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Archive: 04-2012

• PMI's Agile Certified Practitioner: A cert is born

  The Project Management Institute’s new Agile Certified Practitioner certification might be right for you if your organization uses scrum, Lean, Kanban, and XP.

  Posted by Joseph Flahiff | April 30, 2012, 2:56 PM PDT

• How IT can alienate the very people they serve

  Patrick Gray talks about an instance when a company’s “geeks gone wild” alienated him from the product they offered.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | April 23, 2012, 8:26 AM PDT

• Six things your IT department should stop doing today

  Scott Lowe identifies six activities that he thinks should be handled by others or through different means.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | April 19, 2012, 5:03 AM PDT

• Earth Day 2012: What IT pros should think about (infographic)

  Take a moment to look at this infographic to see what reductions in carbon emissions a few changes can make.

  Posted by Gina Smith | April 19, 2012, 4:57 AM PDT

• MS Windows 8: When simplify means multiply

  Microsoft has always confused IT pros with its variously priced Windows SKUs, updates, downgrades, delays, naming conventions and partnership flip flops, but this is ridiculous.

  Posted by Gina Smith | April 17, 2012, 12:32 PM PDT

• Job enrichment vs. job enlargement

  Why is it that we often see great talent melt down when given more responsibility? In this blog our coach John M McKee explains a common mistake made by managers and organizations each day.

  Posted by John McKee | April 17, 2012, 6:09 AM PDT

• The SMB technology renaissance

  Technologies that were once the domain of Fortune 500 behemoths have become available to smaller companies. Here are the two pillars of this renaissance and how your SMB can best use them.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | April 16, 2012, 5:09 AM PDT

• Six tactics of natural leaders

  In this week’s Leadership Blog, our coach John M McKee shares six tactics you can use to move up the ladder more quickly.

  Posted by John McKee | April 11, 2012, 12:01 PM PDT

• The IT dashboard: Five metrics that spell success

  Although you may never be able to get a “perfect” metric, there are some pieces of information that are valuable to the CIO and the executive team that should be considered must-haves...

  Posted by Scott Lowe | April 11, 2012, 5:06 AM PDT

• Commodore pioneer Jack Tramiel dies: Wozniak, industry and tech pros react

  Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, remembers tech pioneer and Commodore founder Jack Tramiel in an interview with Gina Smith. Tech pros who cut their teeth on early systems like the Commodore 64...

  Posted by Gina Smith | April 10, 2012, 12:42 PM PDT