Scrum’s Popularity in IT Reflects its Versatility Beyond

March 24, 2015Certified Scrum Master

Did you know that scrum accounts for two-thirds of all Agile frameworks currently in use in the professional world? This isn’t coincidental and there’s no reason to think that it’s temporary. The popularity of scrum is only growing, and it can be expected to dominate other Agile methodologies like extreme programming and feature-driven development for … Read More

How to Deal with IT Employers Hiring Errors

March 17, 2015Business Analyst, Data Analytics

An article by Beth Stackpole at CIO looks into the hiring practices of IT organizations and concludes that many such organizations “may be getting in their own way when it comes to effective strategies for sourcing, screening and hiring IT talent.” She identifies four particular mistakes: maintaining excessively high standards, failing to diversify their hiring … Read More

IT Service Management Requires Broad-Based Training

February 28, 2015ITIL Training

The literature of the IT Service Management Forum declares that: “Providers of IT services can no longer afford to focus on technology and their internal organization; they now have to consider the quality of the services they provide and focus on the relationship with customers.” This is something to keep in mind if you have … Read More

Upcoming: International IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition

February 12, 2015ITIL Training

Starting the day after Valentine’s Day, you can show your love for the IT industry by attending the 2015 International IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Running from February 15 to 18, the conference will feature well over a hundred programs, workshops, and speeches offering advice, insight, and … Read More

Where Your Company’s Going, That’s Where You’re Going

February 3, 2015Java Training, Online Java Training, PMP Training, Project Management Training

When it comes to planning your training in the IT field – whether it’s business data analyst or project management training, or specific software training courses – it is obviously important to maintain sharp focus on the current status of your career and how that measures up against your long-term goals. But it’s also important … Read More

Immediate Rewards for Business Data Analysis Certification

January 31, 2015Big Data

Good news if you’re considering business analyst training as a stepping stone for your career: there’s a very good chance that the role you play as a business analyst will be paid commensurate with your skills, and not based on arbitrary measures like past experience or the amount of time you’ve been with your current … Read More