SoftwarePlant ShipIt Week Vol. 2 has just kicked off! For the second time in our company's history developers combine into teams made up of people who don't usually work together to tackle an idea that inspires them most. Over the course of five days, Monday to Friday, these teams of... read more →
Jan
14
Jan
14
So you're deciding whether to head for Confitura 2018... Learn what's behind the scenes from the major sponsor of Confitura Java Conference. Should an "ordinary" Java developer attend Confitura (or Konfitura) and what to expect? Softwareplant's chill out zone at 2017 Confitura deserved a recognition. Breakfast,... read more →
Jan
03
You could use plain Trello boards for wedding planning, but you're likely to miss one thing - a timeline/bar chart. If it's your own wedding, you're going to feel overwhelmed by the number of appointments & commitments you need to make. When you're a professional wedding planner, on the other hand, you might need the timeline to coordinate... read more →
Dec
28
What are the hidden, yet valuable features of BigPicture for Jira? This is a quick list of best practices for Jira + BigPicture from Jira certified trainers. The questions were asked by real-life project managers who yet test Jira + BigPicture... Gantt chart Should I create a new task from the BigPicture Gantt chart or in Jira? Best... read more →
Dec
10
Are you an event manager? Whether you plan birthday parties, weddings, concerts or conventions, Trello is an excellent tool. Amateur and professional event planners use three proven approaches to Trello boards, and we showcase them directly below this intro. But here's the catch: for the plenty-of-deadlines event planning business you need... read more →
Dec
03
U nas Hackathony są inne! Zamiast walczyć w weekendy, robisz to w godzinach pracy. Zamiast tworzyć abstrakcyjne rozwiązanie, pracujesz nad realnym produktem, którego używa 10k+ project managerów, w tym ci z Fortune Global 500. Z kolei Angular i Java - upodabniają event do innych warszawskich hackathonów. Tak naprawdę nasz hackathon nazywamy w firmie ShipIt-Week. Wszystko to dzieje się w Warszawie w biurze SoftwarePlant. Aplikuj teraz! Lubisz pracować... read more →
Nov
30
Could 20 000 person-hours1 be wasted in one day? Yes, if you do the PI planning poorly. SAFe is serious about gathering all your Agile Release Train members in one place for the Program Increment planning, and we've seen clients chartering jets for the occasion. With time, however, enthusiasm usually... read more →
Nov
20
With the "Bohemian Rhapsody" show, NG Poland 2018 was better than ever before! SoftwarePlant, a major Angular jobs provider for Warsaw area was there to assist Angular 5, 6 and 7 professionals with advancing their careers. A PS4 console has been made available for the winner of our contest. How was... read more →
Nov
13
Having a plan you follow through is not all there is to project management. Namely, you ought to take the human factor into account. Let’s face it: people are not robots that can work 24/7/365. They will take days off, work in less than full capacity and make mistakes. Importing... read more →
Nov
09
A client of ours asked us during a BigPicture training session: how to do top-down planning in Jira, as opposed to bottom-up planning. In top-down planning PMs start with epics, or high-level objectives, only then they assign user stories or tasks to those epics. Let's investigate this interesting use case:... read more →