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Career Advice What am I Actually Worth
Career Advancement, Change, Watermark Learning

Career Advice: What Am I Actually Worth?

Guest blogger, Jonathan Brandt, PMP, PMI-ACP, has taken multiple courses through Watermark Learning and recently wrote an article that highlights important factors for when you may need career advice, whether in a job transition or wanting to make a job change. “Dude, where’s my job?” Sliderule Bob is a Senior Applications Designer for Widget-tron, which provides control software written […]

Associate and Masters Certificate Programs
Agile, BA Training, Business Analysis, Career Advancement, Certification, Project Management, Watermark Learning

Associate and Masters Certificate Programs

Auburn University has been Watermark Learning’s academic partner since 2004, providing endorsement for our certificate programs in Business Analysis, Project Management, Business Process Management, and Agile. We currently offer the following certificate programs:  https://www.watermarklearning.com/about/auburn-certificate-programs Watermark Learning recently had Auburn University’s Marketing Director in Engineering Outreach and Continuing Education, Wanda Lambert, in for a visit and to

Putting Your Product Backlog in Order
Agile, Planning, Scrum, Use Cases, Watermark Learning

Putting Your Product Backlog in Order

Earlier versions of Scrum described prioritizing the Product Backlog based on development priority, but the current Scrum Guide just says that it is ordered in order to “best achieve goals and missions” (Scrum Guide, July 2013). Ordering the backlog is the responsibility of the Product Owner, who is also responsible for optimizing the value of the

Overview PMI CCR Program Changes
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Overview: PMI’s CCR Program Changes

Thank you so much to everyone for attending our webinar on PMI’s CCR Program Changes. If you missed it or would like to review, check out the recording. This blog is intended to answer questions that came up in the webinar, as well as provide any needed clarification to comments or questions. The presentation includes new information since the webinar.

Babok Version 3 vs 2 Taming the New Guide
BA Center of Excellence, BA Training, BABOK® Guide, Business Analysis, Watermark Learning

BABOK Version 3 vs. Version 2 – Taming the New Guide

The IIBA® has produced an important update to its definitive Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, the BABOK® Guide. Released in April 2015, the BABOK Guide includes major upgrades, ranging from the BA Core Concept ModelTM (BACCM), to changes to most Knowledge Areas, the addition of 16 new techniques, and the addition of an all-new section containing five perspectives on

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Certification Thoughts from the Field: To Certify or Not to Certify

Once again, I’ve been on the trail catching up with people who have earned their certification in either business analysis or project management to see what impact it has had on their professional development or practice. Previously, I talked with a couple of PMPs. My most recent interview was with Cristian, who lives in Sweden and

The Benefits of Short Iterations
Agile, Scrum, Watermark Learning

The Benefits of Short Iterations

The Benefits of Short Iterations, or Why Time is Like Closet Space I’ve always used the maxim that time is like closet space – the more you have, the more you fill it up with stuff! (I recently moved to a smaller space and experienced this personally.) Something similar tends to happen with longer iterations