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The Growing Importance Of Data Collection For Customer Service

Smart Data Collective

Back in 2011, my colleagues and I first started discussing the evolving standards of customer service in business. vcita has a number of other benefits, including enabling brands to accept up-front payments electronically, send automated confirmations and schedule bookings remotely. Improving Appointment Scheduling. It is inevitable.

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How To Write Good User Stories – An Aggregate of User Story Articles

BA Squared

Adapted from a book of the same name, the popular 2011 movie tells the story of a famous baseball guru who stepped back, analyzed the game, and changed the way organizations build winning baseball teams. Go Moneyball. As the team moves through the discovery process, it’s important for BAs to make time for Moneyball.

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Scrum Masters – Maybe You are the Problem

Vitality Chicago

Come to think of it, Seth Godin wrote a book in 2011 called Linchpin: Are You Indispensable ? Have you heard of or read that book? They aren’t alone – I think that there are many people who feel that being indispensable is the best way to add value to an organization. Tom: Have you been reading my bookshelf again?

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Best Business Analyst Blogs to Follow in 2021

The BAWorld

Founded by Angela and Tom Hathaway in 2011, BA-EXPERTS is a skill-building organization that offers blended training to apply the latest Lean and Agile approaches to the process of requirements discovery, definition, and analysis. Business Analysis Experts (BA-EXPERTS). URL – [link]. Techcanvass. URL – [link].

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Modern Product Management on the Modern Agile Show

EBG Consulting

Here are some visuals to supplement our conversation: The Product Partners: Product work: Discover to Deliver möbius (first published the book by the same title, in 2011): (NB: you can now download a pdf of the Discover to Deliver here ). A reusable framework for designing any collaborative engagement.

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Why Journaling is Key for Agile Coaches

Vitality Chicago

For years I kept my journals in these black books. My preference was to use the (specific type of book) and a ink pen. Here are some stats from my personal journal (another benefit of an online tool) for the last 5 years: 2011. I used to journal all the time. I took extensive ntoes on clients and teams. Sales deals.

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MVP – Minimum Viable Product or Many Varied Perspectives?

Vitality Chicago

Eric Ries and his mentor Steve Blank did popularize the MVP and it was Eric that included it in his 2011 book, the Lean Startup. Benefits realization management is something you can read about in a book but it is only being practiced effectively by less than one in three organizations. Bottom Line – Use the MVP Approach.