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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

I’m Matt VanVleet, the Chief Technology Officer for Leading Agile. I used to have my own consulting company and have been involved in Agile practices since XP and before the Agile Manifesto. As a consultant, I’ve encountered many impediments or barriers to Agile transformation.

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Cargo Cult Agile — A Checklist to Open the Discussion

Scrum.org

Consequently, many consultants responded to the increasing demand for agile practitioners, particularly from corporate organizations, by rebranding themselves. Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO. Sales is promising non-existent features to close deals w/o including the Product Owner.

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What Is Upskilling & How to Build an Upskilling Program

Teamweek

Upskilling employees not only helps develop their career path but also future – proofs your business, makes your employees more productive, closes your skill gaps, and helps you retain the best talent. Upskilling helps employees and companies close skills gaps and gives businesses a competitive advantage.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

Everything is run by the book. He never even used Jira, or came close to touching it! As a result, when they send in a request to the IT team and the CTO to buy task management tools, a lot of wrong things happen. ABC also produces physical technology oriented products; cheap gadgets, daily use convenience items and vice versa.

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8 Steps to Build and Manage a Remote Engineering Team

Planio

Book extra one-on-ones in the first few months. Contract work: It’s usually a waste of time to give engineering candidates a code puzzle. You’ve gotten this far, and it’s only right to do due diligence before closing the deal. Step 7: Sync up with all interviewers and share your thoughts. Step 8: Make the offer.

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How to Manage Stakeholder Engagement: 15 Practical Strategies

PM Basics

I took the ideas, concepts, and patterns described below from Josh Kaufman’s book “ The Personal MBA ”. I strongly recommend you to read Josh Kaufman’s book. Absence Blindness is a cognitive bias that prevents us from identifying what we can’t observe”, as Josh Kaufman states in his book. Trade-offs. Absence Blindness.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

I came to my office today because I was having internet issues at home, and so I will ask for your indulgence because our office is actually quite close to a hospital. I am the director of technology solutions and CTO for Edwards Performance Solutions. This is part one of the series. That’s the best way.