#30: John Grant's Agile Project Management Tips for Lawyers

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#30: John Grant's Agile Project Management Tips for Lawyers

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Aug 18, 2015

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Agile project management is huge in software development, but lawyers can take advantage of Agile, too. John Grant explains how to adapt Agile for law practice. But first, is the legal market really experiencing "modest job gains"?

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Aug 18, 2015

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