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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

What is project management? Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools to successfully deliver outcomes that meet project goals. Project management steps Project management is broken down into five phases or life cycle.

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CSM certification: Costs, requirements, and all you need to know

CIO Business Intelligence

The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification , available through the Scrum Alliance , is an entry-level certification aimed at providing professionals with an awareness of the methodologies and values of Scrum, including team performance, accountability, and iterative progress.

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No Scrum Master? No Problem - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

No Scrum Master? How should Enterprises fill the Scrum Master Role? I field this question very often and especially from members of technology organizations where agile and scrum in particular is being introduced top down from Management. Do you need a business analyst and a project manager? No Problem.

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Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies - Social, Agile, and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies. My colleagues and I from BusinessWeek gave a presentation last week covering our agile planning and development process and ended with an intro to SCRUM by @silviogalea. Roughly the same time, @jurgenappelo posted an excellent, easy to follow slideshare on The Zen of SCRUM 1.0.

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Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Should A CIO Choose?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Agile was first discussed in the 1970s in a published paper by William Royce about the development of large software systems, agile is a project management methodology composed of short incremental development cycles called “sprints.” Requirements are determined and approved at the start of the project. Next comes design.

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Larger Scale Agile Development - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

But we managed priority changes and integration issues to get a product out. I then saw this post Agile Project Management: Lessons Learned at Google that I found on the Agile Software Development topic at Business Exchange that gave me some new ideas on scaling agile. Ill share more insights here as I build up the presentation.

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The 9 most in-demand IT jobs in healthcare

CIO Business Intelligence

But laying a digital foundation for the future presents unique challenges in the healthcare industry. Informatics is a top priority, driving a demand for skills such as SQL, Python, data analysis, project management, process improvement, and more.