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5 Reasons Why You Should Become a Scrum Master

International Institute for Learning

Scrum Masters typically interact with various leaders ranging from C-Suite executives such as Chief Technology Officers (CTO) or Chief Information Organization (CIO), Agile Coaches, and various levels of management. Some people prefer a clearly defined career path, but others may embrace the ambiguity.

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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. A steering committee defines the Product Backlog. You’re on the right track.

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

nTask

Everything is run by the book. 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. They are running their business fine. Think about it.

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Chronically Organized: An Interview With Author Nettie Owens

Appfluence

My husband had already begun a consulting business on the side as a computer scientist, and I was helping him manage that. Do you need a defined space and time structure? At a systemic level, I am interested in any learnings from working on your latest book. I hadn’t really intended to go off and start a business. Coffee or tea?

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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 am the director of technology solutions and CTO for Edwards Performance Solutions. We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. This is part one of the series.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Defining Uncertainty in Projects ? Book, Business Cases and Acquisition Strategies, Ground Systems Architectures Workshop (GSAW 2002) , 13?15 Brian Derfer, CTO. Introducing the Agile Risk Management (ARM) Framework,” Brian Derfer, CTO, Agile Six Applications, Inc., Order Contract, C. Owen Hoffman’ and Jana S.