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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Project Management

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Project Management

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.

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What Is Upskilling & How to Build an Upskilling Program

Teamweek

Employees can upskill themselves by attending courses, grabbing certifications, testing out their skills in practice, and finding a mentor. Sign up for a course Coursera and Udemy are just two examples of platforms with online courses where you can equip yourself with new skills for free or for a fraction of the price of a university course.

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How Savvy PMOs Drive Actionable Insights with Portfolio Dashboards

Planview

They can keep an eye on progress and make course corrections as needed. Highlight how costs break down by portfolio project, capitalized versus non-capitalized expenses, innovation, compliance, “keep the lights on” activities, and more. 6. Visibility and Real-Time Analysis: A Game Changer.

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9 Best Practices for Recruiting Developers With Skills Tests

Teamweek

When hiring developers, you need to be on the lookout for a combination of hard, technical , and soft skills that will add value to your company. That’s where the skills-first hiring process comes in. Hiring developers gets easier when you modernize your recruitment process.

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

Of course, there’s more! Innovation and Creativity – CEO’s need to encourage innovation and foster a culture of creativity within the organization – in varying degrees, depending on the industry. Let’s start the inquiry by outlining the most important skills of a CEO.

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Agile Unplugged: EP01 | Mike Cottmeyer and Brian Sondergaard

Leading Agile

– [Mike] Oh, yeah, of course. And what was fascinating about, and really sort of formed, solidified some of my way of thinking about these things, in some cases, those constraints, as we would identify them, they would be identified as explicit contracts between systems. So we needed, and of course, this is a balance.

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