Akash Mia

free project management

Free PM Software, No Credit Card: The Honest List

Most 'free' PM tools are a 14-day countdown with a card on file. Here's an honest list of the ones that aren't — and how to spot the fakes.

project management

A SaaS Startup Project Management Workflow That Scales

Most SaaS startups don't need more process. They need three boards that mirror how the team already works, plus one page that rolls it up into a roadmap.

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Content Calendar Project Management, Done in Kanban

Turn your editorial calendar into a Kanban board with draft-to-published columns and custom fields for keyword and publish date. Here's the setup.

product management

How to Triage Feature Requests With RICE on a Card

Turn a messy backlog of feature requests into ranked, defensible decisions. Here's a RICE scoring workflow product teams run on one card.

task management

Task Management for Small Teams: A Realistic Toolchain

Trello runs out of room around 8 people. Asana feels like flying a 747 to the corner store. Here's a task management toolchain that fits a 5-15 person startup.

async standup

Async Standup Template for Distributed Teams

The synchronous standup breaks the moment your team spans four time zones. Here's an async standup you build once and reuse forever, no Slack thread required.

engineering management

How to Estimate Engineering Effort (Without Story Points)

Story points feel scientific and predict almost nothing about calendar time. Here's a 3-bucket S/M/L sizing system that eng managers and scrum masters can trust.

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Self-Hosted PM Alternative: When to Host, When Not To

Self-hosting a PM tool looks free until you price the on-call. Here's an honest table for eng teams choosing between Plane, Focalboard, and hosted white-label.

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Client Work Project Management for Agencies

One workspace per client, a white-label portal on your own domain, and time tracking on every card. Here's the board structure that scales with your agency.

basecamp alternative

The Basecamp Alternative for Teams That Outgrew It

Basecamp gets calm project management right. But when you need Kanban, automations, and real-time docs, here's what to keep and what to gain.