams, you can connect to your Rally instance, query projects for work items, and update work item data without leaving Stormboard.

The Feature Specification Template will help to guide you in creating a product people love. Ensuring that you have well thought out feature specifications will allow you to identify and overcome any objections users may have when deciding whether or not to purchase your product.

With the rapid development of business process improvement and business methodologies — from Agile all the way Six Sigma — within the last few decades, it may come as a surprise that one of the most tried and true protocols would originate from a work of fiction by M. Goldratt.

Data mining is the process of converting a large amount of overwhelming, unusable data into smaller chunks of readable data.

The Research Design Canvas Template simplifies academic research into nine fundamental building blocks, each with targeted questions to guide you.

Mind mapping is a visual way to generate ideas, collect knowledge, and organize your content in order to get better clarity on a concept or problem.

To kick-off the New Year, we have added a new integration to the mix — Dropbox! This integration allows you to add any files or images that you store in Dropbox into any Storm.

Leaving your sales protocol to chance is one of the most detrimental mistakes you can make as a business owner. Yet, many business owners don’t know where to turn when mapping out their sales strategy. This is where the PUCCKA Sales Methodology comes into play.

This year has caused a huge and unprecedented shift in the landscape for businesses and business leaders. With most employees working remotely for the majority of the year, digital skills became imperative for companies to survive in a struggling economy.