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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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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Project scope During the planning phase, all project details must be solidified , including goals, deliverables, assumptions, roles, tasks, timeline, budget, resources, quality aspects, terms, and so on. Budget for surprises. CSM: Certified Scrum Master.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

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Business analysts need a “strong understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements as well as plenty of experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis combined with understanding of key performance indicators,” according to Robert Half Technology.

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The RACI matrix: Your blueprint for project success

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The simplest and most effective approach I’ve seen and used to define and document project roles and responsibilities is the RACI model. In almost 100 percent of these rescue efforts, I have found that there is no shared understanding of participant roles and responsibilities, nor is there explicit documentation to support it.

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Content Agility at Marklogic's Digital Publishing Symposium - Social.

Social, Agile and Transformation

I then discussed how BusinessWeek moved to an agile development process (specifically, SCRUM), to build its newest product, the Business Exchange. 1 comment: shannon 7:16 PM Any tips for how to budget when using SCRUM rather than waterfall? For now, have a look at Daves Tweets on the talk and on the symposium.

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Scrumfall: When Agile becomes Waterfall by another name

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A hollowed-out husk of Scrum concealing taskmasters of Waterfall is the Trojan Horse of this betrayal. With Waterfall methods masquerading as Scrum — call it Scrumfall — businesses are reasserting top-down micromanagement, fortifying silos, fettering flexibility, and commoditizing software engineers as mere cogs cranking out code.

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Top 15 project management certifications

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Almost any IT pro can benefit from adding a project management certification to their list of IT credentials, showing you have the know-how to plan, schedule, budget, execute, deliver, and report on IT initiatives. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).