career development
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Six More Habits of Indispensable IT Pros Continuing from my previous list, here are six more effective habits of indispensable IT pros. These effective habits center on embracing big data, taking thankless jobs, playing nice with others, and making yourself valuable to internal and external groups. |
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Put Me In, Coach: Gaming-Driven ProductivityYour employees and team members are playing games for other companies. Why aren't they playing for you? Learn how many companies are encouraging productivity-boosting gaming while at work to improve everything from morale to productivity—and even customer service. |
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The Three Essential Elements of Business AnalysisNo question is more ripe for debate than “What is a business analyst?” While I contend we’ve been doing business analysis since the very first human organizations were consciously formed, business analysis as a formal profession has emerged much more recently and has three essential elements. |
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Six Habits of Indispensable IT ProsJoe Townsend presents a list of six habits of indispensable IT pros. This list is a common-sense approach to how you can make yourself valuable to your organization. Be prepared to be a forward thinker and embrace new technologies. |
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Inside-the-Box Ideas about Outside-the-Box Thinking Some people don’t get outside-the-box thinking. The idea is not to do things the same old way, but as this definition puts it, to do “thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes leads to novel ideas and solutions.” |
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Using Your Business Analysis Skills to Set Career GoalsAs change professionals, it’s easy to neglect career development in the rush to finish projects and “get stuff done.” Why not use the business analysis tools and techniques that you use on projects to help plan your career development? Adrian Reed offers tips for using your BA skills to set goals. |
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Do You Need an Agile Coach or Consultant? What’s the Difference?Agile coaches, consultants, ScrumMasters—there are loads of people out there using any number of these titles in hopes of gaining your business. But what do they really bring to the table? It depends on more than what certifications they have. Like excellent teachers, it has to come from within. |
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Why Do We Make Bad Decisions?In the workplace, not a day goes by that you don’t have to make a decision, or more likely several. How many of them subsequently proved to be bad decisions? Naomi Karten writes why it's worth considering how these decisions can affect your professional and personal life. |
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