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Why Stories Work where Requirements Documents Fail - Social.

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Why Stories Work where Requirements Documents Fail. In a traditional development practice, a product manager writes a long document describing the software requirements. Hopefully the document is diagram heavy, clear and concise. The developer listens, writes a few notes and goes off developing.

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Simple Agile Product Development - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

These five individuals often benefit from a sixth, the Project Manager , who orchestrates this conversation and has the role to drive the team to a shared understanding of the priorities, feasibility, and approach. The Project Manager needs a point of escalation if he/she believes the team isnt closing in on a shared understanding.

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Three Steps to Big Data Discovery - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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A top down approach would attempt to document databases, data flows, business rules, data quality, transformations, and application integration. While some of this is clearly needed and important for IT organizations to develop, the task of developing and maintaining rigorous documentation is daunting. it management. (34).

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How To Get a Team to Think Agile - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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Its a smart team, but they are immediately jumping into solving problems and developing artifacts. The problem is, using agile process (scrum specifically) for planning, problem solving, developing a strategy, documenting an architecture requires some discipline and thinking a little differently. agile software development. (56).

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Please, Stop Creating Microsoft Access Databases!

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Consider even a single database, a trained DBA would need to understand the underlying data model, document any scripts or procedures loading data, and itemize reporting needs. agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). it management. (34). offshore development. (6). product management. (26).

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Top 7 Ingredients to Establishing an Agile Development Practice.

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Tools also help establish the backlog, measure burndown, track iteration productivity and help with documentation. Bring in agile coaches, but manage them well - The agile manifesto is one page in length and while there are many books on agile and SCRUM, tailoring the process to your organizational needs requires time and experience.

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What Is Big Data? The Real Challenges Beyond Volume, Velocity.

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Unstructured data in the form of documents, spreadsheets and presentations exist that are largely used for individual or departmental needs and rarely coalesced and analyzed. agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). it management. (34). offshore development. (6). product management. (26).

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