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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. Others do not.

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Taking the Canadian Insurance Industry Digital

Cloud Musings

. - McKinsey & Company Founded in 1871, Economical Insurance operates within the old and relatively static Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry. According to the American Insurance Association (AIA) , the modern insurance industry, developed primarily in England after the Great London Fire in 1666.

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The Downside Of digital Labs For Financial Innovation

Forrester IT

Organizations are therefore in a rush to become great at rapidly innovating, developing, and delivering new software products to win new clients and retain and serve existing ones. agile software development. Quite simply, it is software that makes any financial business truly digital. If the answer is yes, don't! continuous delivery.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

Initiating phase: During a project’s initial phase, project managers are responsible for developing the project charter and identifying the relevant stakeholders involved in achieving the project’s intended outcome. See our lists of top agile certs and top Scrum credentials to take your career to the next level.

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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 Top 7 Ingredients to Establishing an Agile Development Practice. and business transformation.

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Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers.

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 Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers. and business transformation.

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6 smart practices for better business-IT alignment

CIO Business Intelligence

Typically, their responsibilities include providing tier-one support to business users, developing reports, and meeting the analytical and data needs of their users,” he says. That person is now a Scrum master at a major insurance company. These are teams of fairly technical individuals residing within the business.”.