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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

Beginners Luck the Last Shot at Bigshot
Agile

Beginner’s Luck: The Last Shot at Bigshot? An Agile Case Study

The sun is sinking lower in the sky as you walk to your car after a long day at Bigshot Games, a producer of video slot machine software located just outside of Las Vegas, NV.  As you watch the sun descend lower in the sky, you can’t help but see it as a symbol of

Overview PMI CCR Program Changes
Watermark Learning

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.

Why Should the Business Care About Agile
Agile, Business Analysis, Scrum

Why Should the Business Care About Agile?

In mid-September, Mike Stuedemann, Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach, hosted a webinar entitled, “Why Should the Business Care About Agile?” To listen to the webinar, please click here. While a number of questions were addressed during the webinar, the time-box did not allow all of the questions to be answered. This blog is an

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

Are Your Ready to Cook Up Some User Stories
Agile, Scrum, User Stories

Are You “Ready” to Cook Up Some User Stories?

“Ready” is a Scrum concept that applies to making sure that the Team has enough information about user stories to be able to implement them in an upcoming sprint. Roman Pilcher says that a “ready” story should be clear, feasible, and testable. I’m fond of analogies, and I think the concept of ready also applies

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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