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IBM Project Manager Certificate: My Student Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Some exercises across the courses are the same e.g., create a RACI matrix , but the templates are different – that’s weird. Some of the exercises were the same, for example, creating a RACI or a RBS, but they had different templates. If you are aiming for an IT job, you’d be better off taking that course.

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The Roles and Responsibilities Document on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Doing the exercise to write down what everyone is responsible for helps work out if there are overlaps between what people are doing, so you can avoid duplication of effort and work more efficiently. You can identify where hand offs will happen on the team too. Some of them might have a role that reflects their job title; others might not.

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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

The software had to be just good enough for the client to sign off on it, and since they were largely captive clients unable to look outside their keiretsu group for support, that was a very low bar indeed ". In other words, for most people in Japan, software development was and remained an exercise in box checking.

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Agile Laws & Distributed Teams: From Conway to Goodhart to Parkinson

Scrum.org

From the long list of observation, heuristics, and mental models in psychology, organizational design, or software engineering, I pick six “agile laws” that seem to be particularly relevant in this area of distributed agile teams: Conway’s Law. Agile Laws: Conway, Brooks, Hackman, Goodhart, Larman, and Parkinson. Brooks’s Law.

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Get to Know InLoox: Juline - Executive Assistant at InLoox Headquaters in Munich

Inloox

Regular exercise is key for me, whether it's cycling, yoga, walking or hiking. Pierre: Software Developer at InLoox. Ortwin: Software Developer at InLoox. Konrad: Software Engineer at InLoox. I have already been able to observe health benefits as well. I love to cook, naturally fresh and plant based.

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Job Simulations are Gaining Momentum in Modern Hiring Processes – Here’s Why!

Teamweek

Job simulations are exercises designed to replicate a real-life working environment and may include tasks such as answering calls, completing a skills test, or presenting a report.”. In-Basket/In-Tray Exercises. Live Exercises. Definition – What Does Job Simulation Mean? What is a Job Simulation Test? What are they?

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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

Scrum.org

Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. How can Scrum Masters and Agile coaches support this through exercises and workshops? Daniel Russo to write an academic paper that has been submitted to the academic journal “T ransactions of Software Engineering ”.

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