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PMO 2.0: Rebooting the IT Project Management Office More companies are adopting project management offices, and with that additional oversight and structure, their impact can often miss the mark. Tony explains that a "kick in the pants" might be necessary for a PMO to get staff buy-in that delivers successful project results. |
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How Can I Develop the Ability to Collaborate? In this installment of FAQ, SQE Trainer Bob Payne and consultant Ryan Olivett answer one of the questions students ask them most often. |
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Achieving a Project's Benefits and Goals: How Change Management Can Help Studies have shown that leading organizations frequently have less than successful results when incorporating significant changes. Kris presents useful advice dealing with staff, communication, and what to do for the long term after the change takes place. |
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Manage Your Personal Project Portfolio One Step at a Time Can you take the best practices of agile and apply them to your personal life? You bet you can. Johanna Rothman writes on how she manages her personal project portfolio the same way she advise other people to manage their work project portfolios. |
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FAQ: How Can I Be a Better Product Owner? In this installment of FAQ, SQE Trainer Arlen Bankston answers one of the questions students ask him most often. |
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Predicting a Project's Future Project assessment and forecasting aren't magic. Payson Hall examines six factors that can increase the likelihood of project success. |
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Not Just a Number: The Real Value of Metrics Metrics can be enormously helpful, but only if they’re used correctly. Abuse them, and they will drive dysfunction. Study the stories behind the data to find the real value. |
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Things Change (and So Should Processes) Much like the VCRs of yesteryear, our software development processes are not going to last forever. They’ll fall out of favor, while new and stronger concepts replace them. Jonathan Kohl writes about coping with process evolution in the quest to improve software. |
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How to Build a Successful Team: Analysis, Motivation, and Beyond It takes more than just gathering a bunch of skilled testers in a room together to make a great test team. Learn how to analyze individual tester types, motivate your team, and achieve success. |
Lloyd Roden
July 1, 2013 |
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A Look Behind the Curtain: Debunking 12 Myths of Agile Development When it comes to agile development, Allan Kelly has noticed a lot of misinformation being passed off as fact. In this article, he takes a closer look at twelve of the most common agile myths he has encountered while training new agile teams. |
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