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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

“Agile software development projects iterate the cycle of plan, do, check, adjust — and the end user or representative sponsoring [the project] is key in all these stages,” says Ola Chowning, a partner with global technology research and advisory firm ISG. The KPIs for a project should be specific and linked to company goals.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Split systems along arbitrary boundaries: maximize the number of systems involved in any feature. Encourage communal ownership of systems.

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New live online training courses

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Learn new topics and refine your skills with more than 219 new live online training courses we opened up for June and July on the O'Reilly online learning platform. Reinforcement Learning: Building Recommender Systems , August 16. Certified Blockchain Solutions Architect (CBSA) Certification Crash Course , July 25. Blockchain.

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ITIL certification guide: Costs, requirements, levels, and paths

CIO

The ITIL 4 was updated by Axelos in February 2019 to include a stronger emphasis on maintaining agility, flexibility, and innovation in ITSM, while still supporting legacy networks and systems. The ITIL Foundation course takes place in a classroom over two and a half days.

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Agile vs Scrum: Differences & Similarities?—?The Complete Review [2020]

Codegiant

The Complete Review [2020] From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1 : If you are using Scrum it’s safe to say that you are also using Agile. When it comes to Agile project management, managers here don’t tell the team what they should be working on. After that, improvements are made for future projects.

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Project management vs. work management: understanding the difference

Capgemini

Similarly, how effective can your work team be if you manage your project plans well but not the rest of your work? The problem with project management solutions. Project management software does exactly what the label implies – it helps you manage projects. Sound familiar?

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219+ live online training courses opened for June and July

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Learn new topics and refine your skills with more than 219 new live online training courses we opened up for June and July on the O'Reilly online learning platform. Reinforcement Learning: Building Recommender Systems , August 16. Certified Blockchain Solutions Architect (CBSA) Certification Crash Course , July 25. Blockchain.

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