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

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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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Turning the tide in STEM career roadblocks at Synchrony

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Synchrony, for example, partners with Girls Who Code , an international nonprofit organization that helps support and increase the number of women in computer science. BLP Tech members have the opportunity to complete their Scrum master certification and go on to receive AWS certification as part of their rotation.

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

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They must articulate those ideas but also balance them against what’s technologically feasible and financially and functionally reasonable. Depending on the role, a business analyst might work with data sets to improve products, hardware, tools, software, services, or process.

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