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Kevin Lowell’s appointment as UScellular’s Chief People Officer puts IT in the limelight

TM Forum

The company’s IT organization replaced some waterfall processes with iterative Agile processes managed in scrums and implemented in sprints. But a major focus is also on reskilling – not only to acquire tech skills, but also to develop business skills and what Lowell refers to as “human” skills.

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Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers. Ive been asked lately about the role of project managers on agile or SCRUM teams. Some specifics: Scrum and agile are very team and inward facing. software development. (51). web development. (12). product management. (26). social media. (3).