“No matter how good a…team is doing, there is always opportunity to improve.” Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software There are a lot of Agile practices that I really like. Those things that can easily transfer to other projects, regardless of approach, are easily my favorites. In this article, I will discuss Agile retrospectives, both as […]
Are Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics buzzwords in your workplace? Or are you already working on a BI project and need to ramp up your skills? If so, you’re not alone. Business Intelligence skills have become increasingly valuable in recent years, as businesses in every industry have shifted from static reporting to interactive, predictive
Considering getting your PMP? Software Advice recently published a report on project management job candidate trends that will make you feel pretty good about that idea. Conducted by the Project Management Institute, the results of this research may not be terribly surprising, but it is interesting to note the relative experience, degrees, and certifications required across the fields
Why PMI-ACP Training? Today’s businesses are as diverse as the people running them, but they all operate in today’s business environment which is always changing, fast-paced, and customer-driven. In that environment, traditional project management approaches are often too cumbersome to adapt fast-enough to evolving customer needs. For many organizations and project teams, agile offers a
Agile Daily Standup In my many years of project management training, I often joke that our discussion about project tracking and reporting isn’t going to take long because I don’t like it. Even so, I have always advocated for regular, daily tracking to meet the reporting needs of stakeholders. Students are often put off by
IIBA Slovenia Business Analysis Conference – June 2014 Elizabeth and I were fortunate to be in Slovenia on vacation this summer when the IIBA Slovenia chapter was holding a business analysis conference on Synergies – The Future of Business. We previously met and became friends with the IIBA Slovenia chapter president, Aleš Štempihar, at the 2013 BBC conference in
Key Components of Scrum What do product backlog, story points, and velocity have in common? They are all components of Scrum, an Agile framework, that allow us to estimate how much can be delivered in any given time frame. First, I will outline some basic definitions, and then I will share a real-life practical example
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