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Transition to Project Management
Project Management, Stakeholders, Watermark Learning

Transition to Project Management

When you think of it, why wouldn’t everyone want to be a project manager? The Great Pyramids. Apollo missions. The Stanley Cup playoffs. They’re all projects of one sort or another. To be sure, your projects probably aren’t going to be that exciting, but I seldom hear project managers complain about boredom. In our Project

Get Ready with PMI-ACP
Agile, Certification, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, Watermark Learning

Get Gig-Ready with the PMI-ACP

Considering the success and popularity of agile, today’s project professionals, including project managers, business analysts, team members, and even administrators, are wise to earn their PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®). Formalizing your knowledge and experience through certification contributes to your professional growth and gives you a leg up in the gig or on-demand economy in

Words Matter Using the Right Agile Terminology
Agile, Scrum, Watermark Learning

Words Matter: Using the Right Agile Terminology

As the Agile movement has become mainstream, common vocabulary associated with the philosophy has also become mainstream. However, as more and more people use these words, their meaning appears to occasionally drift. This is a common occurrence in movements like Agile as people co-op terms to appear in alignment with a philosophy without actually changing

Show Up Every Day
Influencing and Consulting, Leadership, Watermark Learning

SHOW UP Every Day

Deadlines, changing priorities, and relentless distractions make it challenging to bring our professional best to every task at work. Some days are frustrating, some infuriating. No one feels like they are hitting on all cylinders in terms of creativity and energy 100 percent of the time. But what about those core values that characterize our personal best?

Certification Test Anxiety Take a Prometric Test Drive
Agile, BRMP, Business Analysis, CBAP, CCBA, Certification, ECBA, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®, Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Watermark Learning

Certification Test Anxiety? Take a Prometric Test Drive!

A certification test can cause a lot of anxiety. Some people seem to be able to add letters after their names as easily as Vanna White gets them to light up on Wheel of Fortune. CBAP, CCBA, ECBA, BRMP®, PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, CSM, CSPO…the list goes

Five Competencies That Help Business Analysts
Business Analysis, Watermark Learning

Five Competencies that Help Business Analysts Connect the Dots

What do detectives, entrepreneurs/innovators, doctors, lawyers, and effective business analysts all have in common? Among other things, they all have to connect the dots[i] to be successful. Like detectives sorting through objects at the scene of the crime, or doctors sorting through sometimes disjointed information provided by patients, business analysts need to sort through information—lots

My ECBA Journey
BA Training, Business Analysis, ECBA, Watermark Learning

My ECBA Journey

As a marketing coordinator, I had no idea what a business analyst was before coming to Watermark…and I’m still learning. Now, with IIBA’s new level 1 certificate (ECBA), I decided to take the plunge and learn more about this role, in order to educate myself and be able to speak BA with our customers. The