Power query is available in both MS Excel and Power BI. In MS Excel, this feature is primarily used for data cleaning and preparation (note that data size limitations exist) before loading the data into an Excel spreadsheet for analysis… Continue Reading →
Confluence is a collaborative workspace where teams can create, edit, organize, and share knowledge through web browser. It is a corporate wiki developed by the Australian software company Atlassian. Confluence enhances consistency and visibility across teams, ensuring everyone stays aligned… Continue Reading →
Jira Service Management offers users a single place to go for help. Through a centralized global customer portal, employees or customers can easily access every service desk across an organization.Service request management projects come with easy to edit request types… Continue Reading →
To make a data-driven decision, finding the most important data and formatting it in a way that’s easy to understand is the key. One of the easiest ways to make data easy to understand for technical and non-technical audiences is… Continue Reading →
I came across the mention of the book “Building a Second Brain” on one of the social media shares by one of the popular influencers the evoked my interest. Prior to beginning this book, I had read Getting Things Done… Continue Reading →
To visualize routine activities, gather all tasks on a Kanban board, including scheduled ones through automation rules, whether they belong to a Jira software project or a Jira SM service project. You can also display service requests from your Jira… Continue Reading →
In my previous blog on Power Query (PQ), I had covered the fundamental tips for getting started with the tool. In this post on Power Query tips & tricks, we’ll delve into topics ranging from basic to advanced. With Power… Continue Reading →
In a previous blog, I had shared the steps to connect a service project to a Jira Kanban board. This enabled us to manage service requests with greater efficiency and transparency. However, other than the service requests, we might encounter… Continue Reading →
“Kanban” is the Japanese word for “Signboard”. Toyota introduced and refined the use of kanban in a relay system to standardize the flow of parts in their just-in-time production lines in the 1950s. If you work in services or technology,… Continue Reading →
The Vedas define mantra as “mananāt trāyatē iti mantrah” ,i.e., the contemplation or sustained repetition of which protects us from all miseries. In other words, mantra is the procedure that frees the mind from its own obsessive-compulsive thinking which is… Continue Reading →