The 4 Types of Product Owner Part 1
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Click to learn more about author Rachel Roumeliotis. The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) has grown significantly over the years. While the technology has been a major topic in the boardroom and a prominent headline in business and trade press, that’s only half of the equation. Let’s not forget, AI has been a pop culture […]. The post AI Hype vs.
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The Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) certification has grown to become the most popular IT certification in the world. The certification’s primary focus lies on developing relevant skills to match the rapid deployment of technologies in today’s sophisticated networking environment. Having a CCNA certification proves that you can buil. Read More.
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4 Critical Things To Collaborate With The PO Successfully
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Be a champion of the Product and Customer Experience Vision. There is nothing better than a backlog refinement meeting that is getting into the nitty gritty technical details and someone says “Let’s reframe and remind ourselves what we are trying to get the user to do.”. Every user story a team works on is about a user goal, afterall a user story is about THE USER, and I mean a human user.
Boosting Employee Engagement In A Remote-Working World
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As the peak threat of COVID to our economies and livelihoods fades, we’ll begin to see life returning to normal. Shops, bars and places of worship will open, enabling people to congregate and allowing many people to return to work. However, for many organizations whose employees turned to home working, there will be no return […]. The post Boosting Employee Engagement In A Remote-Working World appeared first on Business Analyst Articles, Webinars, Templates, Jobs.
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