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What are the most useful cloud based tools used in agile based project management?

Project managers apply skills, tools, knowledge, and methods to the activities performed on behalf of the project in order to meet its requirements. Only by effectively applying all of this can a project succeed. It starts with a strategy on how best to bring into reality the project manager’s vision, ideas, and goals. The decision on method and tools is critical to the project’s success. The increasing availability and lower cost of digital solutions allow powerful tools and methods to be used in even the smaller projects. There is no longer a need to manage a project exclusively with tools such as sticky notes, paper, and whiteboards. The increasing understanding of collaboration to achieve results and the use of virtual teams demand new tools and methods for managing projects.

Today, if your project result is a software application, the methodology of choice is agile. Agile is a widely adopted method used for many years now. It applies incremental iterations in a flexible and interactive manner with the end customer to deliver over several releases a solution or application that meets customer requirements. Agile development emphasizes collaboration and a non-hierarchical management structure between developers, product managers, and customers.

Until a few years ago small businesses and organizations would not have the budget or inclination to purchase information technology systems and tools for exclusive use in managing projects. The capital costs, investment in training and maintenance costs were factors that prevented their widespread use.

But things began to change when cloud-based solutions and tools for project management lowered the entry costs and training requirements, providing anywhere, anytime access with zero maintenance costs. You don’t have to develop and purchase IT infrastructure. The user interface and procedures are designed to be easy to learn and intuitive for any individual with a basic understanding of personal computers. Those are the prime reasons why more and more businesses and organizations are opting for solutions based in the cloud.

If you are tasked with developing and managing software application projects here are four examples of cloud-based tools for managing projects.

1. Jira

Developed by Atlassian, it was initially created and marketed as an issue tracking tool. Today it goes beyond that and it’s one of the most popular tools for managing agile software development projects and encouraging collaboration between teams and individuals. It can be customized to a particular project or work culture and has over 25,000 customers around the world including some of the largest corporations such as Walmart. It provides functions for managing projects and tracking bugs, issues, and tasks throughout the full agile development life-cycle.

2. Asana

Asana is advertised as a work tracking tool with agile project management features. Used mostly for web and mobile applications development, it started as an internal tool developed at Facebook for improving the productivity of its employees. It has functions that allow users to manage tasks and projects online without the need of external communications such as e-mail. Teams create workspaces and those workspaces can have projects and projects can have tasks. To each task, users can add comments, notes, and tags that allow all team members and managers to instantly know task status and issues. Followers of a task can get updates on their workspace inbox.

3. Basecamp

This is the calmer, saner and better-organized way to communicate and manage projects enterprise-wide according to Basecamp marketing. It has a reputation as a user-friendly tool requiring little training on how to use most of its features such as sharing ideas, getting status reports on your e-mail account, finding and recovering files easily and managing user access. It’s lacking in time management and analytical tools.

4. Trello

By now you have realized that collaboration is at the heart of the agile way of doing things. Trello is for many the tool of choice in this regard. Managers can organize projects into boards and in a glance know what’s being worked on who is doing it. It also shows where a task is in the process workflow. It has a beautiful graphical interface for creating and organizing the boards, lists, and cards that are at the heart of Trello’s organizational capabilities.

5. Pivotal

Pivotal Tracker breaks your project into manageable chunks that you can prioritize, organize, and collaborate. Agile tools such as backlogs and user stories are explicitly supported. Project managers and team members can quickly find out on status, task responsibilities and what’s next.

6. Wrike

Another online tool for enabling users to manage workflows and schedules while collaborating with one another. Multilingual project teams will be pleased to know that it supports Japanese, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Russian and Italian. A free version with limited features is available with task creation, task assignment and task status markings for a basic but still powerful workflow management tool.

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Sensual Tips: How to Finger a Woman

A man’s arsenal of sensual tips ought to include a healthy stock of pre-play knowledge. While most men know that kissing and caressing are important here, some get cold feet when it comes to using their hands in and around a woman’s sensual organ. Likely, the reason for this is a lack of confidence concerning their ability to properly stimulate her. Since confidence is an important factor in sensual health and performance ability, men would be wise to educate themselves in this area, particularly on the topic of fingering.

1. Keep the nails trimmed and cleaned. Dirty, ragged finger nails do not a pleasant fingering experience make. A man needs to make sure his nails are smooth, short and clean underneath before putting them near a lover’s most sensitive parts.

2. Make sure she’s lubed up. This may come from natural lubrication following kissing, caressing and external stimulation; it may also be product-assisted. A man may think that, since fingers are thin compared to the male organ, lubrication is not as crucial when fingering. Think again.

3. Consider what kind of penetration she likes. Does she like it fast and hard? If so, a man will likely get the best reaction by mimicking this rhythm and depth with his fingers. He can do so by kneeling in front of her spread legs, a position that allows him to use the full length of his middle finger (and perhaps his index or ring finger as well). If she likes it slow but deep, follow suit. If she likes shallower thrusts, focus on the G-spot.

4. Find the G-spot. Regardless of how a woman likes penetration while lovemaking, she probably will get a big thrill from G-spot stimulation. A man can best access this by kneeling in front of her spread legs and placing a finger or two inside her with the palm facing up; then, arch the finger(s) in a “come here” motion. Start slow, and vary the rhythm according to her reaction. Tip: Pretend that the fingers are trying to touch her belly button from the inside in order to get the right angle.

5. Get the C-spot involved. For many women, external stimulation in conjunction with fingering is a special treat that can lead to intense release. Use deep thrusts (if she likes those) and/or G-spot stimulation while using the tongue to circle the C-spot, or use the fingers of the other hand to massage her on the outside.

6. Try the slide technique. Place two fingers on either side of her C-spot, then slide them down and insert them. Slide them back up and repeat. It’s best to do this with the palm facing down; even if the nails are trimmed, they could still irritate her sensitive skin. Also note that this technique requires ample lubrication.

7. Screw it. Sit between her legs and insert two fingers with the palm facing down. Go all the way in, then rotate so that the palm is facing up as you pull out, and repeat. Try to tap her G-spot on the way out for extra pleasure.

Along with learning how to make the most out of pre-play, one of the most important sensual tips for a man is to keep his male organ in peak form and function. Along with proper washing and regular use, a man would do well to use a male organ health crème (health professionals recommend Man1 Man Oil) on a daily basis. A combination of moisturizers (Shea butter and vitamin E) will provide optimal hydration to the skin, protecting it from the frictions of the day. Also look for vitamin C, which promotes collagen production and member tissue firmness. Keeping the manhood as attractive and inviting as possible is as important to a man’s sensual life as knowing his way around pre-play.

Visit http://www.menshealthfirst.com for additional information on most common male organ health issues, tips on improving organ sensitivity and what to do to maintain a healthy member. John Dugan is a professional writer who specializes in men’s health issues and is an ongoing contributing writer to numerous websites.

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Eligibility in NDA

Eligibility in NDA (National Defence Academy) – Age Limit, Education Qualification, Marital Status, and Physical Standard.

Eligibility Criteria

Nationality
Candidates must be a citizen of
1. India, Bhutan, and Nepal
2. A Tibetan refugee who is a permanent citizen of India came before January 1, 1962.
3. An Indian migrated from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or Vietnam.

Age Limit
The Age limit of candidates
• The minimum age limit is sixteen years, and the maximum age limit is 19 years to apply for the NDA entrance exams.
• The date of birth written in the 10th/12th class certificates is accepted.

Education Qualification
• Candidates appearing in the 12th or equivalent examination can apply.
• Candidates appearing in the 11th standard are not eligible.
• For the Army wing, candidates must be 12th pass or equivalent examination from a recognized university.
• For Navy and Air Force wings, candidates must be passed 12th with Physics and Mathematics from a recognized university.

Marital Status
Only unmarried male and female candidates can apply for the entrance exam.

Physical Standard
Candidates must be physically fit to apply for the NDA entrance exam.

• For Army and Air Force, the minimum height prescribed is 157 cm and 162.5 cm.
• The minimum height will be 5 cm less for candidates belonging to hills of North-Eastern areas of India, Gorkhas, Gharwal, and Kumaon and for Lakshadweep candidates is lesser by 2cm.
• For Air Force, the minimum leg length prescribed is 99 cm, and the maximum is 102 cm. The maximum thigh length is 64 cm, and minimum sitting height is 81.50 cm, and the maximum sitting height is 96 cm.

Visual Standards
• The candidate’s distance vision should be 6/6 in the better eye and 6/9 in the worst eye.
• Myopia has to be more than 2.5 D.
• Air Force candidates must not wear spectacles.
• Hyper ametropia not more than 3.5 D.

Candidates must not suffer from any of the following conditions
• Piles, Tonsillitis, Varicocele, Under Sized Chest, Phimosis, Ear Wax, and Overweight / Underweight

Guideline Regarding Tattoos
• Any permanent tattoo on any part of the body is not acceptable except for those candidates who belong to the tribes where it is necessary to have a tattoo.

Candidates must have to pass the X-Ray exam.
We hope this article on Eligibility in NDA helps young candidates to know about eligibility criteria for the NDA entrance exam. For more information and coaching for the NDA entrance exam, visit our website!

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