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

CIO Business Intelligence

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). See our lists of top agile certs and top Scrum credentials to take your career to the next level.

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5 key mistakes IT leaders make at board meetings

CIO Business Intelligence

My first instinct was to provide a technical answer, but then I quickly realized that if I answered the question that way to the board of directors, I’d be shown the virtual elevator down to the CTO morgue. One approach both Puglisi and I recommend is to answer technical questions with analogies from your industry.

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How to successfully launch a green field operator in 10 months

TM Forum

The unified technical PaaS layer aligns hardware standards and network virtualization technology, and one technical solution overrides different vendors’ silos. The design and network planning were 100% online, with global network resources managed from end to end, making the network construction collaborative and traceable.