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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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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

CIO Business Intelligence

Candidates must have attended at least one SAFe certification training session, have a background in product or solution management, and have experience as a product manager, product marketer, product owner, business owner, or in bringing products to market. The 45-question exam tests candidates’ ability to: Facilitate Scrum events.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Project scope During the planning phase, all project details must be solidified , including goals, deliverables, assumptions, roles, tasks, timeline, budget, resources, quality aspects, terms, and so on. Budget for surprises. Quality management: Identify quality requirements.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

Almost any IT pro can benefit from adding a project management certification to their list of IT credentials, showing you have the know-how to plan, schedule, budget, execute, deliver, and report on IT initiatives. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).

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Content Agility at Marklogic's Digital Publishing Symposium - Social.

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 and business transformation. Social, Agile, and Transformation. Thursday, November 06, 2008.

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How to get your CFO to buy into a better model for IT funding

CIO Business Intelligence

In contrast, traditional organisations use a project-based approach to delivery, with temporary teams created on an as-needed basis for a specific purpose with budgets based on up-front funding estimates. If the scope is clear and easy to define up-front, it’s a great way to keep everyone on track and ensure teams are delivering to budget.

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Scrumfall: When Agile becomes Waterfall by another name

CIO Business Intelligence

A hollowed-out husk of Scrum concealing taskmasters of Waterfall is the Trojan Horse of this betrayal. With Waterfall methods masquerading as Scrum — call it Scrumfall — businesses are reasserting top-down micromanagement, fortifying silos, fettering flexibility, and commoditizing software engineers as mere cogs cranking out code.

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