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  • Introducing the Microsoft Power Platform

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    So for the past few years, everyone has been talking about the latest “big sexy” from Microsoft – Power BI. But, have you heard about the restof the Power Platform? Somehow I doubt most of us had even thought there was anything beyond Power BI! In actuality, there are 4 unique parts to the Power…

  • More on SCRUM

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    One ceremony that I adore goes by many different names. In the past, it has been known as the Grooming session. Today, it is known as a “Backlog Refinement Session.” I actually like this name because it is more telling of what is done during the session. During the session, the team should meet and…

  • Things I’ve done on break

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    Yes, I now have an MBA!

  • Scrum Ceremonies, part 3

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    So, we have covered Retrospectives and the Daily Stand Ups in previous posts. Today we will actually go through the rest of the major ceremonies that a Scrum Master must deal with each and every sprint. Sprint Planning is simply a meeting where it is determined what will be worked on during the next sprint.…

  • Scrum Ceremonies, part 2

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    So, last time, we talked about Stand Up. There are so many other ceremonies that a good scrum master should be working through with the team. Let’s try to step thru some more of them, shall we? Possibly my favorite of the scrum ceremonies is the Retrospective, commonly referred to as the Retro. The Retro…

  • Windowing Functions Exercises

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    So, using the Lahman’s baseball database – found here – let’s go thru some practice exercises to try out your new windowing functions skills: Find the first year that each park was played in Show the rank with ties (both ways) of the games started in 1983 for each league for all players Place the…

  • Scrum Ceremonies, part 1

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    Last post, we talked about all of the responsibilities of a Scrum Master. Now, it’s time to talk about the biggest responsibility of a Scrum Master and where they are thought of the most – during the Scrum Ceremonies. The time that you will be thought of the most is during the Daily Stand Up.…

  • Scrum Masters

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    Roles and Responsibilities of a Good Scrum Master

  • Gettin’ the Party Started

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    In our last blog post, we discussed processes. Now, I’d like to discuss what it takes to get that process started. First thing that has to happen is for someone to have an idea. After lots of meetings, agreements, disagreements, budget meetings, passing of budgets, stalls because of other priorities, and other who-knows-what, finally the…

  • Processes

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    Every now and again, you’ll hear someone in IT say the word “process.” What does that really mean? Is it just a “black box” that data is shoved into and, magically, a file is created or a dashboard show you your data? According to Dictionary.com, a process is simply “a systematic series of actions directed…