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Bachelor in Computer Information Systems;
Master of Science in Administration;
PMI-ACP; PAL I, PSM I, PSPO I, CKC, ITILV3, ICGB, AgilePM, AgilePgM

• Do You Have the Agile Mindset?

  By Joshua Render on September 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I make the mistake sometimes, when someone asks me what they think about their particular industry and how can they adopt Agile, of thinking of different Agile frameworks and trying to find one that fits for them. This is probably… Read More ›

• My PSM I Exam Experience

  By Joshua Render on September 6, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  I had considered the Professional Scrum Master exam for a while before finally taking it. When I did finally decide to go for it, it was 3 days of studying and then a test. My job at the time opened… Read More ›

• Distributed Agile Teams and the Telecommuting Naysayers

  By Joshua Render on September 4, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  There are a lot of beliefs out there about telecommute/remote working environments that are just plain false. People seem to have the belief that if I cannot see you, we cannot possibly collaborate together efficiently. You want to talk to… Read More ›

• Excel Visual Basic #5: Duplicating Sheets

  By Joshua Render on August 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to duplicate sheets from a template sheet. This is aimed at someone who knows the basics of VBA. I assume you know how to do a lot of things already… Read More ›

• Big Five Personality Traits

  By Joshua Render on August 27, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  The Big Five is a classification system of personality traits that many psychologists propose as being the principle traits of individual differences in personality (Carleton University, 2013). These traits may determine how an individual perceives the world and how they… Read More ›

• Bugs, change requirements and the PO dilemma

  By Joshua Render on August 23, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Being able to strike a good balance in the backlog between fixing bugs and adding features is a good skill to have. Once you go Agile In my last post we didn’t have much time to explore other issues type… Read More ›

• Hacking Excel: Installing Selenium Basic

  By Joshua Render on August 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Selenium Basic is an add-on library for Excel Visual Basic. I am positive there are a lot more uses than I know of, but what I know about it makes it well worth learning. You can use it to build… Read More ›

• “I Don’t Want Problems, I Want Solutions” – Things Managers Say that Destroy a Culture of Teamwork

  By Joshua Render on August 20, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  You want your team to work as a unified team, but for some reason, your efforts at building a team-driven culture seem to be failing.  You put up all the posters, talk about the value of teamwork in meetings, created… Read More ›

• Who is the Project Manager in Scrum?

  By Joshua Render on August 16, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  That often depends on who you ask. Some will say it is the Scrum Master. Some will insist it is the Product Owner. Some people will insist there isn’t one – technically, by name only, there isn’t one. But I… Read More ›

• Self-Hosting Jira for Small Teams Part 3: Accessing Jira from Other Computers

  By Joshua Render on August 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Now that you have Jira on your computer(Self-Hosting Jira for Small Teams Part 2: Setting Jira up on First Run), you might just find that you want others on your network to access it. If you recall from the earlier… Read More ›

• 9 Tips for Writing Effective User Stories

  By Joshua Render on August 13, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  One of the reasons user stories are used over a traditional requirements list is that they can become part of a persona for the users of the end product of the project. It helps the project manager, developers, and other… Read More ›

• Face-2-Face Communication May Not Be Needed

  By Joshua Render on August 9, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  “The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” – Agile Manifesto; Beck, K. et al (2001). Face-to-face communication is typically described as communication without using some sort of technology to… Read More ›