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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

CIO Business Intelligence

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. This highly adopted framework utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project is complete. What does a Scrum master do?

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). It’s a certification aimed at senior project managers, agile professionals, product managers and owners, Scrum masters, and business analysts. Requirements: No prerequisites. CompTIA Project+.

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What is a project manager? The lead role for project success

CIO Business Intelligence

Many businesses are adopting agile as the preferred project methodology, creating the need for employees to develop their knowledge in this area. Agile certs such as the Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) can give you a leg up, as can Scrum-based certs such as the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Adopt the new agile Just as CIOs have begun ramping up their organizations on agile methodologies, it’s important for them to know that the days of Scrum masters and Kanban boards are already past. Here are 12 other tips tech vendor CTOs have to offer CIOs embarking on a more software- and services-defined digital journey.

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Transforming IT for cloud success

CIO Business Intelligence

Then he broke up those distinct, independent teams and created Scrum teams staffed by product owners , business analysts , solution architects , front-end developers, back-end developers, and testers. And he hired agile coaches to work with his IT team.

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Secrets of business-driven IT orgs

CIO Business Intelligence

Scott Saccal, CIO of Cambrex, a contract drug manufacturing organization, has pushed his IT workers to adopt a business mindset, one that focuses on “the impact of their efforts on P&L, the customers, and ultimately the patients that benefit from the company’s work.” This helps focus efforts on what matters most,” he says.

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Top 7 Ingredients to Establishing an Agile Development Practice.

Social, Agile and Transformation

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Sunday, September 07, 2008. Newer Post. Older Post. Isaac Sacolick.

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