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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

Recommendation: The project remains well-controlled and will continue to report any issues as they arise to the monthly project Steering Committee, chaired by Mark Wilson (Chief Technology Officer). Utilize the services of DataSupport, an expert CRM migration consultant, who would provide resources to support.

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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. The only downside is you may only be with teams on a short-term basis.

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

nTask

My point is that although project management tools are not completely important; they are definitely a means to an end. 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. The daily business operations are headed by the CEO and the CTO. Think about it.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Today, Mike Cottmeyer brings in our CTO and one of the main architects of our Studios offering to discuss the conditions that must be present for solid technical practices and software craftsmanship to thrive. And Kevin Smith, who is a kind of chief architect, principal consultant in our studio.

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The Intrigue – and the Universality – of Kanban

Digite

While there has been a fair bit of the religious battle about Scrum vs. Kanban – which, while doing injustice to both Scrum and Kanban, has certainly helped to keep Kanban under the spotlight – the fact is that most consultants, coaches, and practitioners have been far more pragmatic and sanguine about it.

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Agile Unplugged: EP01 | Mike Cottmeyer and Brian Sondergaard

Leading Agile

Now that he’s on the consultant side of things, he brings his unique perspective to each of his engagements and is able to empathize with his clients in a way that only he can. You just went from director to CTO? So get ready to settle in and listen to this all-new podcast. . – [Mike] Can’t be off by a penny.

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