Sure, everyone wants to be a Scrum Master. It’s easily the most recognizable Agile role. Even people unfamiliar with Agile have heard of it. I mean, “Master”…right? But what about the Scrum Product Owner? Scrum Pr… what? I had the opportunity to become a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) by attending Angela Druckman’s […]
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So you’ve learned about Agile project management. Maybe you’ve become a certified Scrum Master. You’re applying at least some of these principles to your projects. But how does Agile impact leadership? And how can you use Agile to become a better leader? I had the opportunity to attend a PMI-sponsored training workshop to gain insight
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Compliance training is rarely a team favorite. Many employees might consider it a burden, something to sit through out of obligation. This is likely due to dull, off-the-shelf online learning solutions or poorly designed learning programs that fail to consider easy-to-avoid common practices. However, we cannot underestimate the importance of well-designed and engaging compliance training
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Safely integrating technology into your life Technology is speeding everything up, improving our ability to get around (typically). The other day, on my way to a conference, I used my phone to unlock a Lime bike* so I could bicycle to Starbucks to pick up my mobile order. As I walked past the long line
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January 19th-20th @ 5pm | Free What does a Pink Elephant Unicorn have to do with cyber security? Join Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Northeastern University Seattle for a free “capture-the-flag” competition to find out! How does it work? Working clue to clue to solve cyber puzzles, participants learn what makes a computer security system vulnerable,
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January 18th @ 4:00pm Join us for our monthly Members-Only Happy Hour and get to know fellow WTIA members! Hang out, talk shop, connect with others in the field, and be a part of our local tech community. Appetizers and your first two drinks are on us! Learn More and Sign Up >>
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January 17th-19th @ 8:00am | $125 Join us at the 4th AI NEXTCon, the leading technology conference for AI hosted around the world. AI NEXTCon Conference Seattle brings together top technical engineers, practitioners, influential technologists and data scientists to share solutions and practical experiences in machine/deep learning, computer vision, speech recognition and NLP. The
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‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the tech world, all the geeks were stirring eagerly for the hottest gear of the year. Looking for a prime present for the techie in your life? This year, the hot gifts are connected and on the go, so we’ve got you covered on the five must-have
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Eastern philosophy has given us many things to strive for in our lives and workplace like minimalism, self-awareness and meditation. But there’s one practice that’s been around for some time, but starting to grow traction in offices, and it has the power to improve so many little things. Kaizen, translated as, “continuous improvement,” or, “change
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Sean Rosenberger wrote this article in 2017. The title was, “InfoSec and the Great IoT gold rush”. Ever since we have seen the Internet of Things revolutionize how we interact with technology and connect everyday devices and systems to the Internet. All in a bid to make our lives more convenient and efficient. However,
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I was recently out making my annual purchase of new sneakers. When I found the right pair I gave a nod to the salesperson and he walked over with an iPhone in his hand. I told him my shoe size, he scanned a bar code on the shoe to check their inventory, went to the
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When MIT grad and innovator Kevin Ashton coined the now infamous term the “Internet of Things” (IoT) in 1999, he probably sounded wildly crazy. Few people at the time were thinking about the potential of the Internet to reach beyond Y2K and our clunky desktops to become something connecting the entire world and everything we
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