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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

Adoption of different methods and practices in Japan ( "DX White-Paper Executive Summary" Information-Technology Promotion Agency p11 ) Japanese culture Japanese businesses have a strong desire to avoid risk and minimize unexpected events. This is important because agile teams are self-managed.

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10 GDPR Questions to Ask Before Starting a New Project

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And it has huge implications for people managing projects that store, capture or process personal data. But beyond the setting up of GDPR principles in your business, what does GDPR look like for project management? In this article I’ll look at 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting a new project.

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There is Little New Under the Sun

Herding Cats

As well we made estimates of what information will be produced after spending the customers (in most cases the government is the customer) money. One place to start is the Reference Class database of projects. Nederlandse Software Metrieken Association. International Software Benchmarking Standards Group.

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12 Must-Have Skills for a Data Analyst You Should Test

Teamweek

Some of the most important data analyst skills include data analysis, statistical programming languages, data management, data visualization, good communication skills, machine learning and even Excel skills. The real difference is that a data scientist is usually more experienced and works with more complex data processes.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

Part 2 will take these Root Analysis principles and apply them to actual software problems, and the fallacies that simple and simple-minded corrections will fix anyting - stay tuned. References . When you hear a solution without references - reference that is not self-referenced or simple-minded reference, stop listening or reading.

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Cone of Uncertainty Bibliography

Herding Cats

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU is a build-to paradigm, where measures of the program's performance cumulative to date is used to inform the risk for future performance.

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What Is IT Management? Why Is IT Important for Businesses?

ProjectManager.com

Information technology (IT) is what keeps the modern world running, which is why IT management is so crucial to business. For too many, IT is a mystery and IT management isn’t even in their vocabulary. We’ll explain these two terms, explore the various aspects of IT management and why it’s so important to businesses.